Hi I'm new to mumsnet so hope this is the right place to post.
I have a 2 (nearly 3) year old and a 5 month old (boys). My 2 yr old has never been a big eater but since coming on holiday with my parents (we're in week 4 of our 8 week stay & left Daddy at home) he has barely eaten a meal. The foods offered are the same (most ofthe time) to what he has back home. I realise now that what we started out doing has probably made things worse which was bribing him, threatening him (no pudding/straight to bed etc) & constantly saying "come on, eat up". My parents have always been quite strict at meal times and HATE food being left and HATE kids playing with their food. I feel so stressed that they're getting frustrated with him and that he's getting upset. He was in tears tonight :(
What can I do to encourage him to eat without forcing the issue? How long should I give him to eat? My mum keeps saying I should only give him a set time?! And are there any links I can show to my parents to show them what is recommended as they obviously don't approve of how I usually do things back home! (Very relaxed, don't care much if he eats with his fingers a bit and Daddy only really sees him at dinner and bedtime so tends to play games with him!)
Please help
Becky
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Struggling at meal times
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PaisleyWooBear · 17/01/2015 01:59
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