renogaw
Active Member
I can't seem to get my daughter to eat very much recently. She used to eat a ton for dinner and lunch, but has slowly reduced how much she eats and it's getting me concerned. my wife not so much, but she's always been a light eater.
a few months ago, this would be her typical food intake
breakfast between 6 and 7: bottle of milk plus a waffle, mini pankakes, cheerios, or breakfast bar
snack at 9: some milk, and depends on what daycare gives everyone
lunch at noon: some of her sippy of water, piece of cheese, piece of turkey or ham, slice of bread, a few strawberries or other type of fruit, and either a fish stick or chicken nugget
snack at 3: usually some of a sippy of milk, and depends on what daycare gives, usually something yummy she gobbles up
dinner at 5-530: a sippy of water, one of those step 3 gerber foods, a yobaby yogurt, bread, cheese, turkey or ham
and she'd sleep through the night no problem
recently,
breakfast is still the bottle (gotta get her off it), but only eats about 1/2 of whatever else we give her
snack is gobbled
lunch: 1/2 of the bread and cheese (she used to eat these so fast you werent sure you gave it to her), no sandwich meat, and about half the fruit (found out she LOVES watermelon)
snack gobbled
dinner: almost nothing. she won't touch most of the gerber food, she won't try anything new child food wise, she won't eat more than 2 or 3 pieces of bread, etc.
then of course she's waking up giving the sign for food.
i realize that we're probably not helping by giving her the food during the night, but i don't want her to go hungry (she's always around the 25th percentile for weight). my wife, who is petite, says we cannot force her to eat, and that she'll eat when she needs to. me, who is pleasantly plump
doesn't think she's eating enough. this is causing an issue at home.
so... i guess what the question is, is what SHOULD she be eating now? a lot? a little? what types of food can we get her to eat? what's a "good" menu for a wee tot?
a few months ago, this would be her typical food intake
breakfast between 6 and 7: bottle of milk plus a waffle, mini pankakes, cheerios, or breakfast bar
snack at 9: some milk, and depends on what daycare gives everyone
lunch at noon: some of her sippy of water, piece of cheese, piece of turkey or ham, slice of bread, a few strawberries or other type of fruit, and either a fish stick or chicken nugget
snack at 3: usually some of a sippy of milk, and depends on what daycare gives, usually something yummy she gobbles up
dinner at 5-530: a sippy of water, one of those step 3 gerber foods, a yobaby yogurt, bread, cheese, turkey or ham
and she'd sleep through the night no problem
recently,
breakfast is still the bottle (gotta get her off it), but only eats about 1/2 of whatever else we give her
snack is gobbled
lunch: 1/2 of the bread and cheese (she used to eat these so fast you werent sure you gave it to her), no sandwich meat, and about half the fruit (found out she LOVES watermelon)
snack gobbled
dinner: almost nothing. she won't touch most of the gerber food, she won't try anything new child food wise, she won't eat more than 2 or 3 pieces of bread, etc.
then of course she's waking up giving the sign for food.
i realize that we're probably not helping by giving her the food during the night, but i don't want her to go hungry (she's always around the 25th percentile for weight). my wife, who is petite, says we cannot force her to eat, and that she'll eat when she needs to. me, who is pleasantly plump
so... i guess what the question is, is what SHOULD she be eating now? a lot? a little? what types of food can we get her to eat? what's a "good" menu for a wee tot?
