Eating

There is no "right" time to eat. It's one thing to say stick to regular meals/snack times, it's another to prescribe the time of day! We eat b'fast between 6:30-7:30am, snack 9:30/10am, lunch 11:30 am, snack 2:30/3pm, and dinner 5-6:30pm cos it works for our day and family. We don't generally offer any food outside those times. Can you figure out regular times that suit your day?

How does she eat at nursery? If she's better there you could always try and follow their mealtimes. Set meals and snack times are useful but the times need to work for you as a family. They can be flexible too depending on naps & outings. Always eating together is good for role modelling. When doing the main meals it can help giving one safe food (food she loves) on her plate as well as a small portion of what you are eating. My now 6yo started to get fussy at 2yo & there are still lots of things he will refuse to eat. But this helps us.

In around October time, I had the same concerns so went to the GP. The GP told us not to worry, as some children do prefer to just snack rather than eat meals and that it’s ok. Luckily around Xmas time my little boy turned a massive corner and did start to eat meals. However we have on and off weeks which is really normal apparently. She will eat when she wants to and as long as she’s having some food I wouldn’t worry. I understand because I was in the exact same position. Please don’t stop the snacks. My little boys nursery will try him with the proper meal and if he doesn’t want it they give him fruit or rice cakes etc as an alternative. All children are very very different xx