Probably the wrong place to put this but struggling with 3 year old at meal times.
Up until recently he's eaten his tea at the childminders, she's now not doing meals so Ds eats tea at home, however he barely eats anything. (He's previously eaten fine) During the day he eats really well, cereal, Weetabix or toast for dinner, then normally strawberry's or grapes for a snack. Lunch is normally sandwich and some cucumber sticks etc then late afternoon snack again fruit so maybe apple, orange etc. For his tea he barely eats anything. He's hungry. I've just done him a stew and all he's eaten is a slice of garlic bread . He ate one bit of beef then cried for 20 mins. Meal times seem to be turning into a battle ground. Sometimes he will eat, but serve him the same meal a few days later and he won't eat it. I've tried letting him watch his tablet (don't judge too hard), I've even tried him pointing and me holding cutlery, I've tried eating with him as well, the time we eat makes zero difference. We've tried being strict, we've tried limiting snacks before tea (he has snacks as 3.30 and tea about 5.30). We've tried letting him pick his plate (he's not bothered with things like that) He just won't eat. I gave him his fav the other day (beans on toast) he ate the toast and refused the beans. I can give him it another day and he will scarf the lot and ask for seconds.
We don't eat pudding and I don't want to start bribing him with more food for eating etc. He's not eaten his tea today so he's not allowed to watch TV, but he doesn't care. He's playing happily with his dad (I can't really make him sit in silence) I can guarantee he will be awake at 5 am tomorrow crying he's hungry (understandable since he didn't eat his tea)
Anyone got any bright ideas? I'm out of ideas and whenever I ask his dad for help he just shrugs and says no idea 🙄