Hello!

My 6 year old step daughter will sometimes be still eating her breakfast 30mins after I give it to her, while my 2 year old daughter has finished hers. She chose the cereal herself at shopping but is even slow eating toast. I’m in the process of trying a timer with the incentive that on a Saturday morning she gets a special treat at breakfast being coco pops. They don’t get sweet cereal at our house. How can I get my kids to eat faster?

Posted by Natalie, 30/08/13

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  • I wouldn’t rush her. It’s actually healthier to eat slower for your digestion and many of us eat far too fast. Just calculate the she needs in your routine.


  • Try the timer. Try getting them up,earlier so they have lots of time to,eat.ma lot of parents complain about non eaters, it’s different to see slow eaters as a problem. Good luck :)


  • i wouldn’t rush her. she might be inclined to eat less in the future or stop completely due to the stress of trying to eat quick enough


  • Eating slow is better for us, you should maybe make more time for breakfast and let her enjoy and digest the food properly.


  • Not sure why you want her to eat faster, eating slower is actually good for you.


  • I wouldn’t be encouraging to eat faster … eating slow is good and probably as you try to rush her it will make her slower.


  • Eating slowly and mindfully is actually a good thing, we all should eat slower!


  • there are some good comments here


  • I think you shouldn’t push it… Let her take her time. Eating slowly should be encouraged.


  • How is she going now?


  • I think it’s just a stage you need to wait out unfortunately


  • how did it go? :)


  • I am a slow eater… I was always he last one sitting at the table finishing my dinner with impatient brothers wanting their dessert. My mum tried to get me to eat faster but I wasn’t purposely trying to be slow so nothing worked. I am still a slow eater and still the last one at the table!


  • She may be a slow eater. My eldest was always a much slower eater then my other two.


  • its good that they eat slow


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