Re: "But I am not hungry"
pyaare - no she is not that much into Milk anymore either. Once she let go of her bottle - she started eating solid food on her own.
I think she has just learned an excuse of "I am not hungry". If she doesn't finish - she'll ask for a snack after an hour which means she didn't eat properly in the first place.
phooljari - great post. i do believe that forcing kids to eat does develop in poor eating habits later on as well. I am trying to teach her to determine when she is full or not. I feel i give her appropriate amount to eat on her plate.
I have 5 months till she starts school and I don't want her to be hungry the whole day. I have started saying you have to finish 20 bites of any meal. So she counts and I feel that is enough.
mama - do your boys finish what you put in front of them?