to send my child to bed hungry?

[ladyfirenze]

dts 7 was offered snacks after school of raisins, apple and carrots with a glass of milk. He ate some raisins and turned down everything else. At five thirty he was served a roast dinner consisting of chicken, roast carrots and sweet potatoes, steamed mange tout and gravy. He sloped off for a poo during dinner and left his carrots and potatoes. I didn't push him to finish them, but I did say I thought he should. He's just got out of bed to tell me his tummy is rumbling and he's hungry. I've said he can have a drink of water and have sent him back to bed...... That's right isn't it.....

It's because you make too many snacks Damn

I do actually say "come on eat ....whatever". My dd is actually reasonably good at veg and doesn't have veg avoidance, but I encourage her to eat a bit of everything on her plate so she gets a balanced diet. She eats the same meals as us, I don't make special food for her or try to hide things in it. If she was leaving chicken, fish or her potatoes etc I would be just as likely to be saying "come on eat up your fish" And if there is something she really doesn't like I don't make an issue of it, however, kids do change and I encourage her to have a little bit of things she doesn't like, after all, by trying something again you can find they actually do like it another time- my dd wouldn't eat eggs at one time- they made her shudder, but now she likes nothing better than a boiled egg and soldiers, same with me and prawns. But without encouragement she would have been quite happy to have never touched an egg again.

Sorry to go off topic a bit, but I'm amazed that so many posters think that 5.30 is a strange tea time. Genuinely, as that was always tea time when I was little, in our family and all my friend's families. When I grew up and moved out of my parents, my tea time got later and later, but now we have kids it's gone back to 5.30 so that we can all eat together.
I mean, I know not everyone eats at 5.30, and if someone told me that 6.30 was tea time in their house I wouldn't bat an eyelid, but I'm surprised by how many posters seem to be surprised by 5.30, like they've never heard of anyone eating at 5.30 before in their lives. Dare I ask... is it a class thing?

Mine used to eat at about 5.30 when they were little-it seemed a good time.

I'm not surprised that DCs have food issues when you have the responses on here! It seems relatively simple to me, he wasn't feeling too well if he had to go off to the loo in the middle of the meal-it wouldn't have hurt to give him a slice of toast later.Sometimes you need to be flexible.

I think I can understand why children might eat at 5.30- although mine never did. I just can't begin to imagine an adult eating then. Apart from anythingbelse, I am absolutely sure I'd be hungry again by 11.00, and be tempted to eat again!

seeker!

I did it because DH was back too late for them and so it was 2 sittings-not ideal but that is what happens when you commute.

I suppose I did go a bit off topic but I got bored - it's all a load a cock really isn't it? Does it really matter who thinks what - if you want to feed your child at night after they left their dinner then do it. If you don't .. then don't! Only you know your own child FFS. Anyway will gratefully fuck off now .. I'm having some 'me time' before my husband gets home for sex

My house resonates exactly with "come one, try your chicken/meat/fish". The kids pester for more veg - but would happily eat no protein bar the odd kernel of. Sweetcorn. DD won't even eat a slice of cheese.

This is one reason why the 'just give them fruit and toast' is a treat not a threat in my house. They'd quite happily live on that.