Help! 6 year old wont eat breakfast, suggestion?
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I have 2 boys, ages 16 and 20. Their whole lives, they would go through periods of eating breakfast and then not eating breakfast. There were times when I couldn't keep enough cereal/breakfast foods in the house! I talked to the doctor and he said kids will eat when they're hungry. All you can do is have food available. Your daughter will be fine. It sounds like she has a good mommy to take care of her.
try candy
beat them
Maybe take her to the Doctor to discuss the issue
try arranging them in a more attractive way, say clown-like forms, or their favorite animal. don't feed them too much at dinner, so that they can be hungry early in the morning.
beet him or tell him that if he doesn't the breakfast monster will come eat him
Kids will eat if they're hungry. Don't force them. She'll be fine without food for one day... She'll probably eat at snack time. Kids eat on instinct instead of for social reasons, it's not uncommon for them to not want to eat when it's "breakfast time".
If you're making scrambled eggs you could try letting her pick a food color to use in it?!? Have you taken her grocery shopping with you for breakfast foods ... maybe she'd eat it better if she picked it out?
I have a 9 y/o and an 11 y/o. They don't always eat breakfast, in fact the 9 y.o almost never does. Dont force her to eat just because its "breakfast TIME" She will eat if she is hungry. Otherwise you are actually instilling bad eating habits by forcing through time, not hunger.
Is she saying she's not hungry or is she too busy to eat or what?
Would she eat a cereal bar or granola bar while getting ready?
Muffins, frozen waffles, pop tarts, bananas, cereal, French toast?
TRY CEREAL WITH MILK
PANCAKES
chesese nip dip ranch
let her play with her food use cookie cutters and let her make her own food once they see hands on wow this is cool and they can eat it they love it
I have a five year old who is the same way. He just doesn't like to eat early in the morning. Healthy snacks seem to work with him. Just keep offering her food in the morning. If she is hungry she will eat. ;) Also you may want to talk to her teacher about if she is eating her lunch at school. Good luck.
don't let her leave the table until she has eaten something. You are the parent you make her eat. Maybe you can get her up 20 miniutes earlier.
Don't let her eat after 7:00 pm the night before!
explain her the importance of food n make something new each time and suiting her taste and make it healthy.like fruit salad with
chocolate on top or tomato cornsoup with cheese or someing.DO NOT FORCE FEED SHELL UNDERSTAND HERSELF
I concur with Tina. While I agree that breakfst is a VERY important meal and shouldn't be skipped, the world will not end if a child doesn't eat what's provided. She'll eat when she's hungry. In the meantime, make sure that what is available is healthy.
does she tell you why she wont eat my son who is 8 now had trouble with breakfast for a long time and finally we went to the doctor and he had some allergy problems which through the night he would wake up and be full of mucus(gross) iknow but as soon as we started to treat his allergy symptoms before he went to bed when he woke up he was hungry and ready to eat. if she is offered a milkshake at breakfast and turns it down it is probably a medical or a nervous condition id take her to the doctor. good luck i know how it is to worry about a little one who might be hungry at school..
have you just asked her why she dose not want to eat, my daughter was the same way for almost 2 yrs. she told me that if she eats then go to school she feels full and want to go to bed, but if she dose not eat then she is able to stay up and not fall asleep in class.
if nothing more take her to her doc//
Lots of people just are not hungry in the early morning. If she has a healthy snack at 10:30, I would not worry about it.
My daughter did not eat breakfast last year, I frankly lost hope cause I too tried everything, but it seems that kids are like grown ups, you are not always in the mood to eat right after you wake up, so just let go, as long as she eats well in the break then just let her, my daughter ( she is now 9 ) changed without me doing anything, she started having a little sandwich before she left to school
Some kids just dont do breakfast.
You 'do' pack her a healthy snack for 10:30 am. thats good!! she probley eats well then, and not hungry untill 10 am.
Myself I don't do breakfast, never have... I just am not hungry for it first thing in the morning.
The ODD morning I may have some toast with butter/margarine.
Just try a slice of toast.
I send mine to school without breakfast also, she's like me, she's not hungry first thing in the morning. The odd day though she will have some toast.
Stop trying so hard to make her eat. Kids are finicky and will eat when they are hungry. Plus, she'll learn that if she doesn't eat in the morning, then her next opportunity won't be until lunch and that might persuade her to chow down in the morning.
Don't worry about. She will eat when she gets hungry. If you withhold the snack for a few days, she might find that it's no fun to wait until lunch time to eat.
Let her pick.maybe she would go for something like pizza? I have has these troubles too. I would even let my son eat a cookie. At least it's something in there stomachs until snack time.
bring her to the grocery store and let her pick she like to eat for breakfast. and it rally works.
Take care to the pediatrician and ask for some vitamins to help her being hungry! Also what you can do is I bougth cup cakes, dougnuts, cookies or yougurth in a package... That way my daugther will take it to school and usually she eats at school but if she doesn't like it she it what she takes good luck !
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