23m dd was a fantastic eater: homecooked food, eats to a general schedule (8.00am milk and breakfast, 12 -1 dinner, 4 or 4.30 tea, then 7 ish, milk and bed) however, in past couple of week dd is refusing tpo eat practically everthing she is ofered: she will graze and snack, but to ensure this isn't affecting her meals i'm trying to knock all snacks on the head in an efrt to get her to eat a bit more at mealtimes: i know this could be contributed by the 'terrible two's' (she is definately having a good few more wobblers which dh and i avoid entertaining), and childrens growth ates decline dramatically at about 2 where they might just out on a few pound over a year rather than quadrupling their birth weight in the first year or two, and toddlers do have a small stomach, however what she is eaing does seem to have dramatically dropped in portion size. I'm trying to persevere with offering dd her meal, and if after a while she's still refusing to eat, then taking her out of her high chair and leting her carry on as with the normal day: i'm not going through a variety of foods to keep her happy (what she is being offered she has previously eaten so i know it's not a case of having a strong dislike of a particular food) and therefore avoiding her thinking that having a wobbler means she gets what she wants. She eats at table in kitchen, we don't have any tv on and never have done...
Can anyone please help me, hints and tips, or sympathies and pats on the back with regards to knowing the frustration i feel??? It doesn't help that i slept for about 4 hours last night, in addition to being 38wk pg, and so being tred means i've been in tears today twice!! I'm not normally so hysterical though: i think today is just a 'take everthing personall' day )
Did you get this from your dc and did they grow out of it or did they get over it or how did you deal with it?
Thanks!!
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