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Any advice on getting a 2 year old to eat?
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:26 pm
I’m sure it’s a pretty normal occurrence but it’s a fight trying to get our 2 year old girl to eat. She’s not a picky eater, she just doesn’t ever want to eat. I know you can’t really force a 2 year old to eat, but she’ll eat like one or two bites of food and be done.
I’m kind of the same way, I’ve never had a big appetite; so I guess she gets that from me.
We try to be good about limiting distractions when it’s meal time but that’s not working. I know you can’t force em to eat, but I mean dang, she needs to eat!
I’m kind of the same way, I’ve never had a big appetite; so I guess she gets that from me.
We try to be good about limiting distractions when it’s meal time but that’s not working. I know you can’t force em to eat, but I mean dang, she needs to eat!
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:28 pm to grizzlylongcut
She will eat if she is hungry.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:28 pm to grizzlylongcut
Don't worry unless she stops growing/starts losing weight.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:30 pm to grizzlylongcut
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Any advice on getting a 2 year old to eat?
Ask Kige Ramsey, that dude knew Tim Tebow had anorexic
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:30 pm to grizzlylongcut
It’s a stage. Mine does the same. Give them ultimatums.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:30 pm to Cheese Grits
Cheese Grits you need to report to the LT
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:31 pm to grizzlylongcut
Train her like you would a dog. You eat when it’s feeding time, otherwise you have to wait until the next feeding time. She gets hungry enough and she’ll start eating
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:33 pm to HoboDickCheese
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Train her like you would a dog. You eat when it’s feeding time, otherwise you have to wait until the next feeding time. She gets hungry enough and she’ll start eating
Interesting tactic.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:34 pm to grizzlylongcut
Just like aguga said - she will eat when she gets hungry
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:34 pm to grizzlylongcut
Is she still doing bottles too?
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:35 pm to grizzlylongcut
My 18 mo old is a vacuum. I would focus more on providing well rounded healthy meals. That's where we struggle- incorporating vegetables.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:35 pm to mjthe
quote:they actually have been asking me about him just because we both have cheese in our name
Cheese Grits you need to report to the LT
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:37 pm to grizzlylongcut
Let her starve. Who is in charge? She will eat when hungry, otherwise, let her starve. I bet water is her friend.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:39 pm to grizzlylongcut
Human survival instinct will outweigh being a pain in the arse when it has to
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:42 pm to Thundercles
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Human survival instinct will outweigh being a pain in the arse when it has to
I mean, she’s not a pain in the arse about it. She just doesn’t eat. She eats about two bites and says “I’m done”
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:44 pm to deeprig9
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Is she still doing bottles too?
She drinks a bottle of regular milk, not formula, after waking up, before her nap, and before bed.
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:44 pm to grizzlylongcut
How much is she snacking? I find that limiting snacks helps. Also let her run around outside and work up an appetite!
Posted on 4/20/23 at 7:49 pm to When in Rome
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I find that limiting snacks helps.
This is exactly what we did with our now 5 year old and currently are doing it with our 2 year old.
No snacks, no drinks aside from water (milk included because of the calories/protein that fill them up). If they don’t want breakfast - fine. They usually start asking for snacks around lunch time. Do the same thing for dinner, and they have hunger around their two major meals (and occasionally breakfast).
It lasted for like 2-3 months with #1, feels like we’re getting to the back end of #2.
Also random advice, but take away any screens or toys or things that otherwise may distract them at the dinner table.
This post was edited on 4/20/23 at 7:49 pm
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