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Do your kids ever go without dinner?

41 replies

rickman · 02/10/2006 18:32

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nulnulcat · 03/10/2006 09:07

if they hadnt eaten properly all day would you cave in and let them have pudding?

CaptainDippy · 03/10/2006 09:17

My two often go to bed having eaten nothing - if they were hungry, they would eat. They are 2.7 and 16 months. I am hoping it will pay off ... in the end!!

CaptainDippy · 03/10/2006 09:19

[[hugs]] to you rickman btw - every sympathy honey!!

lazycow · 03/10/2006 09:35

I have always said that ds eats well but he very often eats no tea or no lunch and sometimes he eats neither (apart from a couple of mouthfuls)
He almost never eats much for breakfast.

I suppose I concentrate on the times he eats a lot for lunch or dinner and on the days where he seems to eat all day and I base my view of him as a good eater on that.

The fact is he is so variable I'm going to stop saying whether he is a good eater or a bad one. Sometimes he loves something the next day he won't touch it. Sometimes he is desperate to try something new (usually something not very suitable for him ) and sometimes he won't even touch anything new. The most consistent thing about him is his inconsistency.

On the days he doesn't eat any tea I do offer something like a piece of bread/cheese or fruit before bedtime - usually he refuses it though which just tells me he wasn't hungry for his dinner so I leave it at that.

He is quite light but is energetic and when we are out with other mothers and their toddlers he always seems to eat better than most of the others do - maybe he just likes eating in company.

It does irritate me though on the days he pesters for snacks all morning because he wouldn't eat breakfast and is now hungry at 11am. I just keep saying to myself 'this too will pass'

RudyDudy · 03/10/2006 09:56

I don't know if it works with older kids but I always say to DS (2.11) - oh well, if you're not hungry then it's straight to bathtime which gets him into kitchen pretty sharpish. Worked last night and he ate something completely new. The main thing that stops him from eating is when he sees it as a distraction from playing. Also, I say just come and eat a little bit but once he's there can usually be persuaded to eat a reasonable amount.

staceym11 · 03/10/2006 10:08

my dd often goes to bed without dinner, generally i know which meals she wont eat but she still gets it (shes 2) and if she doesnt eat it she doesnt eat it. i dont offer anything, which may be mean but iv seen my cousins little one turn into a picky little madam as she was offered food after refusing dinner and only being offered food she 'liked' already.....not having that happen...sorry if this doesnt help much, but no child will starve themselves and eventually they will eat what is given.

TambaTheDragonSlayer · 03/10/2006 10:10

Sometimes they go to bed with no dinner. I make one meal and if they dont eat it then thats there tough luck. I dont offer alternatives - I am not running a cafe!

Peridot30 · 03/10/2006 10:36

My dd Nearly 3 regularly goes to bed with out a dinner. Eats breakfast and lunch and was told not to worry about it. This has been going on for as long as i can remember. I feel as long as she eats other 2 meals then thats ok.

Peridot30 · 03/10/2006 10:36

My dd Nearly 3 regularly goes to bed with out a dinner. Eats breakfast and lunch and was told not to worry about it. This has been going on for as long as i can remember. I feel as long as she eats other 2 meals then thats ok.

Peridot30 · 03/10/2006 10:37

sorry

iamapieceofcheesecake · 03/10/2006 10:39

Ds wouldn't eat his tea last night because he didn't want it mixed together, he wanted mine! So he went without and was asleep when we got home so he didn't get to eat it then either (although I did give him extra brekkie this morning )

Vindaloo · 03/10/2006 10:47

What really annoys me is that if my mum is looking after DD 2.6 yrs she will eat much better, and she eats much better at nursery. She saves the agro just for me......lucky me

slug · 03/10/2006 13:22

RudyDudy, that's exactly the tactic I use with little miss madam nearly 5. A refusal to eat means the bedtime routine starts then and there.

MarsLady · 03/10/2006 17:10

they probably will tonight. The wee beasts have decided that they don't like my gorgeously lovely beef in red wine casserole. More fool them!

cat64 · 03/10/2006 20:23

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nulnulcat · 03/10/2006 20:51

she hasnt eaten anything again today! no brekkie a few mouthfuls of a jam sandwich at lunch and about half a dozen mouthfuls of tuna pasta tonight and thats all!

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