{"id":5674,"date":"2026-10-29T22:48:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/your-child-refuses-to-eat-at-home-but-eats-at-kindergarten-what-can-you-try\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T22:48:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T22:48:04","slug":"your-child-refuses-to-eat-at-home-but-eats-at-kindergarten-what-can-you-try","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/your-child-refuses-to-eat-at-home-but-eats-at-kindergarten-what-can-you-try\/","title":{"rendered":"Your child refuses to eat at home but eats at kindergarten? What can you try?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If your child refuses to eat at home but eats at kindergarten, this blog may help you understand why. The teacher says your child ate lunch, yet at home they refuse even a few bites of dinner. <\/span><\/p>\n

When your child refuses to eat at home, start by looking at the bigger picture: what they ate throughout the day, when they last had a snack and whether they are tired after kindergarten. Dinner doesn’t have to look the same every day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your child refuses to eat at home? Start by avoiding pressure.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Questions like \u201cWill you at least try it?\u201d are often repeated many times at the table. Instead, serve the meal and let your child decide what and how much to eat from the food offered.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can serve a familiar food your child already enjoys alongside a new dish. If you’re introducing a vegetable they haven’t tried before, pair it with something familiar, such as potatoes, pasta or a piece of bread.<\/span><\/p>\n

Get your child involved before sitting down at the table.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Getting involved doesn’t have to mean preparing the entire dinner together. Your child can wash the tomatoes, choose between two side dishes or, with your help, drizzle a little Orgula Bio Junior olive oil over the prepared vegetables.<\/span><\/p>\n

These small tasks give your child an opportunity to become familiar with the meal before it’s time to eat.\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Look at the overall pattern, not just one dinner.<\/h2>\n

One refused meal doesn’t tell the whole story about your child’s eating habits. Try observing how they eat over several days and offer a variety of foods without pressuring them to finish everything on their plate.<\/p>\n

If you’re concerned about your child’s appetite or growth, consult your pediatrician. And for tonight? Simply prepare a meal and try to maintain a pleasant atmosphere at the table.<\/p>\n

For more tips, visit our blog, where we regularly cover topics you might find interesting. You can also follow us on social media to discover more about olive oil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If your child refuses to eat at home but eats at kindergarten, this blog may help you understand why. The teacher says your child ate lunch, yet at home they refuse even a few bites of dinner. When your child refuses to eat at home, start by looking at the bigger picture: what they ate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-junior-tips","category-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5674\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orgula.hr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}