I started panicking, thinking she's not eating enough, what if she starts losing weight, will her immune system crash and she get sick all the time....can you tell I'm a first time mom?? After a few hours of being in full panic mode I realized that if she's hungry, she will eat. I just needed to figure out how to make it appealing to her.
So, I did a little reading and found out that maybe she's bored with how her food is presented to her. Instead of cutting everything up into little pieces, I started giving it to her how I would eat things. She gets her own silverware and plates/bowls to eat out of, something we started awhile ago but now she's able to handle better. I even started putting her food in little containers so she could choose from them on her own. Slowly my little eater started coming back.
I was feeling so good about myself, woohoo I figured out how to get Emery to eat! Then BAM she started getting more teeth and her appetite was gone again. We have done this roller coaster eating thing for the last 8 months!! Every time she gets teeth, her appetite goes away and then comes back completely different. Please tell me I'm not the only mama dealing with this!!
What do you do for your picky eaters? Do you just present the same food until they give in and eat? Do you change everything completely and try new foods until they eat? Please give me any tips or tricks that work for you!
Seriously when you figure it out let me know, lol. My pediatrician said it's totally normal behavior and reminded me to always look at Jases whole week of food and not his days. It helps me realize he's actually a good, well rounded eater. He still goes in phases though, right now he HAS to have an apple everyday, not sure when he's going to decide he doesn't like apples anymore but I know I'll be thrown for a loop! These kids!!
ReplyDeleteAlso, Like you said, we offer Jase what we eat at meal times and if he chooses not to eat, then he chooses not to eat. I don't ever make him a separate dish if he's not eating what I made. I also noticed that he eats less at meal time when I let him "snack" a lot. So I try to limit snacks to an hour before a meal time. Doesn't always work, but I don't know what else to do. Day to day is different!
I don't know what's happened but she's eating! It looks like she had 4 molars coming in at once so maybe that was the issue
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