What can I do to get my toddler to eat dinner? He never wants to eat dinner. I'll put below what a typical day looks like. OH, and we are just starting to wean him off of his night bottle (the only one we give him right now) because it is no longer aiding in his bedtime ritual...
breakfast at 7:30 eggs, mush, pancake, and instant carnation breakfast drink (for calories cause he is small for his age)
snack at 9:30 fruit and yogurt
lunch 1 (after his nap) peanut butter and honey on wheat bread, fruit, frozen peas, crackers
snack at 3:30-4:00 ish crackers (he normally won't eat anything I give him during this snack time, even though he acts famished...).
dinner at 6 whatever we are eating: lasagna, spaghetti, corn chowder, etc... He will eat crackers and salsa, sometimes noodles from the spaghetti, corn, cooked carrots... but this is all very conditional on his mood. Sometimes he'll eat really well, but most of the time he'll eat a bite and then refuse everything else.
He's been getting 9 ounces of milk at 7 for bedtime, but we are slowly reducing the amount of milk in his bottles at night. I also let him drink as much water and milk during the day that he wants (which usually ends up being just at eating times and only a couple swallows, unless it is a really hot day).
Anyways, your suggestions would be appreciated. I really need him to gain weight, but that is hard when he won't eat...