Any advice on getting a 2 year old to eat?

She will eat if she is hungry.

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Any advice on getting a 2 year old to eat?

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Ask Kige Ramsey, that dude knew Tim Tebow had anorexic

Cheese Grits you need to report to the LT

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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

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Interesting tactic.

Is she still doing bottles too?

My 18 mo old is a vacuum. I would focus more on providing well rounded healthy meals. That's where we struggle- incorporating vegetables.

Let her starve. Who is in charge? She will eat when hungry, otherwise, let her starve. I bet water is her friend.

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Human survival instinct will outweigh being a pain in the arse when it has to

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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”

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Is she still doing bottles too?

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She drinks a bottle of regular milk, not formula, after waking up, before her nap, and before bed.

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I find that limiting snacks helps.

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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.