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Getting fussy toddlers to eat..... |
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by sluxton  (May 2007) (rank 146th) |
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1. give them dinner early, whenever they start to pick again, and doesn't matter if it's 4.30pm because vegetables and meat are important and whilst they want to eat.....feed them, time of dinner eventually gets later as they get older.
2. dribble out the food from the
least liked to most liked. my son hates meat, so I gave that first when he is hungriest but now they are both fussy with potato so I give that first.
Sometimes they eat everything on the plate all in one go but other times they are just plain picky so rather than fill them up on biscuits at 4pm and then have non-interested eaters at the dinner table, I just feed them the vegies and meat and so be it whatever they eat later as long as they have had the nutrients they need.
They do grow out of a 4.30pm dinner. My 3 and 4 year old will eat anytime between 5 and 7pm. After that, they are too tired to eat properly, even if they've had a midday sleep. Just guage where they are at and if they are ravenous - give them dinner, or at least some microwaved vegies, and they can have the meat a little later.
Toddlers love to graze.
Lexi xxx
