I know I keep going on....

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... but this child still won't eat.

Today she has had 3/4 potato waffle with cheese, 1/2 packet of crisps, 1 mouthful of jacket potato/cheese/beans, and has just eaten 3/4 of a satsuma (given to her segment by segment... in a pot she would eat 2 bits and ignore it.

4oz of milk when she woke up this morning.

She has refused to eat a whole list of other things (chocolate included ).

I've tried everything lately - from being strict and only offering decent stuff at set times, to letting her (or offering her) to graze, from feeling healthy to feeding cr*p.

She wants none of it.

I keep being told its a phase, she'll eat when she's hungry, and you're probably right, but in the meantime she's losing weight (she had plenty to start with, so again, not a big worry right now), and tells me her "baby hurts" (belly) when she is hungry. I don't know how to stop myself worrying until she's out of the "phase" though!!!!

how old?

'I've tried everything lately - from being strict and only offering decent stuff at set times, to letting her (or offering her) to graze, from feeling healthy to feeding cr*p. '

I think this might be your problem.

It is probably making your mind up on one approach and sticking with it. The lack of consistency is probably just confusing the situation.

2 1/2. Its been going on a couple of months now, so we've been trying each approach for about a week at a time, not just one one day, and another the next.

For a 2.5 year old I don't think what she has eaten is 'that bad' to be honest.

If she is refusing chocolate then she is jsut not hungry. Rather than keep offering her stuff, why not wait until she asks?

no advice but just to say J has been the same.

B has had more than him today :/

Having the same problem with dd (22 months), she only eats half of what your dd has eaten. At the moment i am putting it down to teathing as not all of her teath are through yet. All she seems to eat is yoghurt, she just picks at her dinner.

2.5 yr old here too. SOme days will eat other days like today he had a tin of Tomato Soup, and not really much else. They have to learn to eat when they are hungry, try not to stress, I know hard but honestly I really don't think they will starve themselves!

Have you tried just sitting with a plate of food for yourself and not her. Then you can feed her from your plate. Sometimes kids just want what someone else has. Mine are older so I have kind of forgotten but is she too young for a fruit shake or something?
Can you make a soup with lots of hidden veg in it?

Hi My 2.5 year old doesnt really eat just now either. Everytime she says she is hungry or asks for something she will take 2 mouthfulls and say "I dont want any more". This is driving me nuts, fortunetely my other daughter did it to and she survived so I am just not feeding her until meal times. Sounds bad but I know it works, try and slip in easy to eat food like yoghurt and milkshakes just to keep her built up a bit. Dont worry she will be back to normal soon. Does she still have energy etc? I wouldnt worry too much if she has.