2.5 yo gone fussy!

[sianie]

Hi!

DD is nearly 2.5yrs old & has always been a pretty good eater (bar illness, teething etc). The last week or so she's started refusing to eat her breakfast & is generally fussy at lunch & dinner too.

Her speech is pretty good & I always offer her a choice, so cereal or toast etc for breakfast, but she just says 'Don't like it Mummy!' & pushes it away She has been eating quite a wide range of foods and feeds herself really well. Her last set of molars are coming through (but have been for months) & she has been eating well up until now.

So any suggestions of foods I can try or anyone else had this with their toddler?

TIA! 

[MummyToBen]

To be honest I wouldn't change her foods too much - yes, add some more variety in terms of other healthy foods in case she is bored - but I think if you start giving her too much 'fussy toddler' foods you might never get back your not-fussy-toddler iyswim  ??!  I would keep most of your usual things in rotation, but add a few different things to see if she's any better with them.  Have you checked out the 'what my toddler ate today' thread for ideas?

It may well be her teeth - have you tried medicating before eating to test if it makes any difference.

xx

[mkaes]

I agree. I think sometimes even or good eaters get a little "picky" sometimes. Whether it is teething, not feeling well or just testing, etc. My first has always been a great eater, eating a variety of foods. She went through a phase at one point that if it looked a little different, she would refuse it even if it was something she normally ate. I would continue to offer the variety of foods (and a few new ones if you think she is getting bored) that you have been. I tend to ride these things out without making too much of a big deal about it. Didn't want to create a picky eater, but also didn't want them to perceive it as a power struggle (DD2 would make it a struggle every day just because she could if she thought it was bugging me ). There are days that DD2 doesn't appear to eat much, but other days where she eats everything in site. HTH

[sianie]

Thanks ladies!

I think that it's possibly a bit of her a/ being bothered a bit by her teeth (we do medicate) & b/ trying to push the boundaries a bit especially as her verbal skills have come on leaps & bounds recently!
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Totally agree that I don't want it to end up as a power struggle (DD has inherited my stubborn streak, lol!) & I've been trying to not make a big deal out of it when she starts saying she 'doesn't like it'.

FX this is another phase that will pass!!