Picky Eater
Jo tagged me about 8 Random Things about my daughter but to be specific I will talk only one. My daughter is a picky eater. I think for her age, she is under weight. She is not interested in adult foods. But her favorite food for breakfast is cereals and milk. I am giving her yogurt, just to add flavors and add nutritional value. Most of her foods are finger foods.
She is almost 3 years old, but she can’t feed by herself alone. She can only use a spoon, when she’s eating an ice cream or her favorite foods. If I give her a proper meal and let her use the spoon, she is only good for 2 to 3 bites, then after that she will stop eating. So, what I did, until now, I am spoon feeding her like a baby. If I won’t help her, she can’t eat, and I am scared that she will get sick.
I have observed this kind of situation of some of my friends in the Philippines, I thought they are spoiling their children, but it’s already happening to me. So, I was wrong.
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My nephew's eating habit is worse than your daughter. He is a two-year old pepsi addict.How's that?
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You know what I did with my kids? I stopped spoon feeding them. I just make sure their food is left on the table. And once they get hungry, they will feed themselves.
You might think that's starving the kids, but if you want them to be independent, and Maria's is at the right age, you should stop spoon feeding her.
You may need at least 1-2 weeks of not spoon feeding Maria before you see her actually feeding herself! Goodluck!
My nieces before when they were 2-3 years old we were spoon feeding them too coz they are picky eater. They were tiny too but when they're in grade school boy they became healthy babies, in the real sense of the word :-)
Hi Raquel, just returning the visit .. :)
About your baby, it's the same with mine, I still spoonfeed him. He's already two and six months old but he too can't feed himself yet but I think he feeds himself when he is at the daycare, the poor thing has to fend for himself and tries to be independent with all the other seven kids there. So what I do, to make up for the lost time with my only child, I spoonfeed him. :) Kinda spoiling him but I think for now, it's okay.
Not much help in all I've said there I know .. hehehe..Anyway, just try to savor the "feeding" time my friend, pretty soon, they'll grow up so fast and won't be needy of mommy anymore.. Poor us will be left alone with just memories of them when they were picky-eaters..
hi raquel. thanks for the visit ha.. i can't post a message sa imo shoutbox, i wnder why jud.. hehehehhe..
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Hi raq, thats normal for their age. Andrew was the same when he was that age, that only thing you can do is try to introduce other food each week. She will be picker eater until the age of 6. I still feed andrew until his 7 years old only a certain food that he don't like otherwise he wont eat just like you your worried maria might get sick.. thats actually the instinct of a mother. andre like rice with sinigang soup, but I still feed him for that once in a while and every single night while having dinner he end up in time out for not eating his dinner. His dad so strick about it and he complain at lot as well.
Some kids are like that. I had experienced that to my son when he was barely turned a 2 years old. But now he's back to normal he's a good eater and what's good thing about him is he doesn't want to be fed, he wants to hold the spoon and fork by himself and i am very proud of him. Hope your daughter will gain her appetite soon. God bless!
Hi raquel, musta na dinha? Thank you for the visit.. very much appreciated! have a nice day:)
nah gaanam jud kadaghan ang mga picky eaters oi. mine is not as picky of an eater as urs, pero pag ayaw talaga nyang kumain, nahihirapan talaga moi. duh.. motherhood nalang! :)
have a nice tuesday raq!
my son icko (4yrs old) is also a picky eater. ang kilala lang nya na gulay is potato, and he doesnt like leafy vegetables. as in pipilian nya talaga yun, hirap pakainin. sana maovercome na nya yugn stage ng pagiging mapili.
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hi tnx for dropping by my blog
yep babies are like that.pati bb ko, ganyan din.
thanks for d visit.
yup, that's how it goes in the Philippines... it's different when you're in a foreign land... We don't have maids to that for us..
Hi Raquel, I am so glad your back from hiatus now. Anyway, I am so sorry to hear about Maria. Miriam can be so picky too sometimes especially when she ates sweets first and I also spoon feed her because if I will let her do it herself, she'll make a huge mess and I don't want to always vacuum the carpet everytime. I don't think its spoiling a kid when you spoon feed, its just that we want them to have enough food in their system. Try giving Maria a vitamins para pagana ug kaon. Take care my friend. God bless!
Hi Raq thanks for dropping by, siguro normal lang na sa bata dili nahan mokaon, parehas na sa akong nephew magsupsop pa gani siya 3 years old na, basin mausab lang na.
i'm not a mother yet, but i heard if you don't discipline your kids before they reach 3 years old, it will get twice as hard .. *sweat*
My 4-yr old son is also a picky eater. I often find it hard to think of a good snack because he is so choosy. Most of the time he does not finish his snack in school. I'm not too worried though because I make sure he eats complete rice meal for breakfast.
welcome back :-)
Raquel I will also do the same if manginahanglan pa ug tabang akong anak. Salamat sa bisita. TC!
hello. kumusta na?
hello sis kumusta na?
ganun bah.. i don't know what remedy sa kid na ganyan.. wala kc akong bata. hehehehe..
pwd bigyan mo ko?? hehee
hahaha.. pareho ng baby ko. pero he eats by himself na. he likes to eat corn beefs, very tasty kasi, and sabaw. hihigupin nya. kasi my dad and mom put him in the chair beside them and they just gave him a bowl and he will imitate on what they are doing so he will eat his foods. tapos if he doesnt like it, he will leave it there and when he gets hungry, he will get the bowl and eat in front of the TV with the spoon on the left hand. hehehe.. left handed yata siya. kahit anong correct left hand talaga. Dont worry Rach just always feed her with milk, ganun talaga ang mga kids. kung taba din.. mamublema din tau sa pag diet. hehehehe... oi! may tag ako for you! hope u like it. its in this LINK
Ganyan din baby ko when she was 3yrs old. She had to be spoon fed all the time. When she turned 4, she gradually started eating by herself. Kaya lang inaabot ng 2hours on the dining table! But when she likes the meal, it would only take a few minutes, and she would even ask for more servings after her first serving! I guess that's just how kids really are!
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I think most kids around that age are choosy on what they eat. Our alaga in the house is 2 yrs old now. She loves to eat anything with sabaw and pancit. Pakonti-konti pero maya-maya...
Happy weekend, Raq! :)
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Best advice I can give: Give time and relaxe.
I have only experience with 4 kids, some with what you now are concerned about (they were fed) others that prefered to feed themselfs from age 1.
So relaxe
ganyan ata talaga ang mga kids, i had to spoon feed my 2 kids til age 5, kasi pag hindi, aayaw agad sa food.
happy friday sis!
Hello Raq,my dear!its been a while..you were on hiatus pala?ive been too busy rin kasi,malapit na ang moving and i need things to be done.
hope youre doing great out there!
Happy weekend ahead!!
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ghee
that happened to my eldest daughter Raq..i guess binaby ko rin nang husto,pero napakahirap talagang pakainin nung maliit pa sha.
unlike nung 2nd daughter ko,grabe,she gows up without even teaching her!i guess its because we give so much attention to the eldest and opposite to the youngest,who also sees the big sister and make her a model :)
hmmm...
grrr..wala akong alam sa babies :) hope all is well with you and your daughter. baka masyadong pa syang maliit, but some kids kasi even super little pa enjoys adult foods na din. sigh.
take care!
I have no problem with my kids with regards to food, you see the evidence right? They are all healthy.
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I miss bloghopping too kaya lang too busy for the opps nga..hehehe. I only have 2 blogs for opps pero nawalan na ng time for my personal blog. Yung iba may 5 blogs pa yata.
si Matt ko so far, wala naman problem sa pagkain nya.. may sarili nga syang plate eh.. pero syempre, kasama na laro.. 2 year old lang eh..
sana di mabago eatinghabit nya.. kung anong nakahain, kain. :)
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hi sis,
musta na? never heard from you for a while sometimes.. hehehehe... just missing your messages and visits...
i hope things are okay, my niece is worst than ur daughter, she's turning 6 years old, sometimes she was spoon feed by her nanny and i was nagging to her nanny why doing such thing, hehehe.. i guess there are just times then kids wants to be taken care MORE than what mothers did right? hehehehe
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hello sis kmusta? doing my round!
at nag basa na rin! :-)
wla pa ako alam nyan liit pa baby ko, pero hopefully ma sanay syang mag isa pag dating na sa kainan.
have a good day!
was here... kamusta na sis? busy???
keep up feeding her.
But you must reduce your service as she grews older. If not, she will end up like a man, that sits in the Kitchen unable to even pick up a piece of bread (you have surely heard about them) LOL
My 4-year-old boy is also a picky eater. Sometimes it's so easy to just give him what he wants because he tries our patience. What he wants are chocolates, cakes, cookies. I'd think it's better to feed him sweets than having him eat nothing at all. We do compensate with vitamins and milk. Telling him that there are no chocolates, cakes and cookies would sometimes work. when he has no more choice, he eats whatever was served.
Hi, this is the first time I saw your blog. I want to say I sympathize with you. My 3 year old son is the same. I am still spoon feeding him because if I do not he would not eat. I have made him eat almost anything now because I threaten to spank him if he does not. I know it is not the beat solution but it works and it does not get to the point where I do spank him. Well, goodluck to you. I hope we can exchange links.
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