My dd is so skinny and so fussy at eating. She is 6 years old and belongs to a sports club, ballet lessons and swimming lessons so is quite active. She would happily live on carbs and nothing else. I have been trying to encourage her to eat her 5 a day but now she eats even less! She has also never eaten much of the family meals I make. My mum thinks I should just feed her what she will eat, eg chicken nuggets and chips, toast, biscuits etc. Just so that she is eating a reasonable amount. I am not so sure. What do other people do? Watch their Dc eat next to nothing of a nutritious family meal or give them food where they will eat the whole plate such as chicken nuggets and chips and baked beans? The same with snacks, if I offer fruit she will go without, if I offer her a biscuit she will eat her snack? I want her to be healthy but I worry as she hardly wants to eat any healthy food and I hate seeing her go without.
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If you have a very skinny child do you encourage 5 a day or just encourage to eat??
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VA1983 · 20/09/2016 20:13
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