My 18 mo is throwing a fit with breakfast. We've always done EASY with him since...well ever! Since starting food way back when, he liked his breakfast pretty much as soon as possible. So I found some quick fixes to satisfy him and me. The past 10 days or so, it's been an all out war at breakfast time. I'd put him in the chair, he screamed more. Thinking he wanted to eat like the rest of the family at the table, I set him over there, more screaming, throwing....no fun.
My DH suggested maybe just sitting with him for a while, little bit of a wake up time or 'coffee' so to speak. So I tried that, only to have him MORE hungry and a longer war. Once he gets a couple of bites in his system he seems to be alright. Almost like I'm trying to force feed him some kind of toxic waste and then when it finally hits him that it is food, he calms down and eats very peaceably. So I hate to say that in order to find some peace I've force fed him a couple of bites (I know very disrespectful), yet seemed to achieve the satisfaction of his stomach and the time of his screaming. My DH came down after the start of the war yesterday and finished feeding him with no problems. It's almost like I smell funny all of a sudden or something.
The last couple of days I've tried just letting him be and see what he wanted. But to no avail, he just walked around the house screaming. He does like to feed himself I know this. Yet I'm at my wits end on what is up.
I posted this at the end of someone else's topic, yet thought I would try a new thread too...so do with it as you will!
Thanks!
