How can I get her to eat properly again?

Sparky0207 · Dec 27th, 2009, 13:09 PM

Lucy has gone from being a great little eater to being really really fussy. She had a really really nasty cold about a month ago and because of her sore throat I was letting her eat yoghurt and ice cream because it was all she wanted.
Shes over it now but has gotten really fussy and hardly eats anything. I know its my own fault because when she was ill, if she refused her 'proper' food, id give her a yoghurt or something so that she had actually eaten, but now thats all she wants.

She used to eat anything I put in front of her but now she wont touch a thing! Help! xx

Eoz · Dec 27th, 2009, 13:11 PM

Sorry hun I am also having the same with my 2 year old.It's driving me insane x

lissaloo · Dec 28th, 2009, 14:24 PM

it's not unusual for children of 18+ to go through a faddy eating stage all my children have gone through it ,, the time to worry is if thier health is suffering !

talk to your h'v if your really worried in the mean time i would keep a food diary for a couple of weeks so you can monitor what they are eating and how much !!

KarenLV · Dec 28th, 2009, 17:23 PM

It's normal at this age to start being fussy about food. I wouldnt worry too much about it. As long as there is something in her tummy and she looks happy and healthy.

taperjeangirl · Dec 28th, 2009, 17:37 PM

argh! we are going through the same thing too!

Daisy would eat anything but has all of a sudden become really fussy, I have no advise, sorry! But I will be watching this thread to see if anyone has any advice!

Tegans Mama · Dec 28th, 2009, 22:01 PM

No advice from me either but we have a similar problem, Tegan has her favourite foods and will eat nothing else.

Hoping · Dec 30th, 2009, 07:53 AM

I am having the exact same problem with Thomas. @It has been going on for 2 months now. He used to eat loads and now he is so fussy, I never know what to give him. He is having loads of milk in the night because he won't eat enough in the day and I don't know what to do. It started for the same reason, he was ill with swollen glands and a sore throat and he has been ill on and off since then with cold/sore throat/swollen glands and has never got back to eating.

Eoz · Dec 30th, 2009, 09:03 AM

I have started to get Madi involved in helping with dinner.Either choosing it in the shop or washing the veg.Sometimes stirring and laying the table.I even took her to buy a new dinner set and she is trying more but its slow going xxxx

leeanne · Dec 30th, 2009, 11:24 AM

Seems all kids go through this stage. Jayden and Amanda certainly did and finally they are starting to try new things this past year or so.

Chase is a very, very finicky eater and it's annoying as hell. He seems to get a cold every month and that's when any eating habits are gone.

Pinkgirl · Dec 30th, 2009, 12:40 PM

Aww little Lucy...what she like.
Hope its just a phase hun xx

Dec 27th, 2009, 13:09 PM	#1
Sparky0207 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,106	How can I get her to eat properly again? Lucy has gone from being a great little eater to being really really fussy. She had a really really nasty cold about a month ago and because of her sore throat I was letting her eat yoghurt and ice cream because it was all she wanted. Shes over it now but has gotten really fussy and hardly eats anything. I know its my own fault because when she was ill, if she refused her 'proper' food, id give her a yoghurt or something so that she had actually eaten, but now thats all she wants. She used to eat anything I put in front of her but now she wont touch a thing! Help! xx

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Dec 27th, 2009, 13:11 PM	#2
Eoz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 5,834	Sorry hun I am also having the same with my 2 year old.It's driving me insane x

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Dec 28th, 2009, 14:24 PM	#3
lissaloo Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,162	it's not unusual for children of 18+ to go through a faddy eating stage all my children have gone through it ,, the time to worry is if thier health is suffering ! talk to your h'v if your really worried in the mean time i would keep a food diary for a couple of weeks so you can monitor what they are eating and how much !!

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Dec 28th, 2009, 17:23 PM	#4
KarenLV Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,528	It's normal at this age to start being fussy about food. I wouldnt worry too much about it. As long as there is something in her tummy and she looks happy and healthy.

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taperjeangirl Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 9,820	argh! we are going through the same thing too! Daisy would eat anything but has all of a sudden become really fussy, I have no advise, sorry! But I will be watching this thread to see if anyone has any advice!

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Dec 28th, 2009, 22:01 PM	#6
Tegans Mama Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sunny Derbyshire Posts: 12,011	No advice from me either but we have a similar problem, Tegan has her favourite foods and will eat nothing else.

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Dec 30th, 2009, 07:53 AM	#7
Hoping Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Farnborough Posts: 1,760	I am having the exact same problem with Thomas. @It has been going on for 2 months now. He used to eat loads and now he is so fussy, I never know what to give him. He is having loads of milk in the night because he won't eat enough in the day and I don't know what to do. It started for the same reason, he was ill with swollen glands and a sore throat and he has been ill on and off since then with cold/sore throat/swollen glands and has never got back to eating.

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Dec 30th, 2009, 09:03 AM	#8
Eoz Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 5,834	I have started to get Madi involved in helping with dinner.Either choosing it in the shop or washing the veg.Sometimes stirring and laying the table.I even took her to buy a new dinner set and she is trying more but its slow going xxxx

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Dec 30th, 2009, 11:24 AM	#9
leeanne Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 26,691	Seems all kids go through this stage. Jayden and Amanda certainly did and finally they are starting to try new things this past year or so. Chase is a very, very finicky eater and it's annoying as hell. He seems to get a cold every month and that's when any eating habits are gone.

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Dec 30th, 2009, 12:40 PM	#10
Pinkgirl Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6,176	Aww little Lucy...what she like. Hope its just a phase hun xx

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