Our house can’t possibly be the only house that has dinner battles?!?! Sakes Alive! You would think that I am trying to feed my younger two children poop. The crying, the gagging, the all out tears, seriously children.
The last week or two dinner time has been battles. I have cut off the younger two from snacks, we eat breakfast around seven, a morning snack at 10:30, lunch at 12:30 and then dinner at 5:30. Middle brother has been refusing to eat dinners. I have given in too many nights and just told him, “Fine, no food until breakfast tomorrow.”
Tonight I dished the smallest amount of food for middle brother and he was the last one at the table, tears and gagging. Tonight instead of the yelling or the giving in I sat with him at the table. I dished myself another serving and sat with him while he cried. There were tears of being tired, legs hurting, stomach full, and just tears for the sake of drama. When I started to feel myself getting frustrated I offered to feed him his dinner. One small bite at a time we got dinner in.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I know dinner is nothing to make a big stink of but it is our family time. We all are super busy during the days and dinner is the only meal we sit down together for. Hubby asks the boys about their days and we have face time with each other.
I am not willing to give up on dinners… they will still want to eat but some times I think giving up on a full meal might be an option. The hang up in my mind about not doing full meals is that hubby wants a full meal, granted he has spent the entire day working. I will NOT be a short order cook, so if I am making a full dinner for hubby then everyone will eat it.
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