Eating

when you mean snacks is it just snack foods? or like on-the-go eating outside of the high chair?

Struggling over here too. 😭 like all of a sudden he hates any proteins or real meals. We could usually feed him what we were eating, but now he only eats snacks. I’m a big believer that he will eat if he’s hungry. It’s more frustrating for me to try and force him to eat. Still offering it though.

@Anna kinda both but i’ve tried putting it on the coffee table and letting her play and come and go but she still has zero interest. @Cheri it’s soo hard! My husband through out the idea of really limiting her snacks but I’d rather her fed then starving and grumpy 🤦🏼‍♀️

@Casey right? I e thought the same thing about limiting, but again I want him to eat. He eats tons of fruit and will eat the packets that have veggies mixed in. Love his breakfast food usually, but no other meals. Trying to remind myself that it’s just a phase.

i’d start with snack foods in the high chair and just do like 3 mins at a time until she can sit and eat all the food she wants, and then do a mix of snack and normal foods, and slowly transition from there and see how it goes??

My daughter was the same way, up until recently. She used to only snack and would always refuse her meals. I think it’s pretty normal at this age. I would suggest to just keep offering her meals, even if you know she’ll refuse. I used to space out my daughter’s snacks to about 2hrs in between each so that she would be hungry enough to want to eat. I’d try to keep her busy so she wouldn’t get cranky and she seemed to do fine. When you offer her meals, start with only a little bit as they may feel overwhelmed if they see their plate full of unfamiliar foods. If they refuse, then you can offer snack (but keep the “meal” on their plate still) Also, my daughter always wanted to eat whatever was on my plate, so sometimes I would just put her dinner on my plate instead since I knew she would ask to try some. Sometimes she would actually eat all of it, sometimes she’d take a bite and refuse. At the end of the day, all that matters is that they are eating something. Eventually they’ll eat more