Meal time rules?
I am after some advice from you lovely ladies!
Generally in our house the rules at meal times are 'If you don't eat what you are given, then you don't eat'
My question is, what do you do if your LO doesn't genuinely like what you have given them? Tonight we had pasta with cheese sauce and vegetables, and she tried hers and then pushed it away and started crying and then I got her down from the table and she came round to see what I had, so I gave her a piece of pasta which she put in her mouth and then spat out and gave back to me. Hubby said 'she is hungry, I just don't think she likes it, you should give her something else.' I didn't know what to do really, but in the end gave her spaghetti hoops which she ate brilliantly.
But how do you know when the actually don't like it? Some days she'll gobble up something she has refused before. so when do you give them something else and when do you stand your ground? :?
Help please!
Generally in our house the rules at meal times are 'If you don't eat what you are given, then you don't eat'
My question is, what do you do if your LO doesn't genuinely like what you have given them? Tonight we had pasta with cheese sauce and vegetables, and she tried hers and then pushed it away and started crying and then I got her down from the table and she came round to see what I had, so I gave her a piece of pasta which she put in her mouth and then spat out and gave back to me. Hubby said 'she is hungry, I just don't think she likes it, you should give her something else.' I didn't know what to do really, but in the end gave her spaghetti hoops which she ate brilliantly.
But how do you know when the actually don't like it? Some days she'll gobble up something she has refused before. so when do you give them something else and when do you stand your ground? :?
Help please!
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I usually give pudding (yoghurt or fruit) unless he really insists that the reason he's leaving food is that he's full - although he's never too full for pudding!
I think I might be a bit soft - I know they won't ever let themselves go hungry, but I don't like to take the chance unless he's really playing up.
We usually say she has to eat a reasonable amount of her meal to get anything else (yoghurt or fruit or fruit pot) and I am a believer in that they won't starve themselves but as she is getting older I am getting softer!
Today she ate really well so I am thinking that she just generally didn't like it.....
Guess I will have to follow my instincts on this!!
If I am giving Abby something I KNOW she likes then I am quite strict, I work on the theory that if she's hungry she'll eat, and if she's not then there's no need to give her something different. I don't let her have pudding if she doesn't have a good go at eating it.
If I am not sure if she will like it or not (like if it is something new) then I usually give her bread and butter alongside it - that way she can eat the bread if she doesn't eat the main food. As long as she makes an attempt (she must at least try the new food - and eat most of the bread) then she can have pudding (usually a yoghurt or fruit, but if she has been especially good then she can have a tiny but of cake or chocolate).
xxx
H xx