DS 2 won't eat!

sharonstevens85 · May 2013

Ugh! So frustrating!!! Dylan cries through almost every meal now. He wouldn't eat dinner at all last night and now he's crying though breakfast and won't eat. He's not sick and I see no signs of molars coming through.
Everytime I pick him up to put him into his highchair he cries and tries to bury his head under the highchair tray.
If I get mad then he cries harder and loses his breath. WWYD? I'm do frustrated! He used to be an awesome eater!

dairygirl19 · May 2013

Honestly, I wouldn't make him. He'll come around. I'm convinced toddlers do these things simply because they can sometimes.

Will he eat if you offer a favorite? While I don't do multiple meals and give in that way all the time...it's not a battle I'm willing to fight either. The more I fight it the harder it gets.

I'd just let him down, try again later and see if he'll have a healthy snack in awhile.

Does he not like his highchair anymore? My kid hated hers about 13 months. She wanted to be a big kid and didn't like the tray on her legs..so I got her a booster and all has been well in her world since.

sharonstevens85 · May 2013

I think it's an awful stage he's going through. I've just decided on what you mentioned as well. To just let him down and not make it a battle. As frustrating as it is, he won't starve himself.

I was thinking on giving Pediasure if he continues this, but then I heard its very filling and can make him not want to eat his meals, so I guess I'll pass on that?

We had a successful lunch that I am very happy about. Hoping dinner goes the same way... If not, oh well...

dairygirl19 · May 2013

sharonstevens85:

I think it's an awful stage he's going through. I've just decided on what you mentioned as well. To just let him down and not make it a battle. As frustrating as it is, he won't starve himself.

I was thinking on giving Pediasure if he continues this, but then I heard its very filling and can make him not want to eat his meals, so I guess I'll pass on that?

We had a successful lunch that I am very happy about. Hoping dinner goes the same way... If not, oh well...

Yeah, I don't know if I'd jump to pediasure unless there's other eating issues. All healthy toddlers give it up and eat eventually. If not mine just downs some extra milk and calls it a night.

I'm pretty lax about eating and so is my pedi. I give the healthy choices and they eat or they don't. There's always next time. My pedi told me once adults go through phases we're they're not hungry or nothing tastes good and toddlers do the same.

lisamoe · May 2013

Will he not eat anything at all? What about his favorite stuff? How about not in the high chair?

We just went through a phase like this (its kind of still going) and I've finally relaxed enough to feel like, if he is hungry enough he will eat. But, he was still eating things he liked during the day (string cheese, yogurt, fruit, etc)

I would just watch him for symptoms of being sick or a fever, teething or ear infection if it continue too long.

kimmyberly26 · May 2013

DD does this too. Sometimes for no reason but most of the time there is something going on with her. If she won't eat her favorites, then I know something is going on and then I just put her dinner plate on the coffee table and let her graze.

sharonstevens85 · May 2013

He'll eat his favorites no problem.
After I wrote this yesterday we had a successful lunch and a decent dinner.
Today he ate great at breakfast, decent lunch and dinner wasn't very successful. He had 10 raspberries and wouldn't eat his chicken.
I just don't want to make him something different if I know he can eat it. If it was something he couldn't eat, like a spicy dinner id make him his own meal but if its something tasty, I'd like him to eat it.
I'm definitely not making it a battle anymore. I just worry about nutrition.

ghostof5letters · May 2013

If my daughter won't eat, I don't make her. She eats dinner maybe once or twice a week. She'll eat if she's hungry. It's not worth the fight right now. She's too busy to stop for a meal. Lunch is typically her big meal of the day

Deblondie1 · May 2013

sharonstevens85:
I think it's an awful stage he's going through. I've just decided on what you mentioned as well. To just let him down and not make it a battle. As frustrating as it is, he won't starve himself.
I was thinking on giving Pediasure if he continues this, but then I heard its very filling and can make him not want to eat his meals, so I guess I'll pass on that?
We had a successful lunch that I am very happy about. Hoping dinner goes the same way... If not, oh well...

I'd skip the pediasure. When Emme was drinking it she hardly ate because she was so full from it.

Sometimes E will refuse to eat until I bring her a utensil. She wants to be like mommy and daddy lol If she has a fork, she will eat more. Is that an option?

sharonstevens85 · May 2013

Deblondie1:
sharonstevens85:
I think it's an awful stage he's going through. I've just decided on what you mentioned as well. To just let him down and not make it a battle. As frustrating as it is, he won't starve himself.
I was thinking on giving Pediasure if he continues this, but then I heard its very filling and can make him not want to eat his meals, so I guess I'll pass on that?
We had a successful lunch that I am very happy about. Hoping dinner goes the same way... If not, oh well...
I'd skip the pediasure. When Emme was drinking it she hardly ate because she was so full from it.
Sometimes E will refuse to eat until I bring her a utensil. She wants to be like mommy and daddy lol If she has a fork, she will eat more. Is that an option?

yeah I'm gonna pass on the Pediasure. He has his own utensils that he always gets at meal time. Usually he whips them on the floor and it becomes a game when I pick them back up. Lol. MEAL TIMES ARE FUN TIMES! who wants to come for dinner? Hahaha

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