my son will not eat

[jen1206]

My son just turned 3.  He used to eat a balance diet.  But about a month ago, he decided to limit the food to cereals, water and Goldfish crackers.  He refuse to drink milk and Pedisure.  I afraid he does not have protein intake, so I force him to drink some whey protein using a medicine drop.  I also give him 2 gummy bears for calcium.  If I give him foods other than cereals, water and Goldfish, he would split them out, thrown them and cried for hours.  I'm so frastratued and don't know what to do.  Any helps will be appreciated!

Thanks,
Jen

[allmymarbles]

He wouldn't eat that stuff if you didn't give it to him. So don't give it to him. He will get hungry and eat what you set before him, because he will have no choice. By the way, the gummy bears for calcium confuses me.

[margypops]

well juice and water is good , have you done as I said with the post from jen  put the childs food down on a plate at the table and left them to eat themselves ,it may be a good idea to have the Doctor check him over, for any hearing or speech problems , we have a speech Forum here on MH .With regards to his behavior towards his younger sister he may be jealous so make sure he gets as much attention , also get Dad involved playing games with him,give him one to one time so he still feels important ..good luck

[molu565]

Hi my son is 35 month he refuse to eat any food he only eat nuggett no drink milk he love to drink juics and he's not talking that much hard to understand him he is not listening  to me or any one if i said no don't do it  he keep doing that oh he's gevin me hared time with my little girl she 15 month he always fight with her throuing toy on  he can push her if i'm not around pleas help me what to do thank you

[margypops]

Do you let him feed himself or do you feed him, it is also possible by force feeding him you have created , unwittingly, some anxiety about eating. Try putting finger foods in front of him then instead of trying to pursuede him to eat leave him to it, let him have control of eating himself.Sometime out of concern Moms over try,to get their child to eat and it works the opposite way, same with his drink put the cup down and leave him to it. Many nice finger foods out there, goldfish can be given with some small pieces of cheese, grapes cut up, banana, raisins, bits of chicken for protein, beans, rice, pasta , they make lovely shapes in pasta now for children , ravioli..fish sticks, nuggetts ..Good luck .