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...the "no dessert" thing and made him sit there, choices to no choice. If any has any advise please help
- 02/12/08 08:24 PM
Toshau
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and other times don't eat for days. I would call the doctor if it's been more than two days since hes eaten though....
- Feb 13 2008, 10:56 AM
or dessert... it's like he would just rather play. Anyway, no advice, but I hear you.
- Feb 13 2008, 12:30 PM
...least two bites of the food or it will come back to haunt her at snack time or a subsequent meal. Since I introduced this rule and she has seen it play out a few times, she has taken to having her two bites. Sometimes those two bites stimulate her appetite and she ends up eating more, especially if it's a food that she used to enjoy.
- Feb 14 2008, 08:59 PM
had to take my 4 year old to the doctor today for a battery of blood tests. she doesn't eat anything (but junk) and she hasn't gained an ounce (literally) in seven months (since she turned 4!) she is soooo picky...there is NOTHING she likes. i try not to make a big deal out of it (cause there's no difference in her eating deal or no deal...) but i'm worried that she's not going to be healthy! i'll keep checking back to see what other's have to say!
- Feb 14 2008, 09:55 PM
...cause of 2 and 3 year olds not wanting to eat much. We got him on these great vitamins and now he eats so much more and he's gaining weight again! If he's having a groggy day, we just feed him while he's playing. Like, when he is playing with blocks, we will slip in a veggie or chicken. If he's distracted, he doesn't care what it is and just eats it. LOL
- Feb 19 2008, 05:32 PM
... he was 14, so for most of his life he ate crap - mostly french fries, pizza, processed chicken nuggets and mac and cheese from a box. He won't eat anything even remotely healthy, including fruit, vegetables or low fat, low calorie foods. At first I thought I could slowly get him to adjust to eating good foods, but nearly 3 years later, I've made no progress. I've tried only having "healthy" food in the house, punishments, etc., but nothing works. If his crappy foods aren't available, he just doesn't eat! Lately he's been complaining of being tired all the time, and I pointed out to him that it's most likely his blood sugar spiking and dropping, because all he eats are carbs, with no veggies and few proteins. But it's not enough to make him stop. On the outside, he looks healthy, tall and thin. But I continue to stress out over his horrific eating habits, because I worry about his long-term health. I know there's not much people can do to help me, but I just needed to rant!
- 03/23/08 06:24 PM
Anonymous
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their sons diet throughout his life and fed him junk. