Hey ladies, what is your toddlers favorite food for lunch or dinner? I'm just doing my shopping list and looking for food ideas for my 15 month old

• ‎Play Time Snacks:) Shona (facebook)
• my fav quick hurry snack in 100% fruit straps from health section in coles no preservatives/colours/flav​ours just dried fruit leather, I like them for me to :) Evie (facebook)
• Fish cakes with mashed veggies hidden in them!! Kelly (facebook)
• frozen peas & corn! Chantal (facebook)
• Carbonara pasta he will eat it every meal. Lee (facebook)
• Boiled egg sandwich, wraps with grated cheese, carrot, cucumber and a bit I avocado and some ham. Toasted sandwiches.  Tanya (facebook)
• Vege quiche, any pasta dish with different sauces e.g cheese sauce add veges and chicken, spinach and ricotta cannelloni, French toast and low salt baked beans ( quick and easy) fresh fruit, mash banana sandwich, cream cheese or vegemite on rice cakes, homemade healthy fried rice... Sarah (facebook)
• Dinner.. Spaghetti bol, quiche, homemade pizza on pita bread, fried rice., meatballs, shepherd pie, mild curry and rice, pasties, casserole with mash potato and depending on your child meat and roast or steam veg (good to offer). Tanya (facebook)
• lunch: sandwich with either vegemite, jam or peanut butter (he's been allergy testing and isnt allergic), with piece of fruit in season such as apple, mandarin, pear, banana
  dinner: chicken snitzel, meatballs, pasta (plain), hot chips, garlic bread, sweet corn...lol...we keep persisting with the vegies and he doesnt get the above til he eats them! Tamala (facebook)
• Mandarines are great at the moment! Sarah (facebook)
• vegimite sandwiches and pineapple pieces. Kylie (facebook)
• Cherry tomatoes, cheese sticks, twiggy sticks, yoghurt, frozen veggies, noodles, pasta, chicken leg, etc etc. Erin (facebook)
• At the moment it's cheese sandwich a yoghurt and strawberries for lunch and anything with pasta for dinner. :) Belinda (facebook)

My daughter is 18 months old and for just over a week now she has barely eaten any food. I constantly offer food but she shakes her head and says no even to her favorite meals :( She still drinks her bottles with no problem. Any tips? She is cutting 2 big teeth to her bottom gums.

• Sore throat? Belinda (facebook)
• Yes when my children get teeth or are sick they dont eat much. Important to make sure she is still drinking and well hydrated. Keep offering, her appetite will return. Tanya (facebook)
• If she doesnt eat, dont force her.. As long as she's still drinking.. She will go to you when she wants something!! My Dr gave this advice to mum when i was little & it now works for my middle son! Jaide (facebook)
• My little girl is 23 months and wont eat at all. she gets hysterical if we offer her food and wont eat it. she will drink milk with no problems. she is teething tho, i just think it may be a phase. they wont starve themselves :) Belinda (facebook)
• I am having the same probelm with my 16 month old. Kimberley (facebook)
• Amount and quantity of bottles? Maybe she isnt eating cause its easier to get full on a bottle. At least she is hydrated. Hope the teeth come through soon xx Amanda (facebook)
• Yes the same with my 18month twins they are cutting 2yo molars atm and both boys go through stages with what they will eat. Julia (facebook)
• I remember my lil girl going through that too when her molars were coming in, i think i gave her some jelly with soft fruits and banana smoothies and soups from memory and she would still only have little bits of those, but she got through it fine. Lisa (facebook)
• My son is the same age & is doing the same thing. He is also cutting teeth. When either of my kids are cutting teeth they dont eat very much. At the minute all he wants to eat are icepoles. I think it helps numb his gums. I just keep offering & offering. If you ae worried you could take her to the Dr or ring the health nurse. Tania (facebook)
• My son always goes off his food when he has tonsilitis. He never gets a fever so this is the only way I can tell. But it is also normal for kids to be a little off their food for s short time. Megan (facebook)
• A good trick for less calorie intake is to mix half milk/water in the bottle. That way they think they are drinking the same amount but not filling up. Hope that makes sense!! Amanda (facebook)
• What happens if she feeds herself? My 15 month is going thru a no mummy I will do it! She won't eat if I try to feed her sometimes I'm allowed to put the food on the fork/spoon but I have to then put it down so she can pick it up to put in her mouth. Danielle (facebook)
• My daughter has just turned 2 and still has weeks like this (mainly due to her reflux though). It's pretty common with teething. As long as her fluids are up, don't stress about it - just keep food available and she'll eat when she's ready.  Sarah (facebook)
• Thank you for your advice. I am so relieved to know that I am not the only one going through this. She has about 2 bottles a day (sleep time) even feeding herself she isn't interested :( hopefully she gets over this phase soon. Carly (Facebook)
• I have the same thing right now!Tyla is8 months I have just put it down to teeth, and I offer food and milk though the day, he still happy. Krysta (facebook)
• If ur worried you can get some stuff at the chemist you mix into drink (kinda like a protein shake) to give you dd vitamins n minerals that she is missing. I just recently saw this at the baby expo. Jade (facebook)
• My 12 mth old has never been a huge eater, i offer him meals n he always refuses some of them, toddlers r just fussy eaters, n if she is hungry she will eat, as long as shes healthy i wouldnt stress to much it is prob just a stage. Kylie (facebook)
• Danielle my 11 month old does the same thing. Im not allowed to feed her she has to do it herself. Jamii (facebook)
• As soon as my eldest hit 12 month he became so fussy, he is now 27 months and still fussy :( I hope he grows out of it soon, if she is hungry she will eat, just keep offering her food thats all you can do. Rebecca (facebook)

