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Fussy eaters

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Ancfib · 30/09/2022 19:41

Any tips on how you dealt with fussy eating?

Tonight has just really annoyed me. I have to girls aged 6 and 2. Both are annoyingly fussy. They won't even try things! My youngest won't even eat bread :( I don't understand what I have done wrong :(

I made a simple Sheppards pie a couple weeks ago which is not one of the usual meals they eat, I warned them, and they ate it. My eldest said she quite liked it! And my youngest mainly ate the mash but I felt like it was a win. So I made it again tonight and its been world war 3. My youngest wouldn't even touch it, and I even offered her some fruit ( I know not the best idea, I was just worried about her not having dinner) and she wouldn't even touch that she was so annoyed!! My eldest came back from football and screamed in my face how much she hates Sheppard's pie and pretended to cry. I put her food on the table, with mine and their dads and I ate in silence. My eldest picked at it and kept sighing and whining. I said that she wasn't getting anything else so she pushed her plate at me and said I don't want anything. Ok then, I sprung up and got them bathed and into bed as quickly as I could. She asked me if I still like her which made me feel bad, I said I love her so much but honestly I feel annoyed, I made her something from scratch she said she liked. I just don't understand why you would be like this, she liked it? She just doesn't like the idea of it and all she wants is fish fingers. My youngest is getting fussier and fussier out of no where! She barely eats anything unless it's something sweet or chessy at home, and nursery she eats more but again getting fussier.

Didn't mean to vent. I just really feel like ive done something wrong. They both ate whatever as babies, really easy and loved food. I don't know what has changed :(

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TeaFagsand · 26/02/2023 01:44

My ds was like this.

Give them their dinner. If they don't eat it take it away but don't give them anything else like pudding or sweets. Ignore their tantrums. Let the dog gobble what they leave.

They will grow out if it eventually. Be stubborn and don't cave as no child in human history ever starved themselves.

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