My 2 year old daughter Molly has also stopped eating. She has never been a big eater, but now has no interest in food, even the smarties I was desperate to get down her just so that she had eaten 'something'. We have alwasy eaten together and I try and have the same as her, which is hard when your dieting, but she starts to get upset when I ask her to sit at the table with me. The only way I can get her to eat something is to distract her with a book or toy and pop something in her mouth while she is distracted. It's good to know I am not on my own!

My son (now 10) refused to eat anything but chicken, toast and yoghurt (not together) when he was about 2 years old, and refused to even try anything else. I did not make an issue of his eating infront of him - although I found it quite upsetting at times - and fed him what I knew he would eat, plus multi vitamins for my peace of mind! Once he started having lunch at nursery and saw other children eating he did start to eat more things - and this improved agin when he started school. Now at the grand old age of 10 he's fit and healthy and he eats anything and everything - there are times now when I wish he'd stop eating!!

I think if you make a big issue out of eating - it becomes and 'issue' with the child.

I have a 2year old daughter who also does not eat much. I have tried everything from fussing to not fussing, we always eat together but in my experience, you can't force them, they will eat when they want to and no matter how much fuss you make it will not change them, in fact it makes them worse. I'm now to the point where i have to chase lyla round the kitchen to get her to eat. I find it so helpful to know i'm not the only one going through this as most of lyla's friends are good eaters so it makes me feel quite alone and frustrated.
Gen mom to Lyla 2