I have a question! I can not for the life of me get my 18 month old to eat at the kitchen table...he…

A kid won't starve themself to death promise. I don't let my daughter eat away from the table. He fights because he knows he's going to win.

@worlds.okayest.mom, he literally throws the food on the floor we literally fought with him for an hour and a half one day...he literally won’t eat at the table...

Then he won't eat at all. I nannyed a girl like that. The rule was she sat at the table and ate. If she got up, she was done. Took her a week and her mom was shocked. I make the kids eat every single meal at the table.if you're consistent, he'll do it. You don't fight for an hour.

Again, a child will not starve themself. If they learn they only eat at the table they will willingly sit themself down when they are hungry.

@worlds.okayest.mom, so I’m suppose to just not let him eat? Because we done that and my grandma even came over to help for two weeks...didn’t work...he didn’t eat...and he lost weight...so I let him eat...me and his dad eats at the table he grew up eating at the table, can’t take him out in public to eat because he refuses...this is an extremely stubborn kid!!!

Yup. You teach him if he's hungry he eats at the table. If you give in, he learns he'll get his way if he pushes hard enough. Or you let him eat wherever and he never learns. Your call.

@worlds.okayest.mom, think my kid is more stubborn then the kids that you dealt with lol he literally did starve himself lol

And if it's a certain chair that he gets his way with, take the chair away.

@worlds.okayest.mom, I rather my kid not end up losing weight again...I was asking tips on how other moms deal with this situation not torture him and not let him eat period he literally will not eat at the table I tried your method and he lost weight and that’s when I would draw the line and he would sleep at night cuz he wasn’t eating...

No. He's not. I've raised several kids and nannyed several more. I can promise you he's not as stubborn and many of the kids I've dealt with.

It's not torture. It's parenting. Consistency and boundaries.

My daughter was like that. I distracted her with videos and sat with her so there was no way for her to throw the food. I took the videos away mid meal and after a week or so she was fine. Now she knows, she's going to sit and eat regardless. I don't argue with her, I'm the mother. No matter how long it takes, just stay consistent and don't give in.

@worlds.okayest.mom, I believe it’s torturing your kid when you go a whole day with out eating this is the only problem we have with him, he has his boundaries, he is extremely well behaved and trust me he is beyond stubborn because he gets it from me lol

@_sheriee, we sit with him...I think he also gets mad because he is a picky eater and I will make something different for him and we will eat something different and he gets mad and wants to eat what we have and we will give him a bite and he gets mad because he doesn’t like it 😂😂

Oh my kids don't get options lol. Maybe put some of what he likes on your plate so you can give it to him when he wants what you have.

Do you eat with him or you're trying to get him to eat alone? Try rewarding him instead if you don't want to police him. Eat with him and engage him. Read to him. Or offer a reward you know he would like if he eats at the table. Maybe having his favorite snack in his chair after idk

@kambam, yeah we eat with him! We eat as a family (: but never tried the reward system yet! So I might need too! Like possibly a dessert afterwards If he is good! Reward system worked great for potty training so far! So maybe it will work for this too (: thanks!

@_sheriee, my kid can not stand hamburger and I love hamburger so 90% of the meals I make is hamburger he literally throws up if he eats anything with it in there lol so I make him chicken and spinach because it’s his FAVORITE! But I think that having some on my plate and giving it to him is a great idea! Thank you so much! I don’t know why I didn’t think of that! 😂

Maybe a reward system? Like desert?

Rewards are the best 😁 if you think about it, adults would rather have a reward for a task than be forced also. Just don't go overboard on the rewards lol. Good luck.

Oh lol just saw the reward system idea

If you force him to not eat, that's torture. Forcing him to sit at the table to get food is not. It's parenting.

@worlds.okayest.mom, if you say so lol cuz not giving him food period cuz he refuses to eat at the table isn’t torture so after a day or more of not eating your just let the kid go with out food? That is torture

@ecahanes, ha ha it’s okay! Makes it a better idea! Lol

Nope. You're allowing him access to food. He's denying it.

@kambam, thank you (: and I usually dont! But makes sense like you go to work for money you don’t do it for free so makes perfect sense!

@worlds.okayest.mom, sorry I don’t agree with that method...I explained why because tried it he lost weight not worth making my kid sick