Every meal time is a battle because Ashley does not like to eat. If can, she would rather not eat at all 🙁 Normally she would take an hour or so to finish her rice. Even when I give her porridge (less chewing), she would also take an hour to finish. I don’t understand why my kid is like that. Whenever I read about other children who loves to eat, I feel so envious. I worry when she doesn’t finish her food. Guess I am paranoid because when she was a baby, she refused her milk 🙁
Whenever she eats her lunch or dinner, she would not sit still at the table. The lil’ missy would go to the sofa or the patio furniture and sit for a while, ransack her toys basket or play with her organ. After some shouting/screaming from me, she would put some rice in her mouth and then continue to walk around. I wonder when she would be interested in eating.
don’t worry mummy.. I am sure once Ashley tried the “good taste” of food, she will enjoys every bit of it. My youngest brother was the same as well, and he only wanted his milk in bottle till he is 10 years old.. now? “ngau kou ma tai” and we got to remind him to “reduce” weight… 😀
thanks Cynthia
oh. this is so familiar. I wonder what’s wrong with them but looking back I was like that too. Skinny minny and rice with soya sauce will keep me happy but look at me now 🙁
Anyway, can’t wait for them to outgrow this phase.
me too 😀
you are not alone..my 2 girls are the same..takes forever to finish up their meal unless there is something they really wanted to do, then they will rushed to finish their food to attend to it 🙁
But, try not to make it a habit to let her walk off the dining table before she finish her meal.
*nod* thanks
yes, mine was also the same last time..hey, even now la.. she is so conscious of the food intake nowadays..it pissed me off at times… growing age and still want to count the calories.. worries me at times too.. are all girls like this? i hv no problem with my overgrown sons… 🙂
You are not alone, I am here with you.. Though we are apart.. ok.. I just got carried away. Just to let you know, there are many fussy eaters out there. They are just born to drive us crazy! Haha..
Yan Yan also same as Ashley , picky eater + fussy eater, sometimes really drive me crazy.
Lucky I still have another big eater at home, Heng Heng can finish what ever we feed him , and very fast 1, haha
Gwen still sit on her high chair but it takes awhile to finish her meals too. If she don’t see her fav food there, she still eats but takes very long time. I will scold her for sure. Don’t worry, it shall pass. 😀
i hope so 🙂
dun pull your hair. both the boys also like that. they are not interested in their main meals, except the in between snacks, and any other food that you tell them “No”!! *shake head*
Lets shake hands.. you are not alone.. 🙁
hahaha…yeah…..you are soooo NOT ALONE !!!
Hope they will out grow this phase soon yeah!
Don’t worry cos Calista also the same and I did check with her paed before. According to her paed as long as she’s healthy everything will be alrite. Don’t worry she will ask for food when she’s really hungry 🙂
my boys also the same, always half way eating will tell me they full already. Sometime i just let them play to the max, till they really hungry, they will “clean” the plate without nagging them. hahahhahahhaha
Kids don’t starve themselves to death – our bodies are programmed to eat when hungry. I’ll be more concerned about giving the right balance of nutrients (which your paed can recommend supplements, if REALLY necessary). Most of the times, paeds will tell you that as long as they are thriving and not falling ill all the time, it is just a phase, albeit a LONG one 🙂 I do have one rule in my house though – no more food as soon as you leave the table. And no snacks after that as well.
Sigh… my boy started to refuse eating porridge/rice already! Pretty slow at chewing & swallowing his food especially rice. Worse still he’ll puke back after finishing his food!!
My girl behave exactly the same too when I feed her with food that she doesn’t like or the tv is on! So normally I will just have to switch off the tv, of course some crying episode for few days but after that, she knows what I meant and finish off her meal faster ….. but still takes a good 1/2 an hour most of the time. As long as she is eating … I think I will have to settle with 1/2 hour’s time sitting next to her (reminding her to chew chew chew all the time).
But I like her picture up there 🙂 Seems like she is enjoying her bun while having a jolly good time leaning on the sofa 😛 😛
influenced by you lah … u always being so conscious of your food intake and all your dieting. >:-(
now u see your result
sigh…you really think she’s like me?
I was just thinking about the very same thing awhile ago. I’m also getting botak thinking what else to cook for the lil rascal. One day she loves pasta and the next wouldn’t even touch a single piece of spaghetti. Drivin me nuts!So not used to this phase cos last time whatever I cook she will sapu bersih. Argh. Makes me wanna cry each time she doesn’t finish her meals. Even my hb’s worried askin me to think of new dishes.
My dotter is 4y/o hardly eat too but drank milk like water!
hmmm… mine have to show her the “rotan” then she will eat and finish slowly, if we eat out, thats it la, cus din bring rotan mah 🙁
just a phase…mine sometimes does that too, but after that they are OK. My only good thing is that I have 2 kids so they challenge each other to eat faster so that they can eat more LOL
Ahh..after reading this posts and comments, I wanted to write something too. My going to be 3 y.o son is also the same. When comes to meals time, I will be screaming on top of my lung. He just won’t concentrate to eat and usually it takes almost 1 hour to feed him!
my 2++ yo starting to be like this. eat difficult, drink water difficult. play very clever…am worried too..:-(
i know how frustrating to have such a problem, sadly, i face it almost everyday!
Ashley can give Sherilyn a high-5 haha! But look at it the bright side, they will never ever hv to worry about their weight coz they will always be petite and slim hehe…
not slim…more like a skeleton 😀
yes dear.. remember from the very moment she is conceived, she will draw in everything that is around her. so your influence will be strongest in molding the child.
and after she is born, you are her prime source of contact and she will only emulate what she sees and feels.
so if you are always being so conscious of your food intake and don’t eat this and that, it is only natural that she becomes like that too.
so please do eat more and eat healthily, so that she too will want to eat like you. 😉