We stayed at soft play for our lunch today, they have a child friendly (but not particularly healthy) menu. Alice had sausages, beans and chips and she ate every scrap.
Usually I cook her lunch and she doesn't get a choice of food, she has a snack style supper and she does get a limited choice. Tonight she wouldn't make a choice, this happens once or twice a week, but then (having made a supper that usually she'd demolish) she refused to eat more than a mouthful or too. I left her to sit at the table for a while, she drank a lot but didn't eat any more. In these situations, when she refuses a meal that I know that she likes, I give her some time to eat and then she gets down from the table - nothing is offered as an alternative and no pudding is provided.
I'm not worried as she'd eaten a good breakfast and lunch but I'd love to know what other readers do in situations like these, please leave a comment!
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I always offer bread and butter, but make it seem like that was part of the meal. I do NOT make something entirely different. They won't starve themselves. It's hard to remember that, but they won't!
Isabella has only done this a couple of times as normally she eats so much! I dont offer anything different but ensure that she drinks milk so at least she is getting some nutriton. When Isabella has done this its usually when she is tired, and I can related to this as I also loose my appetite when I get tired. But I know she has also had enough during the day to sustain her. Dont worry, she will probably make up for it tomorrow!
I'm thrilled if she eats two good meals a day. Sometimes, that's breakfast and lunch, or breakfast and dinner, but she rarely eats 3 good meals a day. I don't fill her up with milk/juice either or empty snacks throughout the day.
Between 2 and 3, they are really learning to say no, and test the boundries of that word. :) I know mine is hungry, but she'll say "I'm done!" and well, she moves her plate away. I leave it for a minute or two, and then ask, do you want anymore. Nine times out of ten, the answer is nope!
No more food after that, and certainly not the pudding :)
I try (and it's really hard some days) not to get into a power battle over food. Worked with my oldest (who eats everything in sight!)
TTSP. At some point. :)
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