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Help......my 14 month old, who always scoffed everything offered to her has sterted to refuse any meal offered her. She's not poorly, doesn't seem to be teething, just refuses before she's tasted anything. I've been giving in and giving her snacks and bits of fruit which she'll eat, but think I probably shouldn't. Do I give her nothing else if she doesn't take whats offered? I really don't know how to handle this. Thanks for any help offered. C x

hiya hun i hope i do this ok its my first time ??? i am finding this with my 16 month old son but as he is my 4th i know from experience he will eat if hungry and they go thro phases. I am finding he wont eat his fav meals somedays or hardly snacks and i do worry but he isnt wasting away and has energy :) lol. They do say that u shouldnt count what they eat in a day but over the week and if u write it all down i expect u will be surprised by how much they eat :). I t sounds like u r doing everything right hun will s/he feed herself ? i hope i have helped ? jo x

hi. your right , you shouldn't! you'll end up really struggling. start and go back to putting it on her plate and giving it her. she eats what you eat, if she doesn't she doesn't, don't give something else. she'll not starve herself. i agree with jo, they go through stages when eating, love everything then hate everything and will no longer try anything! but if you give snacks she will not resist. if you know she's not eaten you could offer a small healthy snack inbetween meals, like banana, box of raisins, few grapes but only a small amount so she knows she can't fill up on them and no crisps or choc or biscuits, their ok for snacks if she's eating properly at meal times but i wouldn't give that kind of stuff if not eating.

Hi me again i have just got my son a booster seat so he can eat at the table rather than in his highchair and his eating is sooo much better now :) x