2.5 year old will only eat weetabix..........

[Helgicita]

DS 2.5 was poorly three weeks ago and didn't eat properly for a week. Since then all he wants to eat is weetabix. I've been trying to entice him with other food but he gets really upset if he's not allowed to have his 'brekkie' for every meal. Last night I refused and he ate some beans and a crumpet, most of a yoghurt and some avocado - so that was great but I worry that if he'd had weetabix he would have eaten more food overall. Am I being a typical 'worrying about nothing' mum? Any strategies for dealing with this problem out there?

Keep refusing to pander. If he was prepared to all that other stuff last might he is on the mend.

Last night that should have been!

Bump anyone?

i'd offer weetabix with something mixed into it (eg fruit) for the first meal of the day. and then say after that he can have weetabix for any blardy meal he likes as long as he has some of something else as well (ie what you were planning to give him for lunch/dinner afterwards, preferably something you know he really likes?)
keep bumping up the non-weetabix quotient of the meal and he will probably shortly get bored of the weetabix....

I wouldnt worry about "him not eating more food overall" if he is hungry then he will eat

Yesterday you refused to give him weetabix - he ate several different foods - therefore he can do it again!

I would give him his fix of weetabix at breakfast and explain that from now on weetabix is breakfast and thats it - he will Im sure eat when he is hungry

I dont think you are worrying about nothing but if you continue to allow him to eat lots of weetabix you will have something to worry about!

HTH

i agree,. weetabix for breakfast and that's that.
ghe managed ok last night, he'll manage again.,

Yes, be strong; why would you be guided by a 2 year old about something as important as his nutrition? Does he know enough about what he needs to make good choices about what to eat?!?!

I WOULD USE THE SANTA WONT COME UNLESS YOU EAT SUMTHING PROPER THREAT!!!! IT WORKS

GOOD LUCK

Personally I would never, ever use something like father christmas as a threat. I'd want to keep it magical and free of any taint like that. Each to their own; but I think if you think just a little harder you can come up with other strategies which also work. There are precious few years that they believe in father christmas; it's over so soon. I wouldn't want to use it in that way.

can you not just run out of weetabix for a week until you go shopping as he has eaten it all? let him 'finish' the pack for brekkie then normal food till the habit has gone?