Arrgghhhh Tea Time Meals!
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Topic: Arrgghhhh Tea Time Meals!
Posted By: Lisha
Subject: Arrgghhhh Tea Time Meals!
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 6:41pm
Miss Lucy is driving us crazy at teatime.. she eats what we eat and sits at the table with us, but if she doesn't like what she eats, or only eats a mouthful, she will sit there and cry, we try to ignore her or tell her that it is her dinner, but no... more crying! That is when bubs in my tum starts kicking around, prolly sick of the crying too! 
All other meals she is good at! But why the crying??!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 6:58pm
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Is there much time between teatime and bedtime? Does she still have a day sleep? I wonder if it's because she's tired. Is she expected to stay at the table until everyone has finished dinner? What about other meals? (Sorry 20 qu's LOL)
I don't really like getting into food fights, there are still some foods that I won't eat because I developed such a bad 'taste' of them after being force fed (to some degree) by my parents when I was young. With my girls I say if they've had enough, they can get down. I'm just going through a phase at the moment where they have been changing their minds so I need to put the plate up on the bench when they say they've had enough. Just an idea with Miss Lucy?-------------  |
Posted By: Lisha
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 8:05pm
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Teatime = 5pm and Bedtime = 7pm... we don't make her stay until she is finished as that never happens, she is only 20 months and is slowly learning things. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 31 July 2007 at 8:31pm
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with Jack we leave him to eat what he wants if he doesn't eat much we offer him a piece of fruit, if he doesn't eat that then thats it he gets nothing else.
As soon as Jack finishes he gets let down to play. Hes normally grupy at that time anyway so a lot of the time I just ignore his grizzles or try and distract him. If shes eating well for the rest of the day I wouldn't worry about tea. |
Posted By: gollymolly
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 10:53am
We have the same thing with Grace, she eats what she wants then wants to get down. As long as she eats well during the day we are not to worried. Sometimes if I think she hasnt had enough tea, or no tea, I will top her up with a bottle of toddlers formula gold. SHe is on cows milk but I always keep a few of the satchets in the cupboard for moments like this. That way I know she is going to bed with a full tummy and still getting a dose of vitamins and minerals. ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com"> 
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Posted By: Helen21
Date Posted: 02 August 2007 at 3:03pm
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Lisha, I feel so sorry for what your going through. My 1st daughter did exactly the same thing at about 18mths! It was so frustrating, we used to sit her at the table in her high chair and after trying so many different things(different food, ignoring her, cuddling her etc) anyway eventually we bought her a little plastic table and chair set and just put by the table. She loved it! But I'll admit it was a lot of mucking around because she would get down and play then sit and eat more then feed her teddy. Since then she now sits at the table with us and it just isn't an issue. In a way we were sort of giving in to her but the truth is it was such a relief for her to eat and for us to be able to relax instead of strses at mealtimes.
Maybe this would work for you, if not hang in there I'm sure she will grow out of this phase in no time. 
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Posted By: megrac
Date Posted: 05 August 2007 at 2:35pm
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i found with my miss 2 and miss 6 that thay were actually eating too much at afthernoon tea time and have now liminted it to one thing like a peice of fruit or something and now both eat a lot more dinner even if it was something thay wouldnt eat before i was amazed at the differance like empty plates and no winging and sometimes wanting seconds. dont know if this will help you but just something that i have worked out in the last few weeks. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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