My son is going through this phase where he refuses to eat any meal at the table with us. He wants to sit on the couch and either play with his toys or watch cartoons while he eats. We don't do that. However, he outright refuses to eat at the table. He will scream and throw a fit. Every meal time that rolls around I think "oh great, time for this again." This has been going on for a couple of weeks. We tell him he can either eat with us or sit in time out, and then he won't get anything else. He always wants to sit in time out.
So, tonight he told me he wanted a hot dog for dinner, so that's what I made. He sat at the table for two seconds, said "I don't want that hot dog." He pushed his plate away so hard that all his food went flying. I put him in time out and he didn't get anything else the rest of the night even though he kept asking for crackers and stuff.
I don't know what to do! I am NOT giving in to him!
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Rowen Alexander born 10 weeks early 1/28/07
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