Intestinal Fortitude
I will win the battle of wills with a toddler.
I will win the battle of wills with a toddler.
I will win the battle of wills with a toddler.
I will win the battle of wills with a toddler.
Tonight Bridget would not touch a single bit of her dinner but kept asking for bread. It took every single bit of strength I had not to get up and make her some food she would eat. Jake was my rock. He reminded me that we had made her a dinner that was reasonable for her to eat and we could not set the precedent of making her new meals when she decides not to eat.
I had to make Jake put her to bed tonight because I could not put her to bed after she had not eaten dinner. But I did not slip her a cookie on her way up the bath, so I feel like it was a win.
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oh, i hear you. oliver refused breakfast AND lunch today. and for supper? he drank some milk.
and no, he’s not sick. he’s just two.
i don’t know how he survives.
chrys
Funny, I’ve had this whole post brewing about the toddler eating strike we’re enduring over here. Fun times. Eventually, she’ll get so hungry that she’ll eat whatever you put in front of her, and that’s coming from what my mother told me was the most stubborn child on the face of the planet. The stories she could tell you.
Wanna come rule the roost at my house?
I’m fairly strict on everything but food. I just can’t not give her the food she wants, even if it means I have to make her something different than us. I know it goes against the rules and lets her think she’s in control, but I just can’t deny her food. I suck.
I totally feel you on this one! We have this battle fairly regularly and then I will find the Commander eating kitty kibble.. which she loves its not a starvation thing, but jeez…. two year olds..
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I’m so proud - here’s hoping I can be as strong as you. My sister made my nephew different meals than the rest of the family, and he’s now a nine year old that will only eat one vegetable (two if you count french fries as a vegetable) and will only eat meat in nugget or ring (shudder) form.
You done good.
I will beat the above responder if she so much as thinks about opening the Cafeteria Sarah (aside to readers - we are related). Your job is to provide a nutritious meal. It is her job to eat it. REmember - toddlers have control over two things - when/what they eat, and how they potty. To battle with them over either is fruitless.
One study I recently read states that if a toddler eats the equivalent of this each day, he/she will get the daily nutrients they need: 2 oz of meat, 1 orange, and 8 oz of milk.
You are strong; my 3 yo is a terrible eater, has been since the around 18 months. Milk is her vice… just too, too much of it. I’ve cut back, but with her faves, milk, cheese, yogurts, eggs, chicken..no fruits or veggie without forced feeding = majorly bad constipation. Ugh.
Keep up the good work, Donna. Little G is now starting to eat little bits of veggies and fruit (with her nose plugged) but I wish I had the tenacity to buckle down by NOT preparing her separate meals. Loss less work for me.