Advice please

[jendonl]

Our CF dd was EXTREMELY picky and is very head-strong and independant. I feel your pain because we went through 3 years of it. We alternated between carrot and stick -usually both.
We were told by a psychologist to completely ignore her at the dinner table when she is not eating and praise/reward her when she is eating. If she gets up from the table, just firmly pick her up and put her back in her chair. This seemed to be only marginally successful for us. But ... after three long, frustrating years of this, she now eats just about anything you put in front of her and she eats it fairly quickly. Her BMI is 95% and we no longer add extra calories (since she was eating so little, we had been adding Olive olive oil to just about everything she ate.) We are actually trying to get her BMI back down a little.

Bottom line...there is hope. This phase will pass.

 

[jendonl]

Our CF dd was EXTREMELY picky and is very head-strong and independant. I feel your pain because we went through 3 years of it. We alternated between carrot and stick -usually both.
We were told by a psychologist to completely ignore her at the dinner table when she is not eating and praise/reward her when she is eating. If she gets up from the table, just firmly pick her up and put her back in her chair. This seemed to be only marginally successful for us. But ... after three long, frustrating years of this, she now eats just about anything you put in front of her and she eats it fairly quickly. Her BMI is 95% and we no longer add extra calories (since she was eating so little, we had been adding Olive olive oil to just about everything she ate.) We are actually trying to get her BMI back down a little.

Bottom line...there is hope. This phase will pass.

 

[jendonl]

Our CF dd was EXTREMELY picky and is very head-strong and independant. I feel your pain because we went through 3 years of it. We alternated between carrot and stick -usually both.
We were told by a psychologist to completely ignore her at the dinner table when she is not eating and praise/reward her when she is eating. If she gets up from the table, just firmly pick her up and put her back in her chair. This seemed to be only marginally successful for us. But ... after three long, frustrating years of this, she now eats just about anything you put in front of her and she eats it fairly quickly. Her BMI is 95% and we no longer add extra calories (since she was eating so little, we had been adding Olive olive oil to just about everything she ate.) We are actually trying to get her BMI back down a little.

Bottom line...there is hope. This phase will pass.

 

[jendonl]

Our CF dd was EXTREMELY picky and is very head-strong and independant. I feel your pain because we went through 3 years of it. We alternated between carrot and stick -usually both.
We were told by a psychologist to completely ignore her at the dinner table when she is not eating and praise/reward her when she is eating. If she gets up from the table, just firmly pick her up and put her back in her chair. This seemed to be only marginally successful for us. But ... after three long, frustrating years of this, she now eats just about anything you put in front of her and she eats it fairly quickly. Her BMI is 95% and we no longer add extra calories (since she was eating so little, we had been adding Olive olive oil to just about everything she ate.) We are actually trying to get her BMI back down a little.

Bottom line...there is hope. This phase will pass.

 

[jendonl]

Our CF dd was EXTREMELY picky and is very head-strong and independant. I feel your pain because we went through 3 years of it. We alternated between carrot and stick -usually both.
<br />We were told by a psychologist to completely ignore her at the dinner table when she is not eating and praise/reward her when she is eating. If she gets up from the table, just firmly pick her up and put her back in her chair. This seemed to be only marginally successful for us. But ... after three long, frustrating years of this, she now eats just about anything you put in front of her and she eats it fairly quickly. Her BMI is 95% and we no longer add extra calories (since she was eating so little, we had been adding Olive olive oil to just about everything she ate.) We are actually trying to get her BMI back down a little.
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<br />Bottom line...there is hope. This phase will pass.
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[enaj]

My three year old can be very picky too. There are a couple of things I remind myself when he's not eating. Weight gain happens over a weeks and months, not just a single meal or even day. Because eating is so important, I need to never let him know I care about how much he eats. Food isn't an issue in our house because I work very hard at pretending it doesn't matter. I'm lucky that his weight has been good but it is still hard.

 

[enaj]

My three year old can be very picky too. There are a couple of things I remind myself when he's not eating. Weight gain happens over a weeks and months, not just a single meal or even day. Because eating is so important, I need to never let him know I care about how much he eats. Food isn't an issue in our house because I work very hard at pretending it doesn't matter. I'm lucky that his weight has been good but it is still hard.

 

[enaj]

My three year old can be very picky too. There are a couple of things I remind myself when he's not eating. Weight gain happens over a weeks and months, not just a single meal or even day. Because eating is so important, I need to never let him know I care about how much he eats. Food isn't an issue in our house because I work very hard at pretending it doesn't matter. I'm lucky that his weight has been good but it is still hard.

 

[enaj]

My three year old can be very picky too. There are a couple of things I remind myself when he's not eating. Weight gain happens over a weeks and months, not just a single meal or even day. Because eating is so important, I need to never let him know I care about how much he eats. Food isn't an issue in our house because I work very hard at pretending it doesn't matter. I'm lucky that his weight has been good but it is still hard.

 

[enaj]

My three year old can be very picky too. There are a couple of things I remind myself when he's not eating. Weight gain happens over a weeks and months, not just a single meal or even day. Because eating is so important, I need to never let him know I care about how much he eats. Food isn't an issue in our house because I work very hard at pretending it doesn't matter. I'm lucky that his weight has been good but it is still hard.

 

[dlo2977]

Thank you for all of the advice. I have made it a point to not make a big deal for the past few days and she finally started eating decently again. Last night, she ate a great dinner and then she ate today as well. We will see how things continue to go....

 

[dlo2977]

Thank you for all of the advice. I have made it a point to not make a big deal for the past few days and she finally started eating decently again. Last night, she ate a great dinner and then she ate today as well. We will see how things continue to go....

 

[dlo2977]

Thank you for all of the advice. I have made it a point to not make a big deal for the past few days and she finally started eating decently again. Last night, she ate a great dinner and then she ate today as well. We will see how things continue to go....

 

[dlo2977]

Thank you for all of the advice. I have made it a point to not make a big deal for the past few days and she finally started eating decently again. Last night, she ate a great dinner and then she ate today as well. We will see how things continue to go....

 

[dlo2977]

Thank you for all of the advice. I have made it a point to not make a big deal for the past few days and she finally started eating decently again. Last night, she ate a great dinner and then she ate today as well. We will see how things continue to go....

 

[Gnome]

What works for us is I got Kid's Gummy Bear Omega 3's and the kids can only get them when they eat their meal. We don't get much candy in our house so it motivates the 4 year old to eat when previously he ignored eating. He has been told that vitamins need to be taken with food in order to be absorbed.

 

[Gnome]

What works for us is I got Kid's Gummy Bear Omega 3's and the kids can only get them when they eat their meal. We don't get much candy in our house so it motivates the 4 year old to eat when previously he ignored eating. He has been told that vitamins need to be taken with food in order to be absorbed.

 

[Gnome]

What works for us is I got Kid's Gummy Bear Omega 3's and the kids can only get them when they eat their meal. We don't get much candy in our house so it motivates the 4 year old to eat when previously he ignored eating. He has been told that vitamins need to be taken with food in order to be absorbed.

 

[Gnome]

What works for us is I got Kid's Gummy Bear Omega 3's and the kids can only get them when they eat their meal. We don't get much candy in our house so it motivates the 4 year old to eat when previously he ignored eating. He has been told that vitamins need to be taken with food in order to be absorbed.

 

[Gnome]

What works for us is I got Kid's Gummy Bear Omega 3's and the kids can only get them when they eat their meal. We don't get much candy in our house so it motivates the 4 year old to eat when previously he ignored eating. He has been told that vitamins need to be taken with food in order to be absorbed.