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Q: my daughter eats nothing
asked by: pregmumof2 on September 14th, 2008
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My Daughter Raven is 20 months old and nothing seems to pass her lips in a day.She turns her nose up at everything..and I mean absolutly everything.I'm at my wits end with her,I really am.I try not to show her that though as I know it makes them worse.For breakfast she usually eats one weetabix with whole milk and a sprinkling of sugar on top and she has 7oz of 1 year plus formula milk as she wont drink cows milk on its own.But she never drinks all of the 7oz...sometimes 3 or sometimes 4 she will take. For lunch I try to give her sandwhiches with nice things inside that she used to like eating and a banana and maybe other bits but she won't eat anything....or she will bite it and leave the rest. For dinner I give her my home made vegatables that I have frozen and then defrosted for her with gravy and sometimes meat or sausages..she used to like fish with butter sauce but now she wont have anything...I give her a yogurt and she will have that and then another 7oz bottle before bed which again she will only take some of.She eats crisps and chocolate so i give her them because people say its better she eats that than nothing.she doesn't have much of these foods though.She does like sweet things but she used to love her veg and my cooking but now she won't eat a thing..we occationally go through an entire day with her eating nothing. Can any one give me any advice about what to try and tempt her with.she doesn't seem under weight and she is deffinetly not over weight.but she won't let the health visitor weigh her.She has recently had her MMR jab at last but this was going on before she had that done.please help.thanks.Jade.
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mominashoe
replied on September 14th, 2008
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I will relieve your anxieties right now: this is perfectly normal! I have had 6 children and all of them (except the last one who is still a baby) have done this. I used to be anxious about it, but I did some research and found that all kids do this to some extent, some worse than others.

What is key is that her weight is not going down, she is happy, and not sick. If she seems to be fine, don't worry about her being picky about her food. What little she does eat in one day is actually enough for her right now. I think that must be part of the reason why kids take on so much fat when they are babies...when you can walk around and have such a good time, who wants to eat?

If you chart exactly what she eats, you might find a pattern over the course of a month or less. She might stock up and then not eat as much for a few days, and then maybe hardly anything. Then she'll eat a good amount for a few days, and just when you think it's getting better, she lays off the food again. She will be ok Smile

Sometimes if you let her walk around outside or not buckle her in a chair while she is eating, she might eat more. My son was like that. He couldn't eat sitting down, but if I gave him a sandwich to walk around with, he would eat it. The same thing happened with my sister in law....her daughter was about the same age as yours and wouldn't eat. As soon as she let her out of the highchair, she started eating.

After a while they will want to sit a the table with the grownups and eat, so don't worry about forming bad habits.

I hope this helps. If not, feel free to hit me up with more questions! Smile
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