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My daughter is only 16 mos and already I feel we have dinner battles with her. Well, battles is a strong word, perhaps. It's just frustrating some days when you get her meal all ready, sit her down, put the bib on, get her drink, put the fork to her mouth and... she turns her head away. You try to force it down, but that sure don't work. The thing is, she's eaten this meal numerous times before. My parents had it so good - three boys, and not one of us ever dared to say "I don't like this". We licked our plates clean, and if we didn't we'd hear about it for sure. My wife's family is super picky. I've never seen a pickier family. And it's the men who are more picky than the women. It's unbelievable. I just hope that my wife and I can agree with each other when it comes to dinner time battles. I'm more of a "finish your plate" person, and my wife is definitely not. So I wonder how it's going to go when our daughter won't eat anything we serve her... hmmmmmm.
To add to this... Reanna I think what you're doing is right! You've gotta be a hard liner. I believe this is one of those issues you cannot waffle about. If you're not firm, your child will pick up on that and know they can get away with it the next time. Be strong!
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