Help Please???

Karon · #1 (**permalink**) 22-03-08, 18:59

Hi,
Melissa is 20 months and used to be a really good eater, the last few months have been a nightmare.
She is a tall slim girl so i worry if she dose'nt eat and latley she has been eating really bad.
She has decided that she will only eat if she feeds herself and that wouldn't be a problem if she would eat more, today she had 4 mouthfulls of lunch and refused to eat anymore, the same with her tea.
If she dosn't like the look of any food she won't even try it, she seems to eat only enough to take the edge off her hunger.
She is teething at the moment but she has no problem eating when she decides she wants to so i don't think it is that that is putting her off.
If anyone has any advice it would be really helpfull, it is getting me really upset, i feel like i am failing her and my partner thinks it is partly my fault because i don't always eat at the same time as her and i don't always finish all my tea.

Sorry this is a long post,
thank you in advance for any advice

rachaelmae · #2 (**permalink**) 22-03-08, 20:51

its not your fault sweetiexxx
sounds like a stage, we had this a few weeks ago, found if i just ignored her and carried on as nomal she just started eating more and more iykwimxxxx
its stressful but dont fret as they just pick up on it, they like to assert their indendancexxxxxx

Karon · #3 (**permalink**) 22-03-08, 21:35

thanks, i am going to set proper meal times and a snack time and give nothing to eat in between to see if it helps

rachaelmae · #4 (**permalink**) 22-03-08, 21:40

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Originally Posted by Karon

thanks, i am going to set proper meal times and a snack time and give nothing to eat in between to see if it helps

sounds good, when JM stops eating much at meals i tend to just give fruit as a snack as i find its not as filling so shes hungrier when she has a proper mealxxxx