DS (2.2)is being really really weird about supper. Lately he is desperate for his supper eats a bite then goes really strange, something like me cutting his food (after he has asked me to cut his food) means he throws a tantrum, cries, or mills about the kitchen table looking at me weirdly. After up to nearly an hour of this, (I mostly try and ignore, keep pottering and chatting in kitchen and just occasionally say something like would you like me to help you with your supper) he'll then weirdly eat completely happily every last bite and be completely jolly. It's not about the actual food I don't think. He'll eat all sorts. Although i am sure if it were nuggets and chipswe wouldnt have the same thing. It's just some kind of weird emotional thing that I can't understand.
I've always been fairly consistent about supper. Tactic of never making meals into a big deal, just chatting around the table enjoying food blah blah. And when he says he's finished I always just say that's fine and don't usually try and cajole to eat more unless he has been ill etc. No eating outside of meals apart from three o clock snack.
Have also always had him v involved in the cooking, watching what's being made etc. we usually cook together a few times a week.
What do you think this could be about? My mum says that children are often odd about food because its the only thing in their life they have control over? I am quite strict I suppose? I don't know. Beginning to question myself rather a lot!