Eating Habits

Re: Eating Habits

• CatC86 member

  March 2014

  I've actually got some frozen portions of soup and chili in the freezer that I made I with exactly those intentions, but when I tried giving that to her with the sides that we were eating the bowl got thrown across the kitchen...again. She does eat eggs a lot for breakfast, but I just feel bad about her not eating very much if anything at all for dinner, she doesn't wake up at night hungry or anything but still the kid needs something in her tummy at bedtime.

  

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• sarahandeddiejune212008 member

  March 2014

  Kids go through phases with food. DD#1 went almost 2 years without eating carrots and just recently she tried them again and loves them. I always offer what we are eating, but if one of the kids isn't eating anything I'll try another healthy option. It gets easier when they can help choose what's for dinner. We do 3 snacks a day - morning at 10am with lunch around noon, afternoon snack is after nap - usually around 3pm and a bedtime snack just before bed. Avery is tiny so I'm constantly trying to get her to eat.

  

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• aylafsu88 member

  March 2014

  heatherbee710 said:

  Honestly, I just make other options for him still, which might be flame worthy. Him getting the nutrition he needs is more of my concern right now, and if I only gave him what we ate, he would barely get protein
  

  I agree with this. I have a picky eater and have discussed this topic with my pedi several times especially since LO is on the small side for weight. My pedi says to offer a variety at meals but have one item you know LO will like. Offer the others first and then offer her favorite. This way she still gets the calories she needs and will sort  of eat a better variety. The other thing my pedi says is to just keep offering. One day she will try it and figure out she likes it.
  It know it is frustrating and worrisome when they do not eat much.
  
  

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• zyas member

  March 2014

  I know how frustrating it is. I try to make things for her now that I know she will eat but even with some of her favorite things it's hit or miss. If she outright refuses to eat I try to get her to at least eat a pouch that has both veggies and fruit.

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• snickersforeveryone member

  March 2014

  Mine is the same, just reversed. Can't get her to eat until evening. Some days she won't even really eat dinner. She's been a light eater all along, but ever since her last hospital stay, she prefers to just graze as opposed to eat sit down meals. She does better if there's a big group of family sitting there instead of just me, her, and Nicky.
  
  I just keep offering things over and over, never making a big deal over it if she doesn't even try it. If she fusses, I tell her it's ok, she doesn't have to eat it, it's just there if she wants it. She will usually try it after a few times, but won't always like it. I still offer it in different forms. Like veggies in soup versus just steamed. She finally ate green beans, corn, and peas that way. I also give her one of those no-spill snack cups with a mix of raisins, craisins, and goldfish in it that she is allowed to just munch whenever she wants.
  
  I can't get her to eat meat (other than deli) to save my life. Makes sense...she wouldn't let me eat it when I was pregnant with her either.

  
  
  
  

  

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• alphahelix member

  March 2014

  lizwindersonRN said:

  I think kids goes through weird phases. My son is in one right now. Went from trying anything to refusing most that I put in front of him aside from fruit. It's frustrating. He is an excellent breakfast eater, terrible lunch, and meh on dinner. I don't make him anything different than what we are eating (unless we are eating something very spicy) but I always offer him at least one thing I know he will eat (fruit, yogurt). He will eat when he is hungry. And I am not a short order cook.

  This is exactly what I was going to say. I always give her at least one thing I know she likes. We also stopped doing an afternoon snack which has definitely helped with her at least trying to eat what I make for dinner. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• CatC86 member

  March 2014

  Thanks everyone, I was beginning to worry it was just my kid! Especially since my nephew (they're exactly 4 months apart) is like a bottomless pit, there's nothing he won't eat. I guess I'll just have to keep trying and hopefully one day she'll just start eating again

  

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• CatC86 member

  March 2014

  @Camskate We ended up having to force my step daughter to eat when she first started coming to our house. Their mom used to literally feed them McDonald's or pizza every single day for lunch and dinner, I'm not exaggerating it was literally every single day for over a year. So when the step kids first started coming to our house meal times were like world war 3, my stepson was a little more willing to try new things, but it was awful.

  

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• CatC86 member

  March 2014

  @Camskate she eats more normally now than before, it's still a huge struggle with both of them because they're with their mom 95% of the time since we live 4 hours away and the oldest just started kindergarten this year, and what she chooses to feed them isn't really what they should be eating. That being said they also know when they come here that If they choose not to eat what's put in front of them then that's fine but there's no snacks in between meals, they can drink water or milk (they hate milk) and if it's dinner they choose not to eat it sits on the counter until they go to bed incase they change their mind, after they're in bed it goes in the compost and they get nothing until breakfast time, some people may find that extreme but it's the only way we've been able to get them to eat, and I truly believe that fruits and and vegetables will always be a constant battle with them because those things just aren't in their diets at all when they're with their mom.

  

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