Would you genuinely not offer more food to your toddler? AIBU?

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Toddlers and food is a minefield on mumsnet.

My toddler (21 months)has been with the childminder today.

His food diary says he has a roast chicken dinner, swissroll, grapes, banana, yoghurt and toast during the course of the day.

I've made a chicken/broccoli/pasta bake thing for tea. He's taken 3 spoonfuls and is totally refusing any more.

AIBU to send him to bed at 7 with just his milk?

Do people offer alternatives? I find it very tiresome trying to fuss about what he will eat when he refuses dinner and get irritated.

He had porridge this morning also.

My dd eats similar meals at nursery. We will offer her some of what we have for dinner when she gets home. Sometimes she will have some sometimes she doesn't. If she doesn't have any then we'll put it aside and offer again before bed if she arms hungry. She also often has a banana or apple before bed.

I don't think pressurising a child who isn't hungry into eating is good for their

No alternatives ever offered here.

My kids would regularly pass on a meal because they weren't hungry. It's normal and positive to know to stop when full. What ever you do don't get obsessive about how much he doesn't eat. Nagging and begging kids to eat, desperately planting ranges of 'kiddie food' in front of them isn't a recipe for success. Aim to offer one healthy family meal only

I always offer a yoghurt if I think DS might still be hungry (he's 2.4). If he doesn't want one then I know he's full. But if he gets milk at bedtime then that'll probably be enough to ensure that in case he is hungry he'll get enough to last him through the night.

I figure that if DS goes to bed hungry, it's my sleep (his too of course, but he will definitely wake me up too!) that suffers, so I'd rather make sure he's full.

I'd assume he was full and leave it at that.

I read that little kids regulate their food intakes very well and so if they aren't hungry then that's fine.

I wouldn't and don't offer anything else but mine both have a big cup of warm milk before bed which stops me feeling bad!

Most parents know their toddler well enough to realise if they are ill, genuinely don't like what is being served to them or (more often than not) are simply being awkward little shits.

If we are trying something new for the first time I would always have an alternative on standby (in secret). If they are simply not hungry or are being awkward then no alternatives and most certainly no dessert or supper!