17 month girl not fond of meals
My 17 month daughter will hardly touch her tea at night. But if we put a bowl of chips down for her she will go nuts! She will take a few small mouthfulls then push my hand away and say 'all done'. She is healthy and all that i hope this is just a phase cause its very annoyning.
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she does eat everything else usually, just sometimes shes a bit fussy, im not too worried yet, theyre still only young and developing their tastes.
can u do things like homemade chips which are slightly healthier?
Have you tried being sneaky and making parsnip or carrot (crisps)? Use a potato peeler to make slices and roast them in the oven covered in a little olive oil.
My daughter would eat absolutely anything at 17 month old - well from 6 months until about 2.5 years (about where you are now) and then became much more fussy. I think it's just a phase but I don't believe in pushing food. She eats pasta, mashed potato, chips or rice with fish fingers, chicken or egg and either peas & corn, cucumber or baked beans. That's about it TBH except for puddings, cereal and fruit. However she eats a much wider range of foods at nursery so I don't worry too much. She'll start to eat more soon, I think most children do. I don't see it as an eating disorder and always tell her she doesn't need to eat if she doesn't want to as I don't want simple toddler fussiness to turn into one.
Just continue to offer food. I wouldn't put chips down every night, she won't starve if she misses one meal especially if her main meal is at lunch. In fact Abby often just has a bowl of cereal or a piece of toast at tea if she's had a big lunch - unlike my son who will eat a small horse 3x day if I let him.
H xx