Toddler refuses food
My toddler is almost 2.5 years and has always been picky with food. We avoided sugar until 2 years as much as we could and salt till 1 year. Even then she always had meltdowns while eating meals. And now that we offer her chocolates and candies and sugary foods once in a while (our siblings and parents fed her little every now and then before) she’s always asking for it. Does not eat meals at all. And when she does we have to bribe her to get some fiber in her system.
And because of that she’s always had constipation issues. But now it’s gotten to a point where she holds back altogether because it hurts to poop and when I try to apply Vaseline she cries bloody murder that it hurts.
I don’t understand how to get her to eat real food at meal times. Oatmeal is a stable for breakfast, just some days when the family eats crepes or pancakes she eats with us. Apart from that she doesn’t like to eat veggies at all.
I feel so dejected watching her cry from pain and not being able to do anything