22mo had finished the pasta on her plate at dinner and asked nicely for more. She hadn't really touched her veg so I asked to her to one piece of tomato before I have her more pasta. Cue a huge meltdown to the point where she was in too much of a state to eat anything at all. I'd started so I carried on and ignored her, explained calmly what I wanted which normally works quite well, took her out of her chair when she threw some food on the floor etc. A minute or so in I realised that actually she was overtired (she's been ill lately) and it was probably a really pointless battle to pick - it's not like she's really a bad eater or we have many issues, and she was too tired and dinner was a bit late and I probably should have just given her some more pasta to start with.
I'd started, so I didn't think it was right to give into what was really a tantrum - but I'm not sure that was the right thing to do overall. We're only just starting the tantrums so I'm still a little unsure what we're doing. What would anyone else have done?
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If you've picked the wrong battle, do you still keep going with it?
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Catsby · 01/12/2013 19:56
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