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Originally Posted by isabellasmum
I would focus on happy family mealtimes, all of you sitting round the table eating together, absolutely no spoon feeding as she is old enough to feed herself and it sounds like she's had a bad experience with spoon feeding.
Let her get involved with shopping for and preparing meals, let her choose a new bowl/plate/cutlery if she wishes and then at mealtimes designate a reasonable amount of time for you all to sit together and eat. After that time take the food away and end the mealtime.
I would ignore her when she doesn't eat and give lots of praise when she does. If she is filling up on milk then you need to stop the bottles so this isn't an option. Let her choose a new 'big girl' cup and give her a small amount of milk in this with her meal but limit this.
My little girls often plays up at teatime, usually tiredness, we ignore her, she doesn't get pudding/yoghurt and then goes to bed without eating. I used to feel bad that she'd be hungry but she was offered food that she refused to eat it so that's her choice - she's never woken in the night hungry.
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This is fantastic advice and I couldn't have put it better myself.
It is very sad that your lo has had this traumatic start with feeding but like Abbie has said, I would definately stop the spoon feeding. You will be amazed how quickly your lo will respond once you start ignoring her poor reaction to food and praising her good behaviour. I'm sure she'll love chosing her big girl cup/beaker and plate.
P.s, welcome to the site and keep us posted with your progress!
T x