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My boy doesn't like to eat anything...rice,noodle,etc...he eats only teeny weeny bits, 2-3 mouthfuls and then he said he is full...really dunno what to cook...but give him biscuits,sweets, he never say NO. I'm trying very hard t cut down sweets and snacks but he rather goes hungry then to eat more rice, or should I say, normal meal food.:(

Tamarind,

so envy u...sweet kids you have...:)

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/3946/how-to-make-kids-eat-fasterRSS for NodeFri, 08 May 2026 08:01:06 GMTWed, 01 Jul 2009 10:06:33 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:53:11 GMT]]>I believe this is a pretty deep issue. Because colourful food or pretty food doesn't seem to appeal to children. Seems like have to hold something of importance or value to them at stake or as a reward for them to eat fast.


But then there is also the issue of eating too fast and choking :scared:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1156949https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1156949Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:53:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:02:08 GMT]]>

SydneyBB:
I agree... my boy if he loves something he will eat it fast enough... !!


Then, for food he doesn't like, we give him \"competition\"... between mummy, daddy and even our dog (sorry, we gave up trying to make him another sibling so he's the only child): the first who finish certain food first will get to pick our next outing (our dog's default pick will be the nearby dog run, which bores my son to death)! My hubby and I sometimes will let him win... but our dog will never let him win, so he really has to gobble up that carrot or fish ball that he hates! 🙂
:rotflmao:

Sorry, but everything you posted above is just too funny not to laugh. Hope you don't mind. Wicked sense of humour you have. But i loike. :evil:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1138026https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1138026Mon, 04 Nov 2013 14:02:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:13:16 GMT]]>

shinri:
Jennifer:


Typical man.

Dun get angry. Just make sure the snacks are healthy kinds.

Knowing DH, he sure provides snacks like Pocky, Oreo, etc.. :slapshead:

:hugs:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132199https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132199Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:13:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Mon, 28 Oct 2013 05:09:42 GMT]]>

Jennifer:

Typical man.

Dun get angry. Just make sure the snacks are healthy kinds.
Knowing DH, he sure provides snacks like Pocky, Oreo, etc.. :slapshead:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132089https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1132089Mon, 28 Oct 2013 05:09:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:15:48 GMT]]>

SydneyBB:
I agree... my boy if he loves something he will eat it fast enough... !!


Then, for food he doesn't like, we give him \"competition\"... between mummy, daddy and even our dog (sorry, we gave up trying to make him another sibling so he's the only child): the first who finish certain food first will get to pick our next outing (our dog's default pick will be the nearby dog run, which bores my son to death)! My hubby and I sometimes will let him win... but our dog will never let him win, so he really has to gobble up that carrot or fish ball that he hates! 🙂
hmmm.... time to get a dog.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131974https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131974Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:15:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:13:33 GMT]]>I hv seen 2 opposite ends:


My elder boy was a very very slow eater. MIL spoonfed him while he had his eyes fixed on TV cartoons. I had a fight with MIL over this issue. My elder boy then started to eat on his own after our fight. Still slow but no longer in front of the TV. Now he is a fast eater.

My younger boy did not eat in front of TV watching cartoons. He was interested in food, and ate fast. Now he eats while reading a book, chatting with the daddy. He is the last person to finish his meals.

There is an underlying reason for eating too slowly.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131971https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131971Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:13:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:07:27 GMT]]>mine too…getting slower and slower as he grows older…distracted by cartoons, stuffed by classmates’ snacks and birthday cakes and school bus auntie’s biscuits…my IL need to feed him so that he can finish up his proper meal quickly…tsk tsk…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131967https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131967Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:07:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:05:37 GMT]]>

shinri:
my DD also eats so slowly, sometimes take an hr and still not yet finished!

Even when I show my anger & frustration, she still eats slowly.
Afterwards, I discovered it is because she either had late snack or ate too much snack.
So I learnt to drag dinner time a bit, depending on what time she had her tea snack or how much she ate.
But DH somehow manages to spoil things a bit sometimes... sigh. :mad:
He will give her too much snacks and then her appetite will be spoiled.
He always doesn't know how to gauge how much is too much and never look at the clock also. :stupid:
Typical man.

Dun get angry. Just make sure the snacks are healthy kinds.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131963https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131963Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:05:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:04:50 GMT]]>

SydneyBB:
I agree... my boy if he loves something he will eat it fast enough... !!


Then, for food he doesn't like, we give him \"competition\"... between mummy, daddy and even our dog (sorry, we gave up trying to make him another sibling so he's the only child): the first who finish certain food first will get to pick our next outing (our dog's default pick will be the nearby dog run, which bores my son to death)! My hubby and I sometimes will let him win... but our dog will never let him win, so he really has to gobble up that carrot or fish ball that he hates! 🙂
:rotflmao: food fight with dog :rotflmao:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131962https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131962Mon, 28 Oct 2013 03:04:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Mon, 28 Oct 2013 02:47:35 GMT]]>my DD also eats so slowly, sometimes take an hr and still not yet finished!

Even when I show my anger & frustration, she still eats slowly.
Afterwards, I discovered it is because she either had late snack or ate too much snack.
So I learnt to drag dinner time a bit, depending on what time she had her tea snack or how much she ate.
But DH somehow manages to spoil things a bit sometimes... sigh. :mad:
He will give her too much snacks and then her appetite will be spoiled.
He always doesn't know how to gauge how much is too much and never look at the clock also. :stupid:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131945https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1131945Mon, 28 Oct 2013 02:47:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:28:17 GMT]]>I agree... my boy if he loves something he will eat it fast enough... !!


Then, for food he doesn't like, we give him \"competition\"... between mummy, daddy and even our dog (sorry, we gave up trying to make him another sibling so he's the only child): the first who finish certain food first will get to pick our next outing (our dog's default pick will be the nearby dog run, which bores my son to death)! My hubby and I sometimes will let him win... but our dog will never let him win, so he really has to gobble up that carrot or fish ball that he hates! 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1016190https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1016190Fri, 07 Jun 2013 09:28:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:59:15 GMT]]>Acidophillus is the good bacteria in the gut.

Promotes better digestion and immunity

But i wonder how will it help child eat faster 🙂 - Its the child's interest in food..

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1016179https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1016179Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:59:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:31:44 GMT]]>[quote="Blobbi"]Lysine didn’t work for us. I’m giving him acidophillus (dunno spelling) for better absorption from what he already eats.

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is it Acidopholous? or can you tell me more abt this?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1016174https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1016174Fri, 07 Jun 2013 08:31:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:35:10 GMT]]>When my ds1 was much younger like 3-4 yrs old, we allocate 20-25 min time limit for him to eat. When the time is up anything leftover he don’t get to continue eating even if he has to go hungry for the rest of the day/ night until his next meal time. As times goes by, he managed to pick up this idea? However, when he got older like now 6 yrs old he gets distracted very easily so asking him to speed up become harder. That was then we came up with some time table, the longer time he takes to eat the lesser time he has for his other activities eg, tv time/ play time. His sleeping time is set at 9.30 pm daily so if he wants to drag his dinner time from 7pm to 9.30pm he can jolly well go to bed straight away after his dinner. Funny enough, i don’t have this problem with his younger brother. His 1.5 yrs old bro is always eager to sit at the table to start dinner with us and even if i let him roam around freely he will quickly come back for the next mouth once he has finished eating. So different!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/996064https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/996064Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:35:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:49:05 GMT]]>Can try combining 'eat & play' time.. .. My boy will not only eat faster, but more too.. in order to get playing asap.. 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/967328https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/967328Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:49:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:30:24 GMT]]>i think the best will be try to observe what your child likes the most . Kids will usually gobble up their favourite food 🙂

And giving encouragement will help alot !

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/967238https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/967238Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:30:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:03:53 GMT]]>Just for laughs 😄

Poor kid may get indigestion...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W1Nmm6rjho][/youtube]

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/966860https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/966860Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:03:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:09:13 GMT]]>Lysine didn't work for us. I'm giving him acidophillus (dunno spelling) for better absorption from what he already eats.


Basically, I don't fight. I just request that he tries to finish his milk (people say don't give milk with meals cos it makes them full, but in my experience, something is better than nothing :lol:). Then I hope that over the course of the day or week, his average food intake is ok.

Everybody will grow up one lah. Besides, I'm saving my energy for other battles ...

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/103530https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/103530Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:09:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:49:06 GMT]]>Try using this method? Tell a story, make up any story and change the storyline along the way. For you to continue telling the story, the kid has to eat another mouth full. Worked well with my #4 and#5.


Another one. For the meal, have another of their favourite drink (milo?) or food (candies?), for every mouthful, give either a sip of drink or a pitch (size of a pi sai) of the candy. Works also leh…

Still doesn’t work? Administer Lysine or Cod liver oil. Also works everytime for me.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/102396https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/102396Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:49:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:52:12 GMT]]>ooptimizer


my gal also takes 2 hours to finish her dinner. Can I just check with you, how your son manage to cope during recess? The time is pretty short, think its only 30mins? I m worried how my gal will cope next year when she’s in P1.

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mrswongtuition:
girlmum:


My DD1 (13yrs) has quite a big appetite. She can finish a big plate of rice for dinner (7pm) yet still hv space for supper 10.30pm (2-3 slices of bread). .... But thankfully, she is of average size & weight. Phew!

My sis was like this too. And she still is today.

First thing she says when my maid opens the door \"ANYTHING TO EAT?\"
Her nickname is anything-to-eat. Bringing her to buffet is really value for money! She can really eat and eat and eat. And she only grows TALLER, never fatter!

girlmum, what is your dd1 height and weight ?
mrswongtuition, what is your sis height and weight ?

My dd is also quite reasonable eater on proper meal but not on buffet. Like mrswongtution's sis, she grows tall and not fat yet.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/92494https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/92494Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:45:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:06:27 GMT]]>

ooptimizer:
After eat 1 spoon, he will play around for 15 minutes, then come back for the next spoon...

:!: Then who feed him, your maid?

I felt keep asking kids to come back for next spoon is tiring job for me! My kids are not allowed to leave dining table before finishing their meal. However my youngest boy still can take abt 1 hr to finish his meal... :stupid:

He always forget to chew and swallow when he focus on other things like listening others conversation! I have to keep on nagging and nagging on him almost every meal. Luckily the other 2 kids are fast eater.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/90044https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/90044Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:06:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:11:46 GMT]]>After eat 1 spoon, he will play around for 15 minutes, then come back for the next spoon…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/89905https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/89905Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:11:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to make kids eat faster? on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:01:11 GMT]]>Sounds so similar to my DS, he's now P1...your son has a successor here...

ooptimizer:
My youngest boy eats very slowly, about 2 hours to finish. And he's primary 5 next year!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/89895https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/89895Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:01:11 GMT