Advice needed for 2.4 that will not eat!!

[Shell150]

My dd is 2.4yrs and has always been a fab eater has recently however decided she does not want 2 eat have tried making her fav meals sausage cassorole, stew, spag bol but nothing she just sits at table and talks none stop have tried not interacting with her as much at meal times then she sits quietly sponing her food around plate saying she is sorting it so its cool also tried giving her second plate putting 3-4 things on it and taking larger plate away. Once she has 'finished' and down from table she will tell me she is starving and ask for fruit. I dunno if i should be giving her it as she finds fruit a treat instead off sweets iyswim but in same breath i know her tummy wont b so empty if she eats it which she always does yesterday she ate bowl of weetabix 1 banana apple grapes and an orange but no meal apart from breakfast.
Any advice? is it just a stage? should i be worrying? thanks x

[3sEnough]

Hi - I always went down the 'no fuss' line. Keep giving the food (smaller plates though) and keep having healthy puddings etc. Don't give snacks unless you feel she should have them but if yes, keep to more fruit(!!), small glass of milk, rice cakes, nuts etc. If she doesn't eat, too bad - if you keep being relaxed then you know she's just not eating because she's not hungry enough, not because you're making a song and dance. (Obviously if she seems unwell though take her to the drs.) My ds went through this stage and it has drastically improved since school and school lunches (which I insisted on - poor lad!) my dd1 and dd2 are currently doing this though but as I don't care it doesn't seem to escalate much past whinging that they don't like the dinner and then not eating it...they like nuts and fruit though which is a jolly good job.xx

[DizzyBint]

does she help you make her food? that might make her a bit more interested.

other than that i personally would just serve up her food and if she doesn't eat it then that's it, it's tough. easier said than done yes..but you have to think what are you trying to achieve?