Meal times....such hard work
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Topic: Meal times....such hard work
Posted By: red1
Subject: Meal times....such hard work
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 12:29pm
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Meal times have become such hard work with my 9mth old, finding something he likes, then he has to be super distracted to eat it (playing with something, other then a toy). He still isnt that interested at putting many foods in his mouth, so spoon feeding is the only way I know he is actually eating anything. Hes extremely stubborn and I dont want meal times to be a battle forever and both us dreading it....will it get easier??? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: maya22
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 12:40pm
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if it is becoming a battle, then my advice would be to back off. Is he teething or has he been sick? Has he just started moving?
Drop back the number of times you are offering foods, and drop back the volumes. There is no point in forcefeeding a baby, they will just puke it back at you and both of you will end up in tears. He is not really capable of being 'stubborn', it may be more like that he just isn't as hungry as you think he should be. His appetite will change over the months, he will probably get really hungry again later. He is still only little yet, if you are confident that he is otherwise happy and healthy then just let it be for a few weeks and let him guide the process. ------------- DS1 July 2007 DS2 Nov 2010 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: red1
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 4:15pm
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He has 3 meals a day not really interested in morning or afternoon tea yet, just a little worrying to drop back solid meals as he has dropped a BF too....actually we seem to be all over the show at the moment. Perhaps it is teething. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: maya22
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 5:17pm
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hey if you drop a meal now, you will save yourself some grief, and the two of you can enjoy mealtimes instead of getting tied up in knots. It is not the end of the world, chances are in a couple of weeks he will be hungrier again.
Maybe he is changing his routine on you, and he is grumpy that you haven't caught up with the game yet  ------------- DS1 July 2007 DS2 Nov 2010 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fairy1
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 6:08pm
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DS still isn't interested in morning or afternoon tea so I wouldn't worry about that if I was you. He also didn't eat 3 meals until he was almost 1, and even now sometimes just doesn't want to eat as he isn't hungry and I don't force him to (cos I can't). If they aren't hungry then they won't eat. Why not try and drop a meal and see how you go. From what I've heard some babies just aren't interested in food until they are almost 1 or bit older.
Remember (and I heard this from Maya who has posted above  ) food is fun until they are 1. So if he doesn't want it just leave it.------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 1:37pm
Also perhaps just try offering finger foods at no set times through out the day. I used to just offer DD when I was eating and she would be happy, but then she would crack it if I didn't and she saw me eating  Try not to stress too much------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: leks82
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 2:42pm
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My son didn't seem to eat much solid food until he was about 1. I always felt like he should be eating more because it sounded like everyone else's kids were, so feeding him was quite stressful for me until I decided to "give up" and just give him some age appropriate finger foods on his tray and leave him to it. Most of it would end up on the floor or squished in his hands but he gradually got the hang of it and eats heaps now.
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Posted By: mummymonster
Date Posted: 25 November 2011 at 6:17pm
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at about 12mths my boy pretty much stopped eating for 3mths. i remember for lunch i'd make a 1slice marmite sandwich, fold it over cut into triangles and he wouldn't eat 1/2 of it.
then all of a sudden one day he started eating again. i agree with the back off, and don't give in if he's asking for sweets/treats instead (though he may not be talking yet) oh, and he always prefer if we eat exactly what he's eating, and at the same time. meal time is family time. it does help ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bambino
Date Posted: 25 November 2011 at 8:25pm
| OMG I am having same issues with my ten mth old at the moment. Seems to only want to feed himself so end up resorting to feeding him anything he will eat... a random concoction of things... so tiring. |