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[lollardfish]

My son's eating hygiene has collapsed. He now only willingly eats edamame, green beans, plain noodles, yoghurt, fruit, cottage cheese. He used to eat many more things. Like, over the last weekend. It's very frustrating.

Edit - Sweet potatoes back on the menu. Fish sticks and chicken nuggets, spaghetti-os (indistinguishable from the food he ate from jars) still off, fruit-and-nut bread still on.

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Re: My two cents....

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

"Know he will eat" is a non operative statement alas when what he eats is non-predictable from day to day.

This is all good advice and agrees with what we read. I haven't noticed any of them working so far, alas. It's not so bad - I read about a family whose daughter had to throw food on the floor and would eat it off the floor ... unless her parents were watching or even close to the kitchen. Awful!

He's also becoming different around his parents, or at least me. Shannon said he was perfect over the weekend, so it may just be my fault.

On the other hand, he had a great dinner last night, inhaling raviolini to the extent he even pushed edamame to the side.

Re: My two cents....

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My point is even if he doesn't eat it that's okay. You don't have to find something he will eat. I mean you can but until he has words or you find a sign he can use for refusal or he can clearly chose between two choices which he may be able to do now I don't know you will have some of that attitude and tossing of things he doesn't want.

It really is a matter of do you cater or not and either one is ultimately fine. It's a matter of how you want to handle it. And I know it's not easy to just have him not eat I also wanted to find something he would eat. It's very ingrained in us I think to nurture by providing food they like and I think sharing the food we like with them and wanting them to enjoy that with us.

Just you wait we are likely to struggle with food issues as well. Plus we have to start by feeding them candy. Which feels so wrong I can't even tell you.

Probably if he has one good meal a day he's fine.

eating off floor.....see it could be worse.


What is it you want to see happen at mealtime?
How does this differ from the reality of mealtime?
Why does this stress you out? (me assuming from reading this this is stressful to you)
What do you do at mealtime that works?
What makes a mealtime great?

Re: My two cents....

[lollardfish.livejournal.com]

Those are good questions non-logged-in-MizzLJ.

I don't want to cater - it's antithetical to my parenting strategy. But it feels like the options are to cater or to see Nico not eat. And that's what stresses me out.