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hi i' m shalini i have two and half year old daughter my problem is that my daughter is having too much sweets started disliking salty food i' m woried abt her. plz help. momsays replied. Dear Shalini,
You may not be able to stop all sweets in one day or days, or months. You will have to slowly transition the sweet stuff that you are giving to your child.

Try to substitue sugar with natural fruit like oranges, apple, bananas, mangoes, strawberries, cherries etc.

You may give her icecream as atleast it has milk in it.

Further do not yell at her or suddenly do the changes that will have a negative impact on her eating and daily routine and being only 2.5 years old she may not be able to understand this.
Since you were the one who gave her the sweets in the first place, make sure that you do not make her feel guilty for eating it.

In order to prevent decay of teeth, ask her to brush her teeth (with plain water)after she eats sweets.

And children are children , let them have sweets once in a while.

All the best.

Teena replied. First of all stop giving sweets to your baby..through all the sweets in clutter..else she will devolop decayed tooth and her stomach will get upset often..Offer her regular meal if she is rejecting it then take it away from her then serve her after some time she will initially dislike but she will have to eat to kill her hunger..I also had same problem it worked for me ..