Hi mummies, how to force your 1yo to eat? Sometime he mood happy he eat! He mood not happy he don't want eat... I try cook give me other foods den keep eating porridge! But he spit out the food -.- what can I do to make him eat?? I scare he too small size or not enough protein :(

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When my LO does not want to eat, I would just take the food away and offer again at the next meal. Unfortunately forcing does not work. The more you force, the more they will resist and may hate meal times altogether. As they grow older, it may lead to obesity as they don't know when to stop eating if someone is always forcing them to eat. There can be many reasons why they do not eat. Soiled diaper, tiredness, unhappy about certain things, not hungry, etc... As adults, sometimes we are not in the mood to eat too. So take it easy, it takes time for them to associate food and hunger. Good luck!

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