my 3 year old daughter bothers me

[Fatima]

this is the biggest tragedy for me. what on earth could make my daughter hungery for food. i always need to shout on her.. from the breakfast till the dinner.
anybody having any suggestion for these kind of babies.

[WildChild]

Shouting at your children never helps, it just adds more tension to their lives and yours. You aren't clear, is your daughter not eating or wanting to eat more than you think she should? Children are growing and learning and changing all the time. They will go in cycles with food as with other things.

If you look at what she eats through the week you will probably find she eats better than you think. Sometimes kids will want to eat just one thing all day or for several days and then will want something else. You've expressed in another thread that you are frustrated with your husband - don't let that frustration spill over to your children. Try to make things fun. Get her to help you cook. When my kids were little I would make bread dough and they would play with it, shaping it into fun things, then we would bake it and they loved to eat what they had made. While mixing things let them add the ingredients and taste things as you make them. Of course you have to be safe in doing this.

We always had fun names for things. Broccoli trees (it does look like a tree), frozen green peas were "pea pops" like mini popcycles. Mushrooms were umbrellas. The best thing you can do is relax a bit and quit yelling.

[Lakerat]

Kids tend to eat when they are hungry...mine would go a week or two eating like a bird...then eat everything in site...but ya didnt really put enough info in here.
Is your child overeating....... undereating......overweight....if she is eating healthy...carrot sticks..fruit....dont think it should be a big problem....but lil more info would be good

[Fatima]

hello dear, thank you very much for your suggestions. u seem to be quite a sensible person. i wanted to tell you that i have been married in a family where the atmosphere, way of living, habits etc. are totally different, or you can say just the opposite. but still i have tried a lot to get fixed up somehow. My hubby is not a good looking person and i m very beautiful. but still i prefered his helping nature first. i loved him so much that i fought even with my family members, in his favour. All i want from him is 100% love and affection. i dont want his time from busy working schedule but when he spend his idle time elsewhere, i become jelous and frustrated.
i know i have to control my temper else my whole family will be ruined. he keep on saying that he will do everything for me but only when his working tensions will be resolved. An element of impatience is also there in me.
please friend i want a complete couselling to help me how to react on some situations.
as for my daughter, i love her from the bottom of my heart. but i lose my temper again when she started makking sad faces on the sight of food or milk. she is happy to eat chips and spicy things which are not good for health. so i cant allow her to eat those.
i m still trying to make her understood the essence of proper diet. lets see when she is going to ASK ME FOR FOOD SAYING MAMA I M HUNGRY.
SEE U

[Little]

When she comes to you saying she's hungry, give her back that milk or healthy food she made faces at before. But make sure it doesn't make her sick; sometimes kids get sick from the strangest things. Milk might upset her stomach.

[Fatima]

thanks little, i m trying to see to it. even if my child eats healthy food while crying, it gives her no advantage. and if i will give her whatever she would like to eat i.e. not so healthy food, that she will eat happily, it will be more better for her health.
Am i right ladies??

[Kung Fu Kitty]

perhaps her metabolism is faster than other kids? if she is burning up the food quicker,she will be hungry faster. keep some snacks on hand for her(sliced fruit,veggies,etc) warm foods also keep the hunger pangs away,so you could also try some warm soup in her juice cup.as for the power play of her not wanting what you give her,your just gonna have to put your foot down,or deal with a junk food junkie she is sure to become.

[cmoneileena1]

When my 2 year old refuses to eat the healthy food that is put in front of her and just wants to get down and play I let her. Going a little bit hungry doesn't hurt a kid and I figure that if she gets hungry enough she will eat no matter what. On the other hand if she has repeatedly refused a food (such as peas) then I stop offering it to her for a while and try again in a few months. Kids tastes change so fast that it can be hard to keep up with them.

If she likes spicy food have you tried out any recipes that offer healthy foods in a spicy way? Perhaps your daughter is someone who finds plain vegetables and such bland. You can find many healthy and spicy recipes online. Bottom line is that if your child is healthy and the pediatrician has no problems with her diet then everything should be fine. Just hang in there until her tastes change again.

[Fatima]

thanx cmoneileena, for your suggestions. i do realise that her taste changes. previously she liked something but nw get irritated as if she gt bored with it. i will try to change those things which she dont like to eat into some other of its substitutes.
as for milk and egg, is their any other stuff which have the same nutritional value and good taste too.
plz suggest.