WWYD...re: "num num"?

MrsBraun

So DD has finally learned the word (if you can call it that) "num num" means food. She also just learned the word "pwease". Now I'm trying to teach her what these mean, so when she says them (together) I give her some food.

Problem is, now she says it all the time (well, seems like it). I gave her a huge breakfast, and not even 30 mins later was asking for "num num pwease".WWYD, would you feed her and let her graze, or say no and her get upset? She just seems to be at a weird age where I can't reason with her so she just gets ticked off.

Sigh. I'm at a loss. 

vmm0016

I would let her eat.  My girl goes through spurts where she doesn't eat much and then she will eat a ton.

ssmith325

I would give her a small something to eat, even just to reinforce her proper use of those words.  Whether she eats it or not....kwim?

MrsBraun

MandarellaMarsh:

ssmith325:

I would give her a small something to eat, even just to reinforce her proper use of those words.  Whether she eats it or not....kwim?

Obviously, DS isn't at that stage yet, but this totally makes sense to me.

That's what I thought, but I didn't know if I was starting a bad habit by her grazing all the time...

embersoul

I read somewhere that grazing for toddlers is a good thing, that's how they're designed to eat for maximum nutrient profile intake. I wouldn't worry about it.

shanad

I would give her something.  DS does this too.  He goes to the cabinet, points up and says chips.  We give him a pretzel (he calls most snacks chips).  Sometimes he will ask for a cook (which is cookie) and we will give him 1 or 2 teddy grahams.

I want to encourage him to continue to use words instead of just general whining.  If I say no, forget it, huge tanturm, must be the age