I've probably posted before about my fussy 2.5 yo but things have gone from crap to worse - he used to eat some dinner every day but it had to be a variation on the same format, either pasta or rice with fish in a tomato sauce, and vegetables.
Now even that failsafe is being rejected, and I am left with nothing, yes actually NO MEALS AT ALL that he will touch.
He eats a bit of breakfast - a piece of fruit followed by either cereal or porridge. He usually asks for snacks in the morning and will get either a banana or something 'lunchy' like crackers and cheese so that he isn't filling up on sweet things.
Lunch will be either scrambled eggs, omelette or a snacky mixture of cheese, salad, crackers, houmous, etc. He'll eat a yoghurt afterwards usually and even more fruit.
Dinner he now doesn't eat. Even allowing for the 'take into account what they eat over a week not a day' thing I just don't think he's eating enough.
What to DO?????! I am now serving up a different meal every day in the full knowledge that he won't touch it and will go to bed hungry. I take it away with no comment and no fuss and still offer dessert, so as not to set up a dichotomy of 'good' versus 'treat' foods. Outwardly I am being calm but inside I am screaming.
Has anyone else's been this bad? How long til they crack and try something new? I am getting really desperate. He goes to nursery 2 days a week and won't touch any food there either.
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'Toddlers won't starve themselves' - I actually think he might
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PenelopeChipShop · 18/12/2014 13:59
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