Any advice for slow-eaters?

[sunset_dae]

Agree

My boy can eat real fast (less than 15 mins) if he eats his rice with soup.
Have to train kids to eat fast, set a time frame, max finish meal within 30 min, if cant finish too bad.
Chop meat up into smaller pieces, and no toys when eating.
But i will switch on TV for him so that he will quietly sit down and eat.
Sometimes he is too engrossed with his fav cartoons, and will open his mouth automatically and doesnt realised what he is eating!

pokemon:

i guessed rice with dishes are not the fav of the kids, thats why they are taking longer to eat compare to western fare.

Maybe can try snipping the meat n veg into smaller pieces, bowl of soup for them to drench the rice to make swallowing faster (at least hv some activity for them), if they can finish by whatever time you tell them, they get to watch tv for 15min, dangle their fav fruit or healthy dessert if they finish the meal fast. Lastly, make sure they are not fed snacks or junk food close to meal time, they may not be that hungry after all.

Although i have no problem with both my kids,but i realised when eating with frens, they tend to talk more than chewing, have to keep reminding them \"eat fast fast, then have more time to play. The longer u take to eat, left very little time to play.\" Sometimes it works.

[stayhome]

My ds is also the same as fussyMummy dd, he was a slow-eater since 1 yr old. If force him to eat faster, he will vomit out all the food at the end. I had to keep the porridge in the vacuum flask as he can take more than one hour. I try on TV during meal time when he was young, it help a bit. But still take as least 45 mins.


Now he is in P1, I use rewards system, cook food that he likes and change new type when you can see him start to eat slow. I always prepare stock to cook porridge and noodle, it really taste better and you can see him eat very fast. And one more, use cute food such as bear and star fish cake which I can get from market. Prepare the dish in colorful style and change menu every day. I will only repeat the same dish once a week.

These are the things I used so far. I know is very tiring but it work for me. He is taking 15 to 30 mins to finish his food nowaday.

[mumma_bear]

My DS (2 years old) is hard to feed. He eats slow most of the time since he’s sometimes distracted with a lot of things like the show he likes on TV, and the toys he’s eyeing to play. What I usually do is to do role plays with him, trying to race him in eating his food. When he consumes at least most of his food, i give him dessert (he likes ice pops or popsicle). If he doesn’t consume most of it, I tell him that he won’t receive any desserts (to which he often disapproves). So in the end, he ends up eating most of his food. But don’t get me wrong, there are also times that i get frustrated. Although a few good results is better than nothing. Hope this helps!

[Angelight]

Will slow eaters eventually grow out of it? Or will they grow up to be slow eaters as well? My DD also a slow eater, takes 45 min to an hr to eat :shock: Very worried that when she goes to school, recess time is not sufficient for her to finish her food.

[stayhome]

Angelight,


I tell ds to eat bread when starting of P1, as he can eat faster with bread. He ate noddle once but cannot finish within the time. I always make sure he finished his portion of lunch before school, so need not to worry if he just take only bread or light food like fish ball, egg and cake. Some parents pack lunch for their slow eater kid, you may want to consider.

My dd2 who used to eat slow but not as slow as my ds. She had out grow the habit sometimes in P2 or P3 cannot remember exactly.

[jiyou2003]

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My kid's mouth doesn't move when there's food inside. She doesn't chew until I point at her cheek to get her to show me that it's moving.

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This is actually what DS does when comes to meal time.
He can dance to me :boogie: when I blow up.
His weight is 20kg, at 117cm height and taking Pediasure milk, multi-vit. Goodness me!

[auntieM]

Is your DS 7 year old jiyou2003?

My weighs about the same now at 7.. ..and drank Pedisure added on to fresh milk also not much 'result'.. .
He is eating fine now but still need to nag nag sometimes.

[blueblue]

My 3 1/2 ds also takes 45min - 1h to finish his meal…sometimes I find it frustrating too…


but then he will sometimes spit out bones (sometimes I did not check properly)…so I rather he eat slowly rather than eat fast and swallow the bones too…

[chen tai]

Hi,


My DDs are 4 years old & 2 years old. they are super slow eaters too.
So i put them on a highchair (so they cant move around), no distractions like TVs & toys, and remind them that they cant get off unless they finish their meals.

whoever finish 1st can start to play their toys. So eventually both wl compete to finish their food faster.

undst all kids are different...so have to try different methods n see wch is the best way for them..

[Mamalicious Alicia]

Hi Mummies,


My first son does not like to eat, number 2 likes to eat. But of late, Number 2 follows what his brother is doing. So if my eldest son is running around and not eating, number 2 will do the same. Both of them are very active kids who cannot sit down for more than 10 mins on a stretch. So in order for them to sit down and eat their meals, they are either watching their favorite show or playing wii. Its a bad habit to cultivate. Sigh what to do. Since my objective is to make them eat as much as possible. Its a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea.

Mamalicious Alicia