My daughter is 2 and starting yesterday she has not really wanted to eat... she didn't eat lunch and kinda picked at her dinner... today she didn't eat her breakfast and at luch she ate a alot then... then tonight she didn't want her dinner and it was pizza and she loves pizza... any ideas or advice.... i think that it might be were she has a cold and her drainages in going into her stomach but i don't want it to be that because that could make her sick...
ok so thank you guys... you have clamed my fears and she is eating a little more but if she a lot at one meal she will pick at the other two but i am not worried any more
my daughter does this, but its fully related to her BMs. if she hasn't pooped she won't eat. if she pooped recently she'll chow down a lot. :)
My 23yo son did this at about that age. He would eat a huge breakfast and nothing else all day. The pediatrician told me that children will not starve themselves, that he'll eat when he's hungry. I told him I don't make him special meals or separate meals and he agreed that was the best thing. I would sit him down with us, and if he said he didn't like it, he had to sit there till we all finished.
If you're concerned about her weight you can try Pedisure for now. It could also be related to her bowel movements like Margaret suggested. But if she's regular, it might be the drainage. I know when my husband has drainage he's very queasy. She is old enough for Children's Pepto, which is safe for children 2 and older. That might make her feel better too.
Just make sure she's drinking enough so she doesn't get dehydrated.
It's probably a stage, but possibly aggravated by a cold. Don't worry too much about it -- kids go through stages where they don't eat much, and then they go through stages where they don't stop eating. I think it's related to growth (but not sure if they are too busy growing to eat, or if they start eating when they go through a growth spurt).
