During the last month we have been trying to get DD (21 mths) to eat proper 'seperates' dinners, as until then I had been giving her mashed dinners in a bowl. She eats v healthily, and since weaing has had a good variety of food, roughly about 10-15 different dinners. We've always given her what we have mashed up. I decided that as she was nearly 2, we should do dinners on a plate, and as separate food. She is refusing to eat anything. She eats whatever the childminder gives her for dinner, this is only once a week. I guess cos the other kids are all eating the same.
We have tried giving her what she's had mashed but separately (i.e. fish, pot, broc). She just will not even TRY anything that LOOKS UNFAMILIAR.
We have tried sitting and eating the same with her, although hard cos DH works shifts so we tend to eat after she has gone to bed.
I have tried making smiley faces, letting her watch me cook and join in a bit (stirring, putting things in saucepan).
We bought her a new plate, new 'princess' cutlery. Call it a 'big girls dinner'.
I expected it not to go smoothly straight away, but it's 4 weeks now and I am starting to get to the end of my tether.
If she doesn't eat, we get her down form table and refuse to give her anything else AT ALL until bedtime milk, so she's not getting any food at dinner time.
Any suggestions. At least she eats for CM, but it annoys me that she does it for her but not me.
I am expecting baby no.2 in 2 months, and really wanna nail this before baby no. 2 arrives.
HELP!!
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DD nearly 2yrs, refusing to eat her dinners. Any tips??!!
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goodcatholicgirl · 26/02/2008 21:03
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