Am I doing wrong ?
My son, 19 months, is going through a bit of a fussy/picky stage with his food. Getting fruit and veg into him is a challenge but I make it work and I do a lot of home cooking and try him with different foods...I want him to have a good relationship with food and not make it stressful for us.
So here's this thing.. sometimes my son will not eat much of his dinner and then be hungry a little later on...maybe an hour before bedtime routine starts, so in my freezer I have different kinds of smoothies containing various fruits, yoghurt, honey, milks and sometimes oats or Weetabix, chai seeds and flax seeds. All homemade.
My husband says that I'm pandering to our son 🙁 he says that I should send him to bed anyway regardless of how much hes eaten and he will learn?
I'm just trying to feed my son I don't want to send him to bed hungry.
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Absolutely not, feed your child when he is hungry. He's learning to listen to his body when he needs food x
Ask him how he would feel if he went to bed hungry? I do get what he is saying, but it's not as though your little one is trying to avoid bedtime. Children can become out of sync, and therefore, their eating pattern changes. It sounds like the food you're feeding him later is nice healthy food. He's probably out if sync or going through a phase x
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I don’t agree with your husband. I don’t think toddlers understand consequences that well - feel free to disagree with me. I’d say you could try give the same food again before bedtime to see if he eats, but I’d never send my child to bed hungry. Yes, he might be learning that he gets snacks if he doesn’t eat dinner but it’s not like you are giving him cake instead.