Fussy or not Hungry??????

I take/took this approach, if it is something new you are offering then I would give them the benefit of the doubt and think that perhaps they genuinely don't like it. If it's something they've eaten before but are refusing to eat then I would not offer anything else, they are either not hungry or not hungry enough. Around the age your boy is I started to put Spencer to bed without dinner if he refused to eat it (and it was something i knew he liked) cos it was around that age that quite often he seemed to be eating banana and yoghurt for dinner after refusing dinner and I realised he was just hanging out for something better to be offered. He still does it now but it's more obvious, he gets down from the dinner table and actually asks for crackers/yoghurt!

Some days they eat really well and eat everything on offer and other days they seem to survive on next to nothing, I think that is just normal for toddlers. The other thing we do now that Spencer is older is that if he tries a new food, even if he doesn't like it, then he still gets to have his dessert as a reward for trying it.

once again cuppatea said what i was trying to but couldnt think of the right words!