Toddler Tantrums

Reha · May 11, 2016, 2:00pm

Re: Toddler Tantrums

I’m not an experienced parent but I was looking at this book on Amazon and the description under Toddler reminded me of your post. It’s called Fearless Feeding: How to raise healthy eaters from high chair to high school.

Fearless Feeding: How to Raise Healthy Eaters from High Chair to High School: Jill Castle, Maryann Jacobsen: 9781118308592: Amazon.com: Books

Under top feeding mistakes parents make for toddlers, it mentions too many snacks/milk. It says to limit milk to 2 cups a day. Maybe you can give him milk when he takes his afternoon nap and before bedtime? You can slowly reduce the amount of milk so the transition is not too tough for him.
I’ve quoted the description from the book below:

Toddler

Filling Little Bellies: As babies turn into toddlers things change quickly – language blooms, growth slows and children become more susceptible to environmental cues around food. Parents often make the mistake of giving into requests for juice, milk and snack foods, which fill up little bellies (the size of a fist) so they don’t eat well at mealtime. To avoid this mistake, feed on a structure at a designated place (3 meals and 2 -3 snacks) every 2-3 hours. Keep milk to about 2 cups and juice to only 4-6 ounces per day, with meals. Keep water the drink of choice between meals.
Get Off Track with Picky Eating: At toddlerhood, children become skeptical of new food and previously accepted items (especially veggies). Most parents don’t understand picky eating is a normal part of development and may begin to bribe children with dessert, insist they eat a certain amount, or cater and only provide foods they know their child will eat. All of these things make picky eating worse and negatively affect self-regulation. We recommend the Ellyn Satter Division of Responsibility where parents decide the what, when and where of feeding and children decide the whether and how much of eating. It melts away the battles, keeps eating enjoyable for all, and makes children feel more confident with eating.

Thanks nida for thinking of me!!!

I like what this says…right now I am working on limiting his milk to about 2-3 times a day. Before he was asking for his bottle every 2-3 hours. I am also trying to switch to sippy cups…another nightmare. Wish me luck.