18mt old not liking my food

[alison222]

Wel actualy not just mine. She is very picky and will eat certain things but not even try others. he is like this at home too.
Her mum has asked me to feed her just what i am feeding everyone else but today she has flatly refused to try any of the leek and potato soup and bread.
In the end after lots of crying I got her down from the table and she is playing perfectly happily but has only had a sip of water.
Would you give her someing else or let her wait until the next meal?
I am in two minds about it

I'd leave her if I were you esp if she is playing happily. Maybe offer her a little snack around 3pm if she wants it then leave her until teatime.

Kind of what I'm inclined to do only she goes home just before tea today and it loks bad to say she hasn't eaten at all

but its not as if youve not tried to feed her, and as the parents know shes a fussy eater then they will be used to this. Id offer her a snack midafternoon but i wouldnt make her a different meal. If you give in to her you might end up making her a different meal from the others every day.

i just tried the now cold soup again and she ate about half of it with the bread that had been put into it. So after that I moved on to pudding and I have never sen her eat a banana so fast. She is clearly ravenous but vey determined not to eat what she doesn't want.
i know they say that small children will not starve themselves but she is very stuborn at so young an age

But she didn't starve herself, did she?

No but it takes a lot of effort to get her to eat if she doesn't like the loook of it

oh and several hours

i would offer her the same as the others and then ignore her, she will eat new things as she has just shown, maybe it is her way of getting sole attention when lots of people around. Were your other mindees around the second time around? i have found fussy eaters tend to eat better when slightly separated and given not any looks/help?

she was by herself yes but both times as she fell asleep before lunch. she is just very fussy about food and textures. she doesn't like "wet" food and since she is not too good with a spoon that is most foods on her fingers which does make it dificult. i gues i need to do more water and sand play and finger painting huh?

glad she has eaten something finally. I would do exactly what you did. if she's not willing to eat what you offer then she needs to know that she wont be given anything other than that meal. Young children won't become any better at trying new foods if they are only fed food they like after being shown a new food.
Good on you for sticking with it, and trying her again.