Toddler eating strike?
My son (16 months) has refused to eat for the past few days. He does this about once a month or so. And he literally won't eat a bite for a few days--not even his favorite foods! I got him to eat a couple bites of pineapple today, and that's all he's had since yesterday at breakfast.
I figure he'll eat when he's hungry. He does drink a ton of milk when he goes through these strikes (cowsmilk).
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My dd has eating strikes too. Any chance they correspond with teething?
Oh and btw, your dd has a great name :D
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I highly recommend this book . It is very reasuring.
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Oh and btw, your dd has a great name I saw that your daughter had the same name in diapering...I think I responded! It's such an uncommon name, it's really neat to see someone else that loved it that much, too!
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It might help if you don't try to get him to eat at all, but just let him do what he wants about eating. Ellyn Satter has a book called Child of Mine, where she talks about how small children can self-regulate how much and what they eat. It's a long book, but it has some interesting points. She recommends just putting the food in front of the child at meals and snacktimes (like you would for another adult), and leaving it entirely up to them whether or not they eat it, without making a big deal if they do eat, and not being a short order cook for them (not always making their favorites). Give them what everyone else is eating (within their eating ability for safety), and maybe have one item (which is offered to everyone, not just them) that they usually will eat easily, like bread. Most toddlers want to be like the adults in their world, so they will want to imitate by eating with the adults. Instead of feeding the child, eat with them, so it is a social time. Here is a short article from her website:
http://www.ellynsatter.com/$spindb.query.memo.kelcyview.32.2
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khrys--that's exactly what we do, and what we have always done. He's always had his dinner time with us, and he's always eaten what we eat. He's not picky at all, and I believe it's because that's what we've always done. But he does have his favorites (bananas, broccoli, and a few dishes I make). He won't even eat those! I'm not sure why things have changed, beyond the fact that he's a toddler. What he's doing is very age-appropriate, I just can't stand the thought of him being hungry. He will eat if he is hungry, so I know I shouldn't stress about it! He's been eating okay the past couple of days. At least a couple bites of everything at mealtimes.
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I figure he'll eat when he's hungry. He does drink a ton of milk when he goes through these strikes (cowsmilk).
^_^:
My dd has eating strikes too. Any chance they correspond with teething?
Oh and btw, your dd has a great name :D
^_^:
I highly recommend this book . It is very reasuring.
^_^:
Oh and btw, your dd has a great name I saw that your daughter had the same name in diapering...I think I responded! It's such an uncommon name, it's really neat to see someone else that loved it that much, too!
^_^:
It might help if you don't try to get him to eat at all, but just let him do what he wants about eating. Ellyn Satter has a book called Child of Mine, where she talks about how small children can self-regulate how much and what they eat. It's a long book, but it has some interesting points. She recommends just putting the food in front of the child at meals and snacktimes (like you would for another adult), and leaving it entirely up to them whether or not they eat it, without making a big deal if they do eat, and not being a short order cook for them (not always making their favorites). Give them what everyone else is eating (within their eating ability for safety), and maybe have one item (which is offered to everyone, not just them) that they usually will eat easily, like bread. Most toddlers want to be like the adults in their world, so they will want to imitate by eating with the adults. Instead of feeding the child, eat with them, so it is a social time. Here is a short article from her website:
http://www.ellynsatter.com/$spindb.query.memo.kelcyview.32.2
^_^:
khrys--that's exactly what we do, and what we have always done. He's always had his dinner time with us, and he's always eaten what we eat. He's not picky at all, and I believe it's because that's what we've always done. But he does have his favorites (bananas, broccoli, and a few dishes I make). He won't even eat those! I'm not sure why things have changed, beyond the fact that he's a toddler. What he's doing is very age-appropriate, I just can't stand the thought of him being hungry. He will eat if he is hungry, so I know I shouldn't stress about it! He's been eating okay the past couple of days. At least a couple bites of everything at mealtimes.
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