no tea

lucky · #1 (**permalink**) 05-02-08, 13:05

Last evening Jack dedcided he wasn't going to eat the lovely homemade shepards pie i gave him so i bit the bullet, took it away and he went without!! There I was thinking not only would 5 week old Oliver keep us awke but Jack would be awake hungry. Well he slept until quater past 7 this morning. One nil to mummy!!!!

Imosmummy · #2 (**permalink**) 05-02-08, 13:18

How old is Jack? I think you did the right thing, hopefully tonight he will eat it!! To be honest i havent done it yet with my 5 year old son but a friend has and he learnt pretty quick!! I've gotta stop being a wimp and giving in by letting him have cheerios before bed

mitzigollop · #3 (**permalink**) 05-02-08, 13:35

Ruby's rejected tea a couple of times and the first time i was so worried that she'd keep us up all night but she hasn't so now if she won't eat anything healthy she pretty much goes without and i don't worry esp if she had a decent sized lunch. good on you.

isabellasmum · #4 (**permalink**) 05-02-08, 14:06

I do the same. She only gets fruit or a yohurt after if she's finished all her dinner too.

They do indeed soon learn and better to have a couple of days of fussiness and nip it in the bud rather than years. It's much easier to sort it out before it becomes a habit xx

lucky · #5 (**permalink**) 05-02-08, 16:29

he is 19 months old. I didn't even give him pudding, although he did have a cereal bar with his milk before bed. Just hate the fact that i used to make all his food from scratch and he'd eat most things, now it feels like all he eats is alphabetti and fish fingers.

mitzigollop · #6 (**permalink**) 05-02-08, 17:07

hopefully it's just a phase and he'll be out of it soon. Don't be put off by it.

beck25 · #7 (**permalink**) 05-02-08, 18:27

now it feels like all he eats is alphabetti and fish fingers.[/quote]

LOL - thats all my son asks me for is alphabetti spag and toast

Hope it is just a phase too!
x

kerri-anne · #8 (**permalink**) 05-02-08, 19:39

Well done for being strong, it's definately worth it in the long run.

I have only just started being firm with Molly and I must admit that I am extremely proud of the fact that I have only made her 1 thing for her tea for 2 weeks now. Seems trivial I know but before that I was making 2 or 3 different things just so that I knew she had eaten enough. Molly seems to have adapted really well and pretty much eats whatever I put in front of her now (within reason i.e. as long as I know it's something she likes!!!).

Hopefully she'll carry on eating well, it makes such a lovely change to not be stressed out at meal times!!

Here's hoping your hard work pays off xxxxx

Bear · #9 (**permalink**) 05-02-08, 21:50

Well done, I really need to be strong and do this too, but I am a wimp and give in and give him something else.
Sometimes when this happens he refuses that too so really I should just say 'right, thats it, mealtime is over' and let him carry on. But its really hard when its teatime and you dont want them to go to bed on an empty tummy. Grrrr..... silly mummy, be stronger!

kerri-anne · #10 (**permalink**) 06-02-08, 10:55

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Originally Posted by Bear

Well done, I really need to be strong and do this too, but I am a wimp and give in and give him something else.
Sometimes when this happens he refuses that too so really I should just say 'right, thats it, mealtime is over' and let him carry on. But its really hard when its teatime and you dont want them to go to bed on an empty tummy. Grrrr..... silly mummy, be stronger!

Thats exactly how I was, I really couldn't bear the thought of Molly going to bed on an empty stomach and to be honest I think the fact that she has stopped teething and has more of an appetite has helped enormously in my attempts to get her to eat better. She too used to refuse the 1st, 2nd and sometimes 3rd thing I gave her for tea and I got to a stage where I was so stressed out I just said that's it and from then on just offered the one thing. Luckily since I started doing it she's ate whatevers been given, maybe it's more luck than anything else!!

It's still difficult when she doesn't eat much but as long as she's eaten a decent amount, she'll have a pudding and perhaps some fruit and/or sticks of cheese. That way I know she's not hungry. Luckily I've not had to take her food away and say that's it - you get nothing else - I don't think I'm strong enough to do that yet!!!!