• My son (nearly 7 months) started solids early so hes been eating pretty well, all home cooked foods etc, but he was pretty sick for a couple of weeks and now he will only eat tinned food, i hate that stuff and would love it he would eat the food i cook for him but everytime i try he just shakes his head and goes crazy. Ive tried mixing it but he seems to know :(  Brodie (facebook)
• It took til my daughter was 2 to get her eating without a drama. 2 biggest tips are
  1. STAY CALM, be firm but calm. Act like you don't expect a problem and you may not get one
  2. BUY a really good rewards chart once they are old enough to understand them
• Our food times used to be a constant battle because I was so  stressd she wasn’t eating. We both hated meal times. Now we rarely have a drama.  Carlene (facebook)
• As a mum of 6 I know that kids will eat when they are hungry. Mishelle (facebook)
• my second whos 8 1/2 mnths will not eat the tinned/jar stuff i have tried and tried she just throws it up so i dnt bother with it anymore just make everything at home but she loves mashed potato but you kno they will eat when theyre hungry. Jess (facebook)
• Hang in there! sometimes they just start eating. mine have not eaten for weeks (so it feels), tonight they ate two serves of dinner followed two serves of yoghurt and fruit! Shellie (facebook)
• Dont give in to the tanty, if they push food away, just put it to the side. Dont make a big deal about what they are to eat and force them to eat they will nearly always not eat something if you force it on them. Dont make up something else especially either. Try to keep to the 5 meals a day rule, try to avoid the 4.30 snack as they will not eat a full meal at night. Keep the last snack before dinner at 3.15pm and then dinner earlier at 5-5.30pm. They should eat like a king at breakfast, fruit for morning tea and eat like a prince at lunch, afternoon tea cracker and cheese maybe then eat like a poor man at night. They will sleep better with a light meal in their tummy than a heavy one. Just like us! Kids willnot go hungry. They will soon cotton on that if they dont eat the meal you give them they will not get something else til the next snack or lunch or dinner time...Gayle (facebook)
• Gayle, that is very well said. We have lots of issues if my daughter snacks after about 4pm. Tanya (facebook)
• Let 'em be fussy...hide the veg in every thing they do eat!! Rebecca (facebook)
• Try and make food look attractive smiley face or a house. keep portions small, toddlers find big meals daunting. don't make them sit there and force them to eat. well said gale, avoid 430 snacks. avoids feeding them unhealthy food. what they don't have they won't miss. Bek (facebook)
• If you are really worried worried, I would say it pays to visit your Child Health Nurse for a check. Sometimes a child who consistently refuses a particular texture & who is losing weight may need a referral to a Speech Pathologist & Dietician to make sure everything is ok. Jo (facebook)
• They will eat if they are hungry I had my nephew for 3 nights while my sister was in hospital she lets him eat in front of a tv and what he wants my 3 kids eat what is put on there plate at the table each time I was cooking he said I dont like that I simply said well you will eat it and each night he cleared his plate with out an argument :) and I gave him a treat each time. Jaimee-Lee (facebook)