Daughter has stopped eating
EDIT: Thank you all for your advice. It's really helpful. I realized threatening her with not going to ballet was the wrong path when she said she didn't wanna go. I felt desperate because she wasn't eating, but reading what you all had to say really helped me set things on the right perspective. If I went days eating only crackers I would feel extremely weak, but I guess toddlers are just build different. I'll try again with lunch tomorrow and reassure her that if she feels well enough to go to ballet, then I will take her. I'll also apologize for getting angry when she doesn't eat.
Hi everyone, I hope you can give me some advice because I'm losing my sanity.
My daughter (3 and half years old) has always been a good eater. She's kinda picky but not too much. But since a few weeks ago she started being extremely picky. For example, she has always been a fan of tomatoes, and suddenly she started saying she didn't like them anymore.
Then last Friday she threw up, I presume because of a stomach bug. We obviously didn't insist for her to eat that day, and since she didn't completely recover we let her just eat what she could during the weekend. It was mostly crackers.
She seems better now, but we can't get her to eat anything. She doesn't want to try any of the foods she liked and it's a huge drama. I actually despaired today because on Wednesdays she goes to ballet classes and she absolutely LOVES them, but I told her that if she kept on not eating then she wouldn't have the strength to go to ballet. She answered she doesn't want to ballet anymore.
There's clearly something about food that's bothering her enormously. She's willing to quit ballet if that means she doesn't have to eat. But I have no idea on how to help her. Please, I will welcome any help and advice you can offer.