Originally Posted by snowball:
I would let the child have the allotted meal time, and then take his food away.
For example if you give 30 or 40 minutes for lunch, I would let him have that time. Once lunch is over it is over. So his food gets taken away and move onto the next activity. I would not take away free play time, I would carry on with my day.
You are offering him food, if he is hungry he will eat it.
I have tried this before just remove food after meal time has passed and move on, but this child could not care less. they would just choose NOT to eat. I thought ok the child will eat at the next meal, NOPE, and so the day goes on like this... not to mention, that the childs behavior goes out the window when meals are not eaten........ugh