2 year old refusing all foods

[2020firsttimemum]

I am at my wits end with my 2.5 year old who is literally refusing to eat anything other than toast or bananas

He will literally scream the second he sees the plate of food and refuse to try it.

I've just spent half an hour trying to get him to eat anything (he hasn't even tried it so it's not like he doesn't like it) whilst he just wailed in my face

I am absolutely fed up and bored of arguing and cooking for a toddler who refuses everything.

What on earth can I do?! 😢

I totally get your frustration

Has this been a recent thing or have they always been fussy? I also find mine daughter takes a while to get her appetite back after a bout of illness.

Just a few things I do sometimes which have helped us..

Bringing teatime forward slightly so they aren't too tired to eat

Leaving a ' liked' food on their plate with a new item of food to try

I eat with my toddler which encourages her eat ( I feel!)

I don't make a fuss over anything that is left, I just take the plate away and carry on ( I find this hard)

Hope it improved soon x

My almost 3 year old is like this. It's infuriating. I'm fed up of the crying and whining.

She no longer eats pasta, after a year of it being practically the only thing she'd eat. She sometimes eats a mini pizza and sometimes will eat a chicken breadcrumb coated animal shape.
She's a better eater for my DP than she is for me but the only thing we've come across that works a little is when my DP pretends he's going to have a bit of her food, then she'll grab it and stuff it in her mouth. Unfortunately he's not home in time for 4 tea-times a week and it doesn't always work on her anyway.

Everything PP says is good advice, especially eating earlier (difficult for us to do). We don't make a fuss with taking stuff away either, but it's hard knowing she hasn't eaten. She's usually happy to eat a bit of fruit and a yoghurt during the day but I just wish she'd eat a meal.

Stop "trying".
Your job is to offer the food. Their job is to choose whether to eat it or not.
Definitely make sure there's a safe food on there. If they don't eat it, say that's fine and put in in the fridge and offer again later.
Repeat for every meal. No pressure.
It's proven that the more you pressure them to eat, the less likely they are to do so. Eat your own food and leave them be.

Seriously the best thing you can do is nothing. You need to act like you really do not care if he never eats again. He has worked out this game gets him loads of attention and winds you up no end in the process. Besides this you could actually make a real food problem without even knowing it. Make a plate of little bits leave it infront of him and walk away if he doesn't touch it after half an hour take it away. Do not say a word repeat at next mealtime. When sitting at the table don't talk about food. Talk about anything else and don't encourage atall just lignore Don't give milk or juice. He will eat but you need to be strong and follow this

As others said - you need to take the pressure / attention away. Sit down as a family, all eat the same, and don’t talk about food / eating. If he doesn’t eat anything after half an hour, then that’s it.

I commented on another thread about this recently and someone recommended this book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Child-Wont-Eat-Mealtimes-ebook/dp/B087Z5RGHM/ref=mpssa111?crid=2AW9DFO9O1EIS&keywords=my+child+won%27t+eat&qid=1672255528&sprefix=my+child+wont+eat%2Caps%2C73&sr=8-1

Honestly can't tell you how quickly it changed my perspective and stopped me worrying. Well worth reading (ignore the heavily pro breastfeeding narrative)!

My toddler refused eating all the vegetables and curries when he turned 1.5.
Now he eats almost all family food except few veggies.
How to Get Kids to Eat Healthy Food - Happy Mom Happy Family

Hi any updates please

Im going through this with my 3yr old, health visitor said if there eating a mouthful or too she won't worry for now and to give vitamin drops with vitamin d

My 24 months is going through this ? What does your little one accept in terms of food ? 😌

Pasta with cheese, pizza cheese or ham and cheese (undercooked, can't be brown), cucumber & apples, chocolate toast, milk, peas, and watermelon

Sometimes, fish fingers, chicken nuggets, chips

We were told just to offer the food don't try to force it, give vitamins especially vitamin d.

If your little one is small for there age it might be worth asking for a GP appointment see if you can see a dietician you will need food diary to show what they eat

Thanks ☺️ the thing is my little one eats : lasagna homemade , pasta pesto and all the pasta sauces with Philadelphia and tomato that I home-cook as i am a STHM . She also eats pears and nectarine plus banana , yogurt and homemade meringue cake plus sandwiches with cheese and ham . She eats her veggies if I give them to hear otherwise she will only eat carrots and cucumber. She eats cooked courgettes. Breakfast is fruits and hazelnut croissants but sometimes she prefers toast . I don’t believe she will qualify for a dietician

Oh haha this was so long ago I had forgotten about it!

He's 4 1/2 now and he's still kind of fussy. He's much better than he was, but there's still a lot he won't eat. I've stopped stressing about it now, and as long as he eats a balanced diet and I can get all sorts of food groups in one way or another then I do. I have a second child now too so I guess that's helped make me relax about it a bit.

It is frustrating though but most kids will eventually learn that these things aren't poison 😂

She has a good range of foods, I would go for vitamins to top off, and try not to prodd her when she's eating, we found all the one more mouthful stuff would make her eat less same with sit at the table (mine spend half her dinner time running around and spinning), I have started taking snacks out a lot and serving smaller portions have help mine eat a bit more too

Will do xx it is just so hard sometimes and I am scared that she is not getting enough . Lunch is especially tricky . Do you think it might be because she has a nap with milk around 11 and wakes up at 13? 🤗 sorry to bother you with questions but I am FTM

Probably, try giving a snack before the milk, then you don't needs to worry much about lunch, also you can try giving water after not during food, some kiddos get full on the water so they don't eat much food, both of mine do this but both like water with food so we got munchkin cups with the lids that make you sip not suck for water for meal times to slow them down with the drinking