3 year ds has a lot of tantrums and they are about one thing and one thing only. Food. From dusk to dawn. He will kick off, scream and smash everything in sight to get a snack or the food he wants. We offer Weetabix or porridge for breakfast, a sandwich yoghurt and fruit or something equivalent for lunch and an evening meal from scratch with meat, veg, carbs etc most nights.
If he ever gets a 'snack', rice cakes, or fruit roll, anything sweet he will scream blue murder until he gets more. His appetite for it is insatiable. Whether we offer or don't he will harrang and cry if he spots something. Makes going to the shop or out in public very difficult. To the point we have to go home and the day is spoilt if he doesn't get a snack he wants. It makes no difference even if we do give him one as a treat as he will demand another and another.
I hate being in the kitchen with him as it always incurs upset. No matter what stance I take.
Is this normal? I feel like food is ruining our life with him.