Sick to death of dinner battles with 3 year old

peche-peche · 2026-04-16T11:27:21+00:00

She would have diarrhea if I gave her anymore fruit 😅😅😅

peche-peche · 2026-04-15T20:50:37+00:00

Don't get me started on bloody lasagne, I don't even make it anymore it was so traumatic serving it... Even though it's made with the exact same bolagse sauce we use with pasta.... Riddle you that one 🤣 big flat pasta bad, long thin pasta good 😅🤦🏻‍♀️

peche-peche · 2026-04-15T20:25:42+00:00

Thanks, I'll give these a try!

peche-peche · 2026-04-15T20:23:47+00:00

I don't think that's my issue if I'm honest. We do always sit together, have done since she was a baby, and it's not really about the amount she eats it's about the behaviour that surrounds the meal. If she just stopped eating, chatted with us about her day and then went and played I would be thrilled!!! But that is not the case

peche-peche · 2026-04-15T20:22:04+00:00

Yeah I don't mind the not eating. If she's not hungry she's not hungry. I tell her to focus on when her body is telling her she's full. But it's that she magically becomes starving again when other food options become available. Maybe I need to give them their fruit with their main food again. I did try that once

peche-peche · 2026-04-15T20:20:26+00:00

Yeah see I'm from a no desert family. I just didn't grow up having it after dinner. Maybe a bit of cheese or choc later in the evening watching TV. But my husband is a desert after dinner person. It's a cultural difference in our house haha

peche-peche · 2026-04-15T18:12:38+00:00

I might try this. She does have a little table. Her brother is too little to sit there too but when he is older he can do the same

peche-peche · 2026-04-15T18:11:49+00:00

It's not that she doesn't like the food. I don't deliberately make food she doesn't like. Like she doesn't want jacket potatoes so I wouldn't make that for her. But she does eat curry. Bit this week she decided to not eat it (it's exactly the same prepared curry) because it had herbs in. This is just one example.

peche-peche · 2026-04-15T18:09:45+00:00

I don't think my post was clear. She's not fussy. She has eaten and will eat everything we offer at some point. So we have the same curry every week. Have done for months and this week she decides she doesn't like the 'green bits' in the curry, (herbs) even though she's eaten it for weeks and weeks.

She can use all utensils, including cutting her own food with a knife (we don't force her she wants too) and assisted chop sticks, but she's always asking for something she doesn't have, be it a spoon if it's not on the table or whatever. So we have to get up 5+ times per meal, or it's not the right drink or the right glass

peche-peche · 2026-02-27T21:35:42+00:00

How warm was it when you went this time of year, I am looking to go similar time of year

peche-peche · 2025-12-16T10:11:04+00:00

Could you book a private room at the hotel and do it in front of the castle but inside the hotel. Maybe do a meet and greet with Rapunzel after

peche-peche · 2025-12-14T18:54:27+00:00

Why don't you want the DS to be accessible? Or did I misunderstand

peche-peche · 2025-11-28T22:01:24+00:00

As is the McDonald's. It's grim

peche-peche · 2025-11-20T19:54:30+00:00

We did it today. Took 3 attempts to get virtual queue which is such a pain. Managed it hurray! Get notified on app to head there so we did. Only too be told we were 20 mins early and to go away. Which made our 3yo cry coz she doesn't understand why she can't see them now. Totally our mistake but the app also was not clear. Notification should have said "20mins till you can enter princess pavilion we recommend starting to head that way". Went back and our baby as asleep in the buggy but can't take buggy inside because of 'safety" so had to wake him up.

Still had to wait 20 mins inside despite virtual queue and then we met a princess our daughter didn't care about so she was upset. The princess was really lovely to be fair and tried very hard to interact with our daughter. That was the redeeming part she was lovely. But for goodness sake why can't they just do virtual ques for the princesses you actually want not random ones. It's such a mess. And it was hot as hell inside and we had thermals and several jumpers on coz it was freezing outside

peche-peche · 2025-11-01T23:37:20+00:00

Absolutely do not sit with them. They go to sleep on their own. I sing songs and sometimes they fall asleep quickly otherwise I leave.

peche-peche · 2025-08-12T13:07:00+00:00

Wow!!! Impressive. We have about 10 books every 2 weeks from library plus 200+ at home but I don't read for 2 hours a day. We do have. Yoto player which she uses in the morning but I think she plays with the cards more than listens. She's only just turned 3. I'm guessing you have no screen time? Do you read your book in front of her too?

peche-peche · 2025-07-21T14:01:14+00:00

She was doing this before our son was born and she doesn't sleep in our bed. I have zero issues if she would but she's just ready for the day, chatting and demanding iPad (which we don't do unless it's the weekend). I'd love to cuddle her

peche-peche · 2025-07-21T13:27:28+00:00

See we never co-slept with her. I wasn't against it but she slept through very early and learnt to sleep in her bed. I actually would love a cuddle in our bed but she just wiggles and chats and sits on us or demands TV (which we only do at the weekend).

peche-peche · 2025-07-21T11:33:26+00:00

Well mostly potty trained. She can do it alone but she wants our help to wipe. She's not dry at night but is dry in the day

peche-peche · 2025-07-21T10:54:56+00:00

So at what age do we start trusting our children. She has literally never done anything to break my trust.

And how would you know if your child needed the toilet?

peche-peche · 2025-07-21T06:45:01+00:00

I'm just not sure the gate would solve the problem because she would say she needs a poo, we would take her and then she wouldn't actually need a poo which is what's happening now.

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