My child won't eat...help!

Re: My child won't eat...help!

• lrn327 member

  August 2012

  Your LO sounds like mine!  He's always been 15% for weight too so I get a little anxious when he goes through picky phases too.  He's generally a good eater so the suddenness always throws us!  One thing that works well for us is to put things he doesn't want to eat in a snack cup and then go on a stroller walk.  He always asks for a snack on walks so I'll hand him say the chicken he didn't want at dinner.  For some reason, having it in the snack cup always makes it tastier, lol!  If you're really worried about the calories, you can always spread butter on toast before you put jam or whatever on, put cream cheese or peanut/almond butter on crackers, or melt cheese on veggies if he'll eat those.  Will he drink a smoothie?  You can always add yogurt or protein powder.  Don't worry though, I bet it's just a phase.
  

  

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• GrayGhost13 member

  August 2012

  My LO isn't picky at all, but it's hard to get him to sit still long enough to eat a large meal ... plus he's so active he burns it all right off.

  We try to offer small portions of healthy foods regularly throughout the day, rather than the old "three square meals," and the only meal we require him to sit at the table for is dinner. Also, it's easier if you look at giving them a balanced diet across a day or even a week or two, versus making every meal balanced. Last night at dinner, he wouldn't eat anything but a big pile of green beans, but he eats plenty of protein at other times, so it will all even out.
  

  
  
  

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• JoJoMama730 member

  August 2012

  GrayGhost13:

  My LO isn't picky at all, but it's hard to get him to sit still long enough to eat a large meal ... plus he's so active he burns it all right off.

  We try to offer small portions of healthy foods regularly throughout the day, rather than the old "three square meals," and the only meal we require him to sit at the table for is dinner. Also, it's easier if you look at giving them a balanced diet across a day or even a week or two, versus making every meal balanced. Last night at dinner, he wouldn't eat anything but a big pile of green beans, but he eats plenty of protein at other times, so it will all even out.
  

  This made me laugh!  When G does this, I swear I'm so close to actually cheering her on.  She'll eat a few bites of veggies at dinner, but every now and then just latches on to something in particular and that's all she wants.  A few nights ago all she wanted was cooked carrots for her snack.  I was all "what???", but I gave them to her and she snarfed them.

  When G won't eat, though, sometimes I put on an Elmo video, which prompts her to ask for a snack, and sometimes I can hand her whatever she didn't eat for her dinner, and she'll be so engrossed in Elmo that she just eats it.  The very same thing she rejected right before!  It's a similar idea that another poster had about going for a wagon ride and offering a "snack" then.  Also, sometimes a change of scenery helps (i.e. a picnic in the backyard).

   

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• GrayGhost13 member

  August 2012

  JoJoMama730:

  GrayGhost13:

  My LO isn't picky at all, but it's hard to get him to sit still long enough to eat a large meal ... plus he's so active he burns it all right off.

  We try to offer small portions of healthy foods regularly throughout the day, rather than the old "three square meals," and the only meal we require him to sit at the table for is dinner. Also, it's easier if you look at giving them a balanced diet across a day or even a week or two, versus making every meal balanced. Last night at dinner, he wouldn't eat anything but a big pile of green beans, but he eats plenty of protein at other times, so it will all even out.
  

  This made me laugh!  When G does this, I swear I'm so close to actually cheering her on.  She'll eat a few bites of veggies at dinner, but every now and then just latches on to something in particular and that's all she wants.  A few nights ago all she wanted was cooked carrots for her snack.  I was all "what???", but I gave them to her and she snarfed them.

  When G won't eat, though, sometimes I put on an Elmo video, which prompts her to ask for a snack, and sometimes I can hand her whatever she didn't eat for her dinner, and she'll be so engrossed in Elmo that she just eats it.  The very same thing she rejected right before!  It's a similar idea that another poster had about going for a wagon ride and offering a "snack" then.  Also, sometimes a change of scenery helps (i.e. a picnic in the backyard).

  We do this all the time! Somehow leftovers taste better eaten in the living room instead of at the table. LOL
  

  
  
  

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• keags5496 member

  August 2012

  Thanks for the ideas.  For some reason I have it stuck in my head that E needs to eat at the table, but he def eats more in front of the tv when he's zones out.  I'll have to put some of his food in snack cups and give it to him like that for now.

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