16 mo - all he wants to eat is biscuits and fruit toast - ARRRRRGGGHHH!!! Help!!!

[shoobaloo]

DS is currently screaming his head off after refusing two diff dinners (I know I should only have offered the one but...) he is now banging his hands on the cupboard below his 'snack' cupboard. I know he wants biscits etc but if i give in he will never eat proper meals. This is HARD - the screaming is driving me mad. This is the second day of it! HELP!!!

dinner at 3.30pm??????? or was this tantrum at lunch time?

take a deep breath, and try distraction or ignoring.

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sorry - this happened at lunch today and dinner yesterday

bin all the biscuits tonight and let him know they've all gone.

Give him a bit of fruit between meals if he's hungry.

And do stick to offering one dinner only, don't give him the ammunition he needs to make life more complicated!

You're doing the right thing by ignoring him. Make sure you offer him something that you KNOW he likes/usually eats for dinner/lunch, that way you won't be wondering whether it's just because he doesn't like what you have offered. If he refuses to eat it again then don't offer anything except healthy snacks till next meal.

My toddler (22mo) doesn't get offered a morning snack cos he has breakfast at 7.30am and lunch at 11.30am- anything in between and he wouldn't eat as well at lunch.

Hi Soph - if I keep offering him something I know he likes/will eat, then he will only be eating rubbish! This is such a pain in the A&$#!!!

What is 'fruit toast'?

I'd drop all the foods you're not happy with. At this age, if they like something, they'll live on it. So better they eat pasta and fruit, than biscuits.

If you can find something he likes that is ok, keep offering it, alongside other healthy but tasty things (pasta, cheese, beans, fruit?), and just keep offering calmly.

Empty the 'snack' cupboard. Show him it's empty. Keep it that way.

my dd is 15 months old and is currently living mostly on those chicken raiders from a packet for her dinners. they are the only thing that she will deff eat and not throw to the dog. i also will offer maybe 2 dinners, just because i dont want to get stuck with her eating just those, and if i find something else that she likes, all the better for it. she loves fruit, its just the savoury meals thats shes not as keen on.

He seems to scoff down (and I mean scoff - I don't even have to put the foodon the fork - he'll spike it and feed himself) muffin pizzas - basically a muffin cut in half with a bit of tomato sauce, cheese, ham and chopped tomato on top, cooked under the grill and cut into bite size pieces. Not that healthy but at least he eats it! Would I be a naughty mummy if I gave him this every dinnertime?

I don't think that's an unhealthy meal per se. You could offer it alongside other things you want her to eat? Or offer something else first, then the muffin pizza?

whoops, him, not her.