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I have a 17 month old girl and not sure what one is "suppose" to do when they reject the food you have given them. Example of what I do: I make her a meal that she has liked in the past and if she eats two bites and refuses the rest I end up makeing a pB & J sandwich, which I know she'll eat. Should I be giving her a second option or is this setiing me up for a spoiled eater in the future? |
| Posted by Suzanne on 11/19/2009 01:38 PM
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| I think she might be setting you up, :), I have a 12month old boy who does me the same way, I will try to feed him something, that he's been eating for six months,Now all of a sudden he doesn't like it, my son is breast feed, I cut it down to night time only, but since he knows all he has to do is throw a temper tantrum, to be BF, then he will do so, I'll attempt to feed him cereal, he'll eat 2spoons....if he Rejects the rest, I'll wait til he starts, then I will give him a spoon, again....he'll eat it, my advice, you just have to keep working at it, my mother told me, that he's is at a age, now that he know what to do to me, to make me give him what he wants...I can't stand to hear him cry, but, she knows all she has to do is that, to get a pbj sandwich..:), I hope I was some help good luck :) |
| posted by RavensMommy on 11/19/2009 01:53 PM
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Suzanne! What a wonderful mommy you are! Toddlers are so confusing sometimes aren't they? I think you are doing a fabulous job. Your daughter is too young to try and "make" her eat anything. I do similar things with my two year old for dinner. If it is something I know she can eat or has eaten before she gets that on her plate. I usually can at least get her to try it. If she tries it and doesn't want more then I giver her something I know she will eat. I am a big advocate for , "This is what I made for dinner and if you don't want it then too bad." I am not a short order cook, but I think that at 17 months your daughter is too young to send her away from the table with an empty tummy. When she is say 3 and can understand that this is dinner take it or leave it then you won't have to keep giving her the same old thing. Eventually she will be hungry and she will eat, but at 17months I think you need to fill that belly up :-)
Good luck! You are doing a GREAT job! Hang in there! It gets easier. |
| posted by Christina on 11/19/2009 02:00 PM
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| Well, yes, I don't think you should ever send your child away from the table hungry, at ANY age. A mother knows the differents between, a child just Not liking, something, and just being pickey..17months or 17 yrs... But each child is diffrent, and I hope everything works out for you |
| posted by RavensMommy on 11/19/2009 02:10 PM
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Toddlers CAN be picky eaters for a few years. It is actually very normal. Exposing them to different foods that your family has on a regular basis can help them discover new foods that they may like. Rather than first giving her foods you KNOW she will eat (like pb&j...), you could start by giving her some of what you are eating. Sometimes my daughter will eat it if she sees it come off my plate EVEN IF she has the same thing on her plate :-) So silly! |
| posted by Christina on 11/19/2009 02:20 PM
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| That's how my Son is, he will only eat what he see come off my plate, he has a habit of walking over and just digging right in, with his fingers, |
| posted by RavensMommy on 11/19/2009 02:34 PM
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My 16 months old does the same thing. I don't think you are spoiling her, you just want your baby to eat and that is what matters. I also give my daughter toddler formula so that she is not missing any nutrients from the meal that she decides to not eat. I usually just go ahead and give her what I think she'll eat, and in a few days I'll try that meal that she no longer "likes" and try again. MY daughter used to love carrots a few months ago, she now decides to spit them out... so I decided to shred some carrots into her oatmeal in the morning or make her carrot juice with OJ and beets and she loves it!!! little does she know ;) |
| posted by Linda on 11/19/2009 08:42 PM
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I've always heard to give them one other option, but that's it (so you don't set yourself up for having to offer them a million choices everytime). And then contininuting to try to food that she rejected at a later time (like the next day or the next meal). She might just not be in the mood for that particular food at the time. |
| posted by Bethany on 11/20/2009 07:20 AM
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