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What do I do if my toddler won’t eat? She is getting pickier and pickier by the day, am I supposed to give her 5 different options like I don’t get it... she doesn’t really snack during the day either so I’m worried about her 😟 Also it’s like one time she loves blueberries the next she hates them and I give her grapes or something else and she eats it ugh I can’t afford to buy the whole grocery store haha I wish I could 🤦🏼‍♀️

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Going through the same thing. All she wanted is pasta and watermelon or strawberries. I’m hoping it’s just teething.

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Our deal with our (completely unreasonable 17 month old) son is that he gets fruit at every meal - his favourite. He also gets a veg, carb and protein. He always eats his fruit, which comforts me knowing that he has had at least something to eat. Depending on his mood, he’ll eat some, none or all of the rest of the food. He doesn’t get offered anything else other than what’s on his plate. But we ensure that he always has something he’ll like. It’s alleviated a lot of my anxiety having a plan.

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My kiddo was not eating and actually lost like 1 lb in 3 weeks... the dr told me to start giving him 1 pediasure a day and its helped a lot

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Same here! We need a hotel open buffet for every meal and snack time and after all that effort she eats pan-cakes, again! Just drives us crazy. Also it def reflects on kitchen bills, they went crazy high recently because of spending a lot of money on all that different  organic food to provide more options to her. But mo success yet. I don’t understand how is she still not losing weight and considerably healthy (thank god) All she eats is yogurt, yogurt pancakes, some avocado, olives and yogurt soup. And you have to have all of them in hand because you never know. 
I cook at home mostly, we eat very balanced an healthy and people love my cooking. They are begging me to cook/bake for them all the time. But this little brat says no to all of that delicious meat, fish and veggies and keeps eating stupid pancakes🤦🏻‍♀️

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She will eat, she won’t starve herself unless she has an illness or something. Here’s what we do: You decide what to provide her at each meal and she decides what she will eat from it. Offer her a meal with atleast three things, 1 kind of fruit, 1 kind of vegetable and something with fiber and protein. Make sure atleast one thing is familiar. If she doesn’t like it or eat it- don’t give it attention. Never force or try to bribe her to eat something, she will develop a tense relationship with that food. Once the food is familiar, as in she’s seen it on her plate a bunch of times, she will come around to trying it eventually. (Sometimes takes 30-40 exposures) If you let her decide what’s on her plate then she won’t want to try new things, it’s up to you to give her exposure to all foods. We play with our food (stack in towers, pretend it’s a choo choo train and push it around the table), and always eat the same thing as a family (she’s more likely to try things if she sees you enjoying it). We try to serve the food differently too- different seasonings and cutting it differently sometimes- she might be more inclined to try something cut up into small pieces or cut lengthwise rather than width. If she doesn’t eat her peas at lunch, don’t try them again till the next day or later. A comfortable chair is also essential for eating. Make it fun! Good luck! (I learned almost everything from the feeding littles online course-  you should check them out on their website or Instagram.)

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I think it's a stage or teeth... Lots of my friends talked about it.

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I don’t have an answer but I’m going through the same thing. Our doctor said they won’t starve themselves so to just keep offering. It’s nerve-wracking though.

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It’s so frustrating!  Just keep swimming though. Maybe it teeth or a growth spurt. My son basically lived on peanut butter and jelly for a couple of weeks, but I kept trying new and old foods he used to like. Then one day he was back on avocados, apples and all his other favorites and isn’t afraid to try new things. Idk what changed and why but they are stubborn little things.

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