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Toddler eats at nursery, not at home??

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Lolarosemama · 24/02/2022 12:29

PLEASE HELP. My lo won’t eat at home, but eats like a little monster at nursery. What am I doing wrong?
He used to eat absolutely everything at home, adventurous, strong flavours, now he’s fussy, throws everything on the floor, whilst still eating roast dinners, curries etc at nursery. He’s only there two days a week so it’s not like he’s getting what he needs and I can wait for this phase to pass.

Thanks, tearing my hair out and fed up of everything I prepare ending up on the floor.

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santastolemycat · 24/02/2022 12:57

No advice but my son is the same. He ate everything and the slowly refused it at home but still ate at nursery. He was 14 months.
He then started refusing it at nursery too. There are only a handful of the meals they make that he will eat otherwise he gets a sandwich.
It’s been nearly a year like this but slowly he
is trying new foods every now and again. It’s not much but it gives me some hope that thy is phase is slowly ending.

Dyra · 24/02/2022 21:09

Another with no real advice, but have been in the same boat.

DD started getting fussy at about 16 months. Before then, she ate everything that was put in front of her. Then meal by meal, she'd reject and refuse to eat. At one point I could count the number of food items she would eat at home on two hands. But nursery (2 full days a week) report she eats everything put in front of her. Veggies and all!

She's now 2.5 and only just starting to get better in recent weeks. She's even starting to eat veggies again! I've continually given her regular meals throughout, with no pressure on her to even try, while DH and I just got on with our meals. If she didn't eat, I always had an option of something she might eat (even if just toast) as a back up. Even then, some days it felt like she was living off sunbeams and rainbows. My main concern was making sure she had her multivitamin (liquid into milk) every day. At times I have despaired at her diet. But I would sooner see her eat something instead of nothing. Fortunately it looks like it is just a phase. A long, long, long one, but a phase nonetheless. I hope it'll be a phase (a much shorter one!) for you too.

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