My two year old makes me so depressed!

Please help! I'm so tired of it. My child does not eat. Not picky eating or selective eating. She just doesn't eat. I'm so depressed about it. She wakes up in the morning and tells me she's hungry, I tell her what I could make her and then I ask what she wants. I make something and she absolutely freaks out because that's not what she wanted. So I make something else and she freaks out still because its not what he wants. SHE NEVER WANTS ANYTHING! What am I supposed to do? Not only am I tired of her not eating, I'm sooooo soooooo sooooo sick of the wasted food she creates!!!!

What does the doctor say? is she gainging weight? that doesn't seem normal.  

My son eats what I put in front of him. If not, he goes hungry. He knows this.
She will eat when she is hungry enough.

<blockquote><b>Quoting B&V:</b>" Please help! I'm so tired of it. My child does not eat. Not picky eating or selective eating. She just ... [snip!] ... am I supposed to do? Not only am I tired of her not eating, I'm sooooo soooooo sooooo sick of the wasted food she creates!!!!"</blockquote>



Stop making her a second meal. Kids won't starve themselves, once she realises that's her only option she'll start eating it. If she throws a fit just explain to her that if she doesn't eat that then there's nothing else until lunch. Maybe getting her involved in making the food would help?x

I ask what he wants he tells me I fix it he eats it or does without. When they are hungry enough they will eat it at lest mine does

Stop giving her options.I'm sure she's fine as long as she eats something. My 2 year old eats like 1 meal a day.

Get her to help you make ONE meal.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Tanya-Michelle 'Wench' Mo:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting B&V:</b>" Please help! I'm so tired of it. My child does not ... [snip!] ... that if she doesn't eat that then there's nothing else until lunch. Maybe getting her involved in making the food would help?x"</blockquote>



For lunch today I didn't. She had what I made and I wasn't making anything else. She stuck it on the floor for the dog to eat. I could scream!!

Quoting B&V:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Tanya-Michelle 'Wench' Mo:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... I didn't. She had what I made and I wasn't making anything else. She stuck it on the floor for the dog to eat. I could scream!!"

Is she getting any kind of punishment for the way she is acting?

<blockquote><b>Quoting B&V:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting Tanya-Michelle 'Wench' Mo:</b>" <blockquote><b>Quoting ... [snip!] ... I didn't. She had what I made and I wasn't making anything else. She stuck it on the floor for the dog to eat. I could scream!!"</blockquote>




As long as you don't make her anything else she'll soon learn that she'll go hungry without. You are the parent, don't let her run rings around you, she'll soon realise you're right x

You need to learn tough love. Your child wont starve just tell her thats what you made if you don't want it go without.
She'll get hungry and have no choice it sounds nasty but really if you keep letting her it's going to get alot worse.
All the best BTW have you taken her to her doctor just incase?

when my dd gets in that stage i will make her a second meal only if its something new that she honestly doesnt like. i wont force a kid to eat something gross but if i know for a fact she likes it and is being difficult then no she can do without.

Is she any kind of special needs? Because if so then yes SN cant starve their selfs and it will take lots and LOTS of patients and probably a trip to see a pedi. GI. If not then you still need to take it easy and just realize they are really small. The way I look at it is sometimes I dont want anything but one thing and if I try something else I dont feel well. But Im an adult and can say I dont want it, I think people forget sometimes that just becasue they are young they dont have any kind of say. But thats JMO

Put some food in front of her and stop giving her options - huge parenting mistake, imo. Honestly, a 2 year old won't starve themselves to death, so I wouldn't worry unless she's dropping weight.

Sounds like my 2 yr old. She HELPED me make a pb&j for dinner and then when we sat down, she wouldnt even look at it. I was so mad. She refused to eat dinner. Makes no sense.