As a mother of a picky toddler who is still nursing at the age of 2, I would get a lot of pressure to wean because of the belief that breastmilk was putting my son off solids. They felt that my son was drinking too much breastmilk which made him too full to eat solids.

I’m glad I read Kelly Mom because her site reassured me that I was doing the right thing so I persisted with the breastfeeding – although there were times when I was wondering if my son would have eaten more if he wasn’t still breastfeeding. Interestingly, I met a mother who weaned her nursing toddler for the same reasons only to discover that his solid intake hasn’t increased at all, but he now drinks cow’s milk to replace the breastmilk he used to drink…

There are lots of reasons why toddlers don’t eat as much – my son’s case was because his molars were very late out and he had a lot of problems with teething. There was also a rather unrealistic expectation on how much my son should be eating (the quantity was pretty much equivalent to how much I would eat as an adult) and he was falling way short of that expectation.

Although I had grand plans to keep the junkfood off the list, I succumbed to the pressure from the grandparents when he wasn’t eating. Perhaps this isn’t the right place for this question but I’m wondering what are the thoughts – if your child won’t eat, is some calories from junk food better than no calories at all?

Personally, I’ve felt that if he wanted to eat he would eat. I relented with the junkfood after being made to feel like I didn’t care for my son’s well-being. But now I’m worried that the junkfood consumption is getting out of hand.

As a mother of a picky toddler who is still nursing at the age of 2, I would get a lot of pressure to wean because of the belief that breastmilk was putting my son off solids. They felt that my son was drinking too much breastmilk which made him too full to eat solids.

I’m glad I read Kelly Mom because her site reassured me that I was doing the right thing so I persisted with the breastfeeding – although there were times when I was wondering if my son would have eaten more if he wasn’t still breastfeeding. Interestingly, I met a mother who weaned her nursing toddler for the same reasons only to discover that his solid intake hasn’t increased at all, but he now drinks cow’s milk to replace the breastmilk he used to drink…

There are lots of reasons why toddlers don’t eat as much – my son’s case was because his molars were very late out and he had a lot of problems with teething. There was also a rather unrealistic expectation on how much my son should be eating (the quantity was pretty much equivalent to how much I would eat as an adult) and he was falling way short of that expectation.

Although I had grand plans to keep the junkfood off the list, I succumbed to the pressure from the grandparents when he wasn’t eating. Perhaps this isn’t the right place for this question but I’m wondering what are the thoughts – if your child won’t eat, is some calories from junk food better than no calories at all?

Personally, I’ve felt that if he wanted to eat he would eat. I relented with the junkfood after being made to feel like I didn’t care for my son’s well-being. But now I’m worried that the junkfood consumption is getting out of hand.