i am going nuts. just a couple of days back i posted about my son not having milk n now here i am again...my son wont eat/drink anything himself
he has some independent thing going on where if i try to push him to eat/drink (or anything for that matter)...he just screams or says 'no...' n then thats it. nothing doing after that.
the thing is that i have been feeding him all this while n he eats well. but now that its getting tough to feed him, i thought i will give him the independence that he wants. so i just offer him the food, sit with him, try not concentrating on what he is eating (but icant)....he just has a couple of bites n says done. i dont know what to do after that. should i just let him be??
same with milk - he was breastfed n voluntarily stopped at 16 months. he used to have cows milk in a glass but he was never been a fan of milk. now he wont have milk either (not at all...really). i was so desperate that i used to give him milk 2 times a day using a syringe n he never cried about it. he would happily have 500 ml a day but with me using a syringe. just last night i was so desperate, i decided i will "introduce the bottle at 18 months" - goodness...i guess u guys can understand how desperate i m!!!
so moral of the story is - how do i get my son to feed himself - liquids and solids. and in the meantime...while he learns to feed himself (which i know he eventually will).....how do i make sure he gets all the nutrients??? i cant let go of the fact that when i feed him he eats about thrice as much as when i let him feed himself
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18 month old wont eat/drink himself
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AlCookie · 23/09/2013 10:44
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