The only thing he likes to eat is oodles of noddles. i try to feed him all other types of food ,but he wont even try them.
sometimes he will go to bed with out eating a thing for dinner. The doctor told me to stop feeding them to him and he will eventually eat..well i tried that for one day ...i cant starve my child... i need some helpful ideas than starving my child
2006-09-02 20:41:54 · 16 answers · asked by smiley 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
when my brother was 3 he would only eat french fries. The doctor told us the same thing, dont feed him. Just give him water.
Well he didnt eat for 3 days, and on the third day we just gave him some fries. It was horrible. He eventually started eating other things. I dont know if they make baby vitamins but maybe yu could crush some up or use a liquid to slip into his food.
2006-09-02 20:48:57 · answer #1 · answered by darcys_wifey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For one thing, your child will not starve. He cannot just have noodles and you must make him realize that. So put food in front of him, if he does not eat it, so be it. He will get the idea eventually because his stomach will let him know. This may sound cruel, but when my kids were young and they did not eat, we gave them the food they did not eat for breakfast. That only had to happen one time and they got the idea.
2006-09-03 02:51:14 · answer #2 · answered by morris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You won't starve your child if you do what the doctor suggested - it sometimes doesn't work with just one day. You need to ensure that your child eats a healthy, balanced diet. If he's stubborn, it's up to you to be the parent and find a way. Be creative - and don't give up. They can learn to eat all kinds of things - even things which you yourself don't like, if you handle things positively.
2006-09-02 23:32:13 · answer #3 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try mixing other foods in the noodles. But in the end remember your the parent. Hes doing this cause your letting him. He is going to be sick if you let it continue. Sometimes children go through a phase for a while where they like a certian food. But if they wont eat anything else, their not gonna be getting the right nutrients. Also you can make his noodles taste gross. If they no longer taste good to him, hes gonna want something else. Just figure out something hes not gonna like the taste of, but that wont make him sick to mix in there. Nothing that hes going to realize that is in them. If that doesnt work your gonna have to take away toys, tv, playtime whatever you have to do to convice him to eat. He will eventually eat. If your worried, prepare a food that can sit out for a while. Tell him that is what he gets to eat today, no noodles. Then leave it. He may not want to eat it simply for fear of letting you win, then he wont get his noodles. But if hes hungry and your not looking he may eat it. He will not let himself starve. Most important YOUR THE PARENT. Do not give in, case it only reinforces his behavior.
2006-09-02 20:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by beachbebe_03 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
first off just so you know you aren't going to starve your child a child will eat once they get hungry he just know's you are going to give in to what he wants. My son kept trying that # with me with junk food he thought he could get away with out eating anything and then have a snack I told him "no unless you eat your food no snacks" it took probably a good 2 or 3 days but now he pretty much knows you only gets snacks if you eat your real food also.
2006-09-03 00:15:17 · answer #5 · answered by rochelle s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well make up a chart to use so if he tries this today he will get a gold star on the sticker chart if he doesnt try anything he will get a red star is he gets 10 gold stars in a week you could give him a reward if he had 5 gold and five red tell him he needs to try more things if he wants to be rewarded praise is a great way to get them to eat more
2006-09-02 22:46:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My sister did that. The doctor told my mom not to worry about it and let her have what she wanted and over the course of about a week she will eat a balanced meal one day at a time. One or two days she would eat nothing but green beans, then nothing but oatmeal then nothing but bananas. Weird but over the course of a couple weeks she got all the major food groups.
2006-09-02 21:59:03 · answer #7 · answered by Lleh 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your child is NOT going to starve. Do as the doctor said to do. You have to be consistent and persistent or your child will win out and you will lose all control. He already has you under his control...he knows that you will feed him whatever he wants because you think he is "starving". And by giving control to him you've set yourself up for alot of disciplinary problems yet to come.
2006-09-02 20:48:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My 18mths old nephew has a similar problem with baby biscuits...He wont eat anything else.. We reduced the amount of biscuits he ate by coming up with some add-ons.. like probably for a start, you could maybe recuce the amount of noodles bit by bit and say replace it with other food options like rice, cereals etc. Its a good way to introduce young children to other types of food too.
2006-09-02 20:54:34 · answer #9 · answered by addibadi 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try adding various flavors of boullion cubes to them, just for a change of taste. Start out very lightly, and gradually make it stronger every couple days. This will help his taste buds get accustomed to other flavors, and eventually he'll outgrow this stage.
Later, you could insist that he only get noodles after he eat the protein, veggie, etc.
2006-09-02 21:49:57 · answer #10 · answered by ♫☼♥ ≈ Debbi ≈ ♥☼♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