Refusing dinner!

We let her sit and watch us eat (she has the same as us) we offer her bits off our plates as we go. I try and chop her food, to see if that is the problem, offer her water. We don’t offer an alternative meal (as I believe this could lead to issues later if we do this - she will know she will get something “better” if we start this) That said, if it’s a meal that’s not massively her cup of tea, I’ll do a side of fruit and veggies and offer a yogurt afterwards. Mine doesn’t eat much anyway, and often just has a bigger milk before bedtime. There’s lots of strategies, and it probably depends on why the refusal, if they genuinely don’t like, perhaps offer a slice of toast. I definitely don’t “reward” dinner refusal with snacks afterwards. It may be that these aren’t an issue and dinner refusal is rare, but for me, it could escalate because I often have a dinner refused x

Ours is very fussy atm. I’ll try to make sure there’s something on her plate I know she’ll eat even if it’s just potato or a banana etc. we don’t offer an alternative right then but if she hasn’t eaten much then we’ll just give her porridge or weatabix before bed to make sure she isn’t going to bed hungry (she doesn’t really have milk before bed)