2 year old not eating

[pommie]

since friday my daughter who is 2 & 5 months has refused to eat anything we have cooked her. She says she wants it and as soon as it is ready she says no and refuses point blank to eat. Has anyone else experienced this. She has also been saying her belly hurts but not sure if thats just attention seeking or whether its to do with her not eating. We keep telling her that her belly hurts because she is hungry but no luck yet

[Fuschia]

Is she eating anything at all (her favourite snacks?)

[acumenman]

Is she drinking plenty?

[Huggers]

she may not be eating because her belly hurts....

[Ole]

My son is coming up to 15 months and he is doing this, I spend HOURS cooking him yummy stuff and if I'm lucky he will take a bite out of it. It is driving me crazy. Some days he even refuses his favourite foods, and some days he will eat gigantic portions. I never know how much or how little he is going to eat. At the moment he seems to be OK with just one meal a day and he refuses to touch anything at other mealtimes.

[pommie]

she will have a yoghurt but thats it. She just says no all the time.

[Fuschia]

Get her checked out... is she teething?

[candj]

Is she going to the loo more or less the same? She could have a bug if her tummy is hurting or she could be exerting her independence as a two year old would. Are you letting her feed herself or are you trying to. I think all toddlers go through this but if you're worried or it's gone on for a week maybe take her to your gp.

[candj]

Just to add my kids have used the "my tummy hurts" or "I don't feel well" line to get out of eating something...

[mavis]

My daughter used to be the same. I remembered I spend lots of time to make food for her and tried to feed her. Sometimes I had to turn on the TV so I could fed her as much as possible while she was watching TV. She was extremely hard and drove me mad every dinner time.

But when she was 2.5 ys she just suddenly changed her attitude. she is nearly 3 and eats everyhting. If she doesn?t want any lunch, I don?t give her anything till dinner. Sometimes she just has 2 meals a day but she is very healthy.(even she is smaller than other children)