Newbie not eating...anyone else?

[Cadillac]

Does the kid drink their appetite away? I have a little girl who has to eat her meal before any drinks are served to her.

Stickers also work wonders. you can work it up. 3 bites gets a sticker, two days later four bites get a sticker, so on and so forth.

It's not healthy for kids not to be eating. But I definitely would not serve this kid anything different.

Can you work two favorite dishes into your menu each week? Then you can tell them that they only get that course if they eat their veggies or what not. Or if you are uncomfortable with that then at least they eat twice a week. =)

[Momof4]

For breakfast I usually give her Quaker instant oatmeal, but she also really like pancakes and waffles. Lunch; her fav's are grilled cheese, peanut butter and jelly, salami sandwiches. Dinner; she loves Kraft dinner, thats honestly what she eats most of the time. Drinks; her favorite is chocolate milk. She's ok with water and juice too, usually in that order.

Crap, crap and more crap, that's what this child eats! That just makes me so sad!

[Momof4]

I have a little boy who refuses to eat any combined foods, even just a sandwich. He's been here for 3 years so I've gotten used to him, but will be so happy to serve casseroles when he's off to JK this Sept. Just today when I was preparing roast beef, potatoes and broccoli for lunch the two oldest children asked me for hot dogs. Ummmm, I only serve hot dogs about twice a year, but they get crap like that all the time at home. I believe they get all their nutrition at my house! I was a busy Mom at one time with young children too but I never served all that crap!

Anyway, I'm rambling. I've told his mother that once in a while he is going to be starving at pickup time because there are going to be days where I just want to serve a casserole or crockpot dish when I'm over-busy and she completely understands. I agree with the 'I'm not a restaurant' line.

My newest baby won't eat any veggies so she's driving her Mom and me crazy, but we both serve all organic produce and non-packaged foods so we are at least working on it together.

[Mamma_Mia]

Crap, crap and more crap, that's what this child eats! That just makes me so sad!

yup....I agree