DCs are 4 (almost 5) and just 3.
They generally eat well and varied - not worried about their diet.
But I am getting increasingly frustrated with them not wanting to come to the table at mealtimes. Some days I dread saying 'food's ready' because it is so often greeted with groans, shouts of 'no' or them running upstairs and hiding under the covers of their beds. They would just rather play.
Anyone else's DCs do this? How do you manage it?
I usually insist that they sit at the table to talk even if they don't want to eat and they end up eating loads. But it is a battle to get them there. When they sit down they eat well and sometimes even end up having cheese sandwiches at the end of the meal (after dessert) because they have eaten all the other food I prepared!
Today I held off lunch hoping one of them would say 'I'm hungry' but ended up having to persuade them to sit down because I was sooo hungry. We had breakfast at 7.30 am and lunch was at 13.20.
For the evening meal, as soon as I said food was ready, they decided to play dressing up. They kept coming in and out of the kitchen in silly outfits. They saw I was eating and I explained that I when I had finished the mealtime would be over. No interest in eating.
When I had finished I got them ready for bed. Neither I nor they mentioned the missed meal.