DS (2yrs) will only eat dinner with Pingu

[MrShev]

Our DS, who is an average eater, has started to get a bit funny about his dinner.

He eats breakfast with us at the table - generally pretty good. He has lunch with one of of us or both of us, again at the table. He normally has supper at 5pm - 5.30pm and he now won't eat it saying he's not hungry anymore and then he gets down after some low level whines and plays with thomas / lego /puzzles.

At the end of the day he normally gets a few episodes of Pingu before bath, bottle and bed but we have now resorted to feeding him the rest of his dinner in front of Pingu because otherwise he'll wake up during the night hungry which is no good.

Are we wrong? Is this a battle worth fighting? Are calories in better than nothing? Is it just a phase?

Feel like trailer trash who shop at Waitrose...

Hmm - don't know. Does he eat dinner with you, or do you not like to eat that early? I suppose you could make lunch his main meal, so you weren't so fussed about how much he eats for dinner, and that might break the TV/dinner thing?

sounds like he's too tired in the evening. I'd move his main meal to lunchtime instead.

How old is he? Does he nap?

No it's fine. And he will grow out of it. You can reintrudce a better routine at any time. He is so little still, I wouldn't worry. I personally don't think its a battle worth having at this age.

But he might just need to eat eariler and have a small supper in the half hour before bed. Does he have a snack inbetween too?

my ds1 loved Pingu
when he was ill we watched Pingu at 3am
Relax with it - encourage family meals at weekends etc

we love Pingu here too