Hathaway
Someday, We'll All Be Free
My 3 year old is a very stubborn eater. Probably the most stubborn eater I've ever seen in a child. If he doesn't like the way it looks, he won't even touch it. He's a visual eater. It's amazing because as a young baby, 1 and 2 year old, he was the child that would experiment and eat anything. But now he just cries when we try to get him to eat. When I would force it into his mouth, he'll literally just hold it in his mouth. Like for hours. He will not swallow it.
Now I went thru this with my eldest son when he was that age as well but I could just threaten him enough and he'd relent and eat. He grew out of it fairly quickly. By the time he was 3, he was straight.
But boy this youngest son of mine is so frustrating. And you would think I'm talking about veggies and shyt huh? Nah. I bought some McDonald's today because we hadn't had any in like 2 months. Chicken Mcnuggets and fries. Every kid loves that right? Nope.
He would eat the fries and Ketchup of course but wouldnt touch the chicken. The only thing he'll eat is PB&J, pizza, maybe some chick fil a strips and spaghetti. That's all. That's his list of foods.
We've tried everything. We've tried making dinner time more fun, we've tried manipulation. He doesnt have any medical dietary issues. He's just stubborn.
When I was a kid and mom's/grandma made us food that we didn't wanna eat, then we just wouldnt eat. We'd either sit at the table all night or just go to bed hungry with nothing but water. Old school. Tough, but it worked. Grandma wasn't with that bullshyt.
Thats what I've been doing. Tough love. My wife would end up making him something he likes after he wouldn't eat what we previously made. But I told her to stop doing that because it conditions him to hold out and be defiant until he's rewarded with what he wants. I'm not doing that shyt. He's gotta learn to eat what we make or not eat at all. He'll be 4 this year and I'm tired of this shyt. I'm tired of us cooking home prepared meals and him not eating. He won't even taste it. I remember one time my wife made some honey glazed salmon, rice and green beans. He wouldnt even attempt to try it. My wife was heartbroken.
Any parents dealt with this? Any advice? I hate sending my boy to bed hungry but idk what else to do.
Now I went thru this with my eldest son when he was that age as well but I could just threaten him enough and he'd relent and eat. He grew out of it fairly quickly. By the time he was 3, he was straight.
But boy this youngest son of mine is so frustrating. And you would think I'm talking about veggies and shyt huh? Nah. I bought some McDonald's today because we hadn't had any in like 2 months. Chicken Mcnuggets and fries. Every kid loves that right? Nope.
He would eat the fries and Ketchup of course but wouldnt touch the chicken. The only thing he'll eat is PB&J, pizza, maybe some chick fil a strips and spaghetti. That's all. That's his list of foods.
We've tried everything. We've tried making dinner time more fun, we've tried manipulation. He doesnt have any medical dietary issues. He's just stubborn.
When I was a kid and mom's/grandma made us food that we didn't wanna eat, then we just wouldnt eat. We'd either sit at the table all night or just go to bed hungry with nothing but water. Old school. Tough, but it worked. Grandma wasn't with that bullshyt.
Thats what I've been doing. Tough love. My wife would end up making him something he likes after he wouldn't eat what we previously made. But I told her to stop doing that because it conditions him to hold out and be defiant until he's rewarded with what he wants. I'm not doing that shyt. He's gotta learn to eat what we make or not eat at all. He'll be 4 this year and I'm tired of this shyt. I'm tired of us cooking home prepared meals and him not eating. He won't even taste it. I remember one time my wife made some honey glazed salmon, rice and green beans. He wouldnt even attempt to try it. My wife was heartbroken.
Any parents dealt with this? Any advice? I hate sending my boy to bed hungry but idk what else to do.
let me caveat that real quick
