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How can I get my 2 year old to eat, what we eat?

  • I hate playing the short order cook, and everything I make her, she sticks her nose up to every dish I serve her. Shes extremely picky and I don't know how she became sooo picky. She chews up meats and then spits them out, she'll eat a couple of veggies, but then after a couple (I mean like 1 pea, or 1 small cubed carrot at a time not like one spoon full) she tells me,"I no want any" and she'll push her plate away, and I don't understand how she won't eat anything, then later she'll say shes hungry but anything I give her she'll refuse, even things I know she eats. What do I do how do I get her to eat? Its not her teeth either cause when she does eat, she does just fine and doesn't complain. Please help me! Thanks.

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    As long as you continue to play short order cook, she will have no reason to make an effort. Make meals for the family. Be sure that there are enough cohices on the table that there should be SOMETHING she's willing to eat. If she 'pushes the plate away', that's fine. The meal is over. When she's hungry next, offer to warm up the plate, or tell her that 'we'll have lunch after Dora is over (or whatever). Then make meal and repeat. She wont' starve herself, and being a little hungry won't do her any harm. (Also, be sure to avoid having any junk in the house for a while. That way, if she asks for ... whatever (you don't say what she IS eating) ... you can honestly say "We don't have any.") And, where possible, do continue to offer reasonable choices. It's entirely valid to ask her 'Do you want yogurt or waffles for breakfast.' .. just don't give an open ended question like "What do you want for breakfast?" which will allow her to say "Candy."

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Just keep trying, but dont get frustrated when she dosent eat, and dont make her something different either. If she dosent want to eat, take it away. If she comes to you hungry give her the plate of food she refused. At her next meal do the same, if she wont eat take it away. I had to do this with my son because he was getting picky. You wont starve her she will eat whats on that plate if she's hungry enough. Limit her drinks too!

Audiophile

Keeping offering it to her and *don't* make a big deal about it. At this point, the more you make it a point of contention the more she is going to fight you on it. If she doesn't eat it simply take the plate away with no commotion and offer nothing in between meals. She has to learn to eat with the family and even 10 goldfish crackers as a snack is going to give her enough sustenance to push through. Eventually she will tire of being hungry. Also, don't overestimate what she actually needs. It is not atypical for a 2 year old to eat a total of 1/4 cup food as an entire meal.

Who am I?

You could try having her go grocery shopping with you and let her help you pick out the veggies. Then when you get home and its time to cook, you could let her do simple things to help you cook the meal. She will no doubt love the time spent with you in the kitchen and will probably want to eat something you two made togther.

mamamare

i think at this age their just full of energy you just gotta be patient an just make dinner fun for her maybe read her a book or having her distracted will be easy to spoon feed her an remember the size of her tummy is the size of her fist

tell her if she doesnt eat, your gonna eat her FACE

Don't offer her anything else other than what you've made and placed in front of her. If she refuses to eat than she can go hungry until she decides she will eat (what you cook not what she wants). She won't starve herself, tell her if she eats her meals good things come out of it like a treat afterwards. My daughter is far from picky, she learnt early on that if she didn't eat dinner it would be her lunch the next day or lunch became dinner. She also knows that eating her meal she gets a little treat afterwards which is anything from a chocolate kiss to a pack of fruit snacks.

momtotwo

Let her take part in the meal making process. Make it fun. Make sure she stays at the table until everyone is done. My daughter will say "all done" and if I let her out of her booster seat, she'll go play. If I say "wait until mommy is done eating" she'll start eating again. I'm taking her to speech therapy for feeding issues and these tips have helped us. Good luck!

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