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Jo Frost...help!

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 09:59

DD ceremoniously threw her dinner over the side of the high chair yesterday. Bear in mind that spaghetti and meatballs is usually a fav so it wasn't like I was feeding her brussel sprouts for the first time. One suggestion I've read is that you then leave them until the next snack or mealtime, but as it was dinner, I went on to offer her something else because I didn't want her going to bed with only a tummy full of milk. What would you have done? I don't want her thinking it's a restaurant but I guess we all have those days where we just don't feel like what we're having. May have to just keep an eye out to make sure it doesn't become a habit?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 13:17
How old is your DD? Also, why do you think she does it (not hungry, not keen on the meantballs that time, playful, angry etc)? I would say that thinking about why might help you find an answer about how to deal with it...
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 08 May 2011 - 10:34
Hi Ladies. Sorry for the late reply! *blush* Hectic few days. Thanks for your tips. Stern "no" - check. Scoop back on and try again - check. And boring alternative - check. Meals - I hear you about wanting to avoid a 4am breakfast. Sounds terrible but it was a relief when the night feedings came to an end :\: Will see how we go.
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EW GURU
Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 10:53
That's a tough one. I know when my elder DS's get fussy about certain foods it's something I cannot bear to send them to bed with an empty tummy (more for me because I don't want to be up at 4am serving them breakfast because they're hungry either!). If they're adament they won't eat it I will offer them plain toast, but that's it. But I've never had it thrown over the place either - this is just when they're refused or pushed it away. Definitely a very stern "NO" is in order.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 10:33
I scoop it back onto the plate and pop it down in front of them again with a stern word that it's not playtime, but time to eat and if they do it again, meal-time's over, and they get down from the table, whether they're hungry or not. They soon learnt that that's one game I'm not going to play. Once they're down, if they really regret their decision and make it know that they are still hungry, they get to sit back at the table and have the same dish (scooped up for the second time - what won't fatten will fill!) or if it's unrecoverable, then they get something really dull, like a ricecake or bit of bread. If they actually don't like the meal I've cooked for them, then I encourage them to say so, or push their plate away gently. They still won't get an alternative, but as long as they've tried it and been polite even if they haven't finished it, they can have pudding, which I control, so if they've left their veg, they'll have fruit, but if they've eaten all the veg, they could have a yoghurt or jelly.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 05 May 2011 - 10:27
I don't have any kids, so could be completely out of line here, but why don't you let her go without food if she does that? You mentioned that she had milk so she won't be dehydrated, and it may teach her a lesson. It's one thing to not want to eat, but quite another to throw dinner off the high chair. And it's only one meal so she won't be in any real danger.
 
 

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