Do you ever deny food?

PAGAS

I am not talking cookies and snacks, but reasonably healthy mealtime requests.

This morning for breakfast F ate:

nectarine
small banana
1/2 cup natural applesauce
slice of wheat French toast with tsp of syrup
strawberry yogurt
cup of milk

Finley can take down fruit, I don't want to tell her no when she asks for it because I don't want to turn her off of it.

Any advice?

almond1123

If C would eat fruit I'd give him all he wanted.  Alas we only eat nectarines and bananas.

CallMeKel

Geesh.....she eats more in 1 sitting than my kid eats in a day, it seems like! (K just isn't usually a very big eater)

I think everything you mentioned is pretty healthy (though that is a good bit of sugar) so I wouldn't worry about it....she's just growing!

Suzi-G-

My SIL had that problem with her twins.  In general so long as they ate the rest of their meal she was OK with giving them extra fruit.  Now, if they wouldn't eat the protein portion of their meal then she'd usually say no to more fruit until they ate some of whatever.  She also limited certain fruits she knew would cause digestive issues later on if eaten in mass quantity.  One of her girls was sensitive to fructose though, so maybe that was more of an issue for just her.   

savannah11

 With C I'll offer her the fruit last to make sure she has a more balanced meals.  She'd eat only strawberries all day if I let her.  Once I offer it she can have all she wants.  O is old enough that I can tell him he can have more fruit if he eats all his veggies (or whatever I want him to eat) first.  If he complies he can have as much as he wants.

Nanner

Yes, I do deny food.  I didn't quite so much at Finley's age, but around age 2, I started being more conscious of keeping their calorie intakes at a reasonable level.  Like Suzi-G, though, I will give them extra fruit only if they've eaten a decent amount of the rest of their meal.  If it is apples, pears, berries, or something with less sugar, I'll give them more than I would if it were mango, oranges, banana, grapes, pineapple, etc.  But I'll still limit the amount of fruit to 3-4 sservings per day to control their sugar.  If they insist they're still hungry, I'll offer them extra vegetables. 

nvp05

I don't deny fruit. Rena is a pretty picky eater and doesn't eat very much lately but loves fruit. So I let her have as much as she wants.

I'm amazed at how much Finley can eat at once...especially all that Center Court pizza!!

PAGAS

nvp05:

I don't deny fruit. Rena is a pretty picky eater and doesn't eat very much lately but loves fruit. So I let her have as much as she wants.

I'm amazed at how much Finley can eat at once...especially all that Center Court pizza!!

She is always low on the weight % chart, but now that she has tasted Center Court, I fear what her two year appointment is going to be!

alisa1228

nvp05:

I don't deny fruit. Rena is a pretty picky eater and doesn't eat very much lately but loves fruit. So I let her have as much as she wants.

I'm amazed at how much Finley can eat at once...especially all that Center Court pizza!!

this pretty much goes for maddy, too.

jen5-03

E has days where she eats an incredible amount, and I don't usually deny her the extra unless I feel like she's going to make herself sick. If I felt she was binging on fruit I'd probably try to get some protein in her, but I wouldn't make an issue of it. Part of me thinks that if she's craving these things then maybe it's what her body needs right now.

The only big rules we have are no more than 4 prunes at one time (lesson learned!) and no more than 2 cups of cherry tomatoes at one time.