Anyone have any tricks to get a 2 year old to eat? He basically never eats a full meal. At breakfast…
Anyone have any tricks to get a 2 year old to eat? He basically never eats a full meal. At breakfast he eats maybe 5 bites and says he’s done. He usually does well with lunch. And then dinner time is CHAOS. He won’t eat, he won’t sit down, he’s screaming and crying until he gags himself.
I just feel so bad sending him to bed without eating! I don’t know what to do to make him eat. And it’s been happening for a few weeks now. We never used to have any problems at meal time and now it’s like fighting a BEAR to make him eat anything!!! It’s so frustrating!
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I feel ur pain.. my toddler won’t eat at all I get so frustrated with him because he won’t even try anything smh
K·
If it’s only been a few weeks I say it’s a phase. Be consistent and keep trying and eventually he will maybe learn
hanna·
You take something away until he eats it don't let him up till he's done or ur satisfied it's hard but you gotta do it
MoT·
My pediatrician told me one good meal a day is all they really need. She also insisted that kids will not starve themselves. I'm not that much a fan of watching my daughter go days without eating so at one meal we do a bite a page and I read while she eats. I also set time limits on her meals and I put the things she doesn't eat in ziplocs and fridge. Then if she is hungry before it's the next meal time there are no snacks it's just what she didn't eat that she can have. Once we hit the next meal we start again with the new food. The only way to get snacks or deserts is to eat the whole meal. It's really been turning things around for her and I barely ever have to read anymore because she has figured out the system now. Good luck! I know this struggle all too well.