Any advice for slow-eaters?

[meow69]

my ds is also a slow eater usually takes abt 45min to 1hr n don’t likes to eat vegg, but he can eat better in childcare centre n faster. I asked him why he can eat faster in centre, he told me he don’t want to be the last

[miao]

my 5 year old can take up to 1.5hours at dinner… he eats faster in child care than at home, perhaps pressure from friends and teachers… my yet to turn 2 years old was really fast at the beginning of the year, like 5 mins! But for the past one month or so, he started to eat much much slower and at times can’t even finished or just completely abundant his meal after few scoops.


I tried scolding the elder one, tried couching too but just won’t work… i didn’t try the reward system, because it means he will finish the meal faster not because he should (save time, food won’t turn cold) but because of the rewards that he wants after it.

But now I think I can try, at least to train him to get into the habit of eating faster then can spend more time doing other things together than to keep chasing him with the bowl after awhile.

[colors]

hi,


my girl’s (2 yrs old) always take abt 1 hr to eat her meal no matter what rewards was offer. and at time can’t even finish the amt given, and pretend to vomit in order to escape from meal. except for porridge.

if we start taking away her food because we do not want her take the cold foods, she cried.

angry…

[Angelight]

Colors, maybe you can try letting your DD feed herself. I tried that on my girl and she ate faster than when someone fed her.

[colors]

Angelight:

Colors, maybe you can try letting your DD feed herself. I tried that on my girl and she ate faster than when someone fed her.

try that also, sometime works, but most of the time fail. she only eat fast when there is fried chicken.. too heat to have everyday.

[Angelight]

Your girl is just like mine, loves fried chicken. :lol:


I know how frustrating when our child is a slow eater. Sometimes I really feel like tearing my hair when I see her take so long to chew and swallow her food. :frustrated:

But I believe, and hope and pray, that she will grow out of it when she enters primary school becos of peer pressure and limited recess time. So take heart, yours will too. :hugs:

colors:

Angelight:

Colors, maybe you can try letting your DD feed herself. I tried that on my girl and she ate faster than when someone fed her.

try that also, sometime works, but most of the time fail. she only eat fast when there is fried chicken.. too heat to have everyday.

[colors]

Angelight:

Your girl is just like mine, loves fried chicken. :lol:


I know how frustrating when our child is a slow eater. Sometimes I really feel like tearing my hair when I see her take so long to chew and swallow her food. :frustrated:

But I believe, and hope and pray, that she will grow out of it when she enters primary school becos of peer pressure and limited recess time. So take heart, yours will too. :hugs:

colors:

[quote=\"Angelight\"]Colors, maybe you can try letting your DD feed herself. I tried that on my girl and she ate faster than when someone fed her.

try that also, sometime works, but most of the time fail. she only eat fast when there is fried chicken.. too heat to have everyday.

[/quote]thanks, at least we have the same problem when facing my kids. :lol:

[verygeksim]

hi, any mums have advice for slow eaters?


my 4 year old has always been a pelican but the situation has worsened. her teacher has given feedback that her lunch in school has stretched from 30 minutes to 1 hour and she doesn’t seem to know how to chew.

I had noticed that she was eating slower and slower at home and thus went to speak to teacher and received the above feedback.

at home, she can take 1.5 hr to slowly munch a small portion. it’s killing me and no amount of cajoling, persuading, screaming, waving cane seems to help.

we have recently stopped the tv dinner/ lunch. she is still being fed most times despite us trying to encourage her to eat on her own. we vary the foods eg rice, porridge, macaroni, animal shaped pasta, udon, ramen with chicken and fish and leafy greens but she is just PLAIN SLOW.

she supplements her small meals by taking milk by bottle.

it is v frustrating. any ideas?

[Funz]

If you are already doing the following,


No TV, no toys, no books, eat together with family, vary variety and she is still slow,

give her 30mins to eat. Thereafter, clear everything whether or not she finishes. Schedule in fixed snack times if you worry that her food intake is too little, giving her 15-20 mins to finish her snacks at the dining table. No other snacks in between.

I did that with DD when she was about that age. Yes I worry about her being under weight and under tall. But she was generally pretty healthy. So I decided not to get so hung up about whether she finishes all her food at a single sitting and try something else. We still continued with serving her favourite foods and making it attractive. And with that routine, she eventually picked up and started eating faster and more in quantity as well as variety.

Oh and another thing, 4yrs old, already, wean her off the bottle. She is old enough to drink from a cup.

[matrix0405]

Is she also very slow when eating potato chips and French fries? If this 2 also take forever, then eating slow is her pattern. If not, u need to give her tastier and easier to eat food.