My baby has a poor appetite

How often does she eat? Do you allow her to snack inbetween meals? If she's not eating you can get her those supplemental drink meals they sell at the stores, depending on where you live and if they are available. To really help, there needs to be more information about it. But your husband should never hit her because she isn't eating. It might do more damage than good.

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punishing for eating is not a good thing at all and you should not let her get her way having cookies that is just telling her it is good to get away without eating her meals, stop all the eating between meals,at that age also she may have a medical eating disorder which is real possible, I would have her checked out or at least call and talk to a nurse or your physician. Please try not punishing her this could cause lots of problems..seek help

Well, you need to stop with the snacks & stop with the constant milk & cookies thing - both will be filling her up too much which is probably why she's not in the mood to eat come dinner time. You need to speak to your doctor i think, they are the ones most likely to be able to give you the right advise. If she's too thin, they can tell you how to go about fixing that problem first. Of course hitting her isn't going to fix the problem, maybe your hubby just hasn't firgured that out yet - although it isn't hard to see if it hasn't yet worked. Try giving her only 3 meals a day, with maybe a piece of fruit in between for snacks - NO MORE than 1 snack between each meal though. Try not to let her fill up on milk, give her water, cordial or juice instead but not a constant supply or she'll just fill up on it. Good luck!

You are not alone in this. I am sure that there are many mothers experiencing the same thing with their toddlers. I am one of them. I have a 4 year old niece who only drink milk and she is alright. My soon to be 4 year old son does not like to eat food at all. Like your daughter, he only drink milk or cookies or candy. Every night, my son will wake and cry. I suspect it because of hunger. But he is not thin, in fact he is very active. I suggest you give your daughter a small portion of food every 2 or 3 hours. You can make colourful food so as to make it attractive to her. If she is drinking a lot of milk, try to reduce it to 3 servings per day. Slowly when she got use to having a full stomach, she will crave for solid food instead of milk. Try to get her to play or running around the hourse. That will make her used up all her energy and soon she will feel hungry. I am doing that to my son, and it works. The good news is even if your daughter is not eating solid but if she drinks a lot of milk, then it should be alright for now.