Is this mean?

My son is three. He always (like every day) asking me for food, then won't eat it. A little while ago, he asked me to make him ravioli. I made it for him, he ate a couple bites and didn't want it anymore. He just asked me for something to eat, and I told him he could finish his ravioli. He said no, he doesn't want it.  

I'm so tired of him doing this every day. I kind of want to just offer him that, and if he's hungry, he'll eat it. DH says that's mean of me. Ugh, IDK.

DD is 3 also and does it. SHe only gets one plate now. I am so tired of playing short order cook. She eats waht is put in front of her though now. If she doesn't eat it then she gets nothing. Some mornings she wakes up very hungry.

No, it's not mean. Good time for him to learn. I have done that with all of my kids. We don't waste food, it costs a lot of money.

DD's half brothers are the same way.

ETA: they are 5 and 8, and SO doesn't give them other options or more food. They eat what we give them, otherwise they're not really that hungry.

It's how my Mom raised me and DD gets the same treatment.

Nope. My mom did that do me. So if I was really hungry I ate it . She didnt make second or third choices for meals. Take it or leave it. It wasnt like what she was feeding me was bad. I was just picky. That ended real quick .lol

What does dh mean?? And my kids do the same thing!! And what's funny is that our peds said they will eat when they are hungry they won't last long with out food lol

Not at all. I don't control food but I also will not teach LO to waste it. I think it's completely acceptable to say I'll put it in the fridge for the next time you get hungry.

Not mean at all. We do the same thing because my son thinks he can ask for something then not eat it and ask for something else. We were going through a lot of food.

We do this with everything now. He has to learn if he makes a choice thats his choice.

Quoting Keyboard Warrior.:" My son is three. He always (like every day) asking me for food, then won't eat it. A little while ago, ... [snip!] ... this every day. I kind of want to just offer him that, and if he's hungry, he'll eat it. DH says that's mean of me. Ugh, IDK. "

put it in the fridge when hes hungry he will eat what you give him a little girl my mom used to babysit did it all the time she started giving her one thing when she finished it she was allowed something else

Thanks for your imput, everyone.

Told him that he needs to finish what he asked for before he gets anything else. He won't touch it, we'll see how it goes.   Kids.

Eh he won't let himself starve. Good luck!

<blockquote><b>Quoting Keyboard Warrior.:</b>" My son is three. He always (like every day) asking me for food, then won't eat it. A little while ago, ... [snip!] ... this every day. I kind of want to just offer him that, and if he's hungry, he'll eat it. DH says that's mean of me. Ugh, IDK. "</blockquote>




Tell me about it. My four yr old has been doing this for months the worst has been the past few weeks. She hasn't taken more than three bites of dinner for over a week. I leave it on the table for a few hours.. and I eat ice cream when I'm done eating. She knows to not even ask me for any til she eats her food. She still won't eat it.. I'm so lost on what to do :-(

i don't think it's mean. as long as it is wrapped up and preserved properly, i don't see a thing wrong with it. and i also don't make 3 different meals so everyone chooses what they want. they eat what i make or they don't eat. that's just the way it goes.

The rule in my house is you eat what I put in front of you or you don't eat at all until the next meal. My kids are extremely picky so they tend to go a lot without eating until the next meal.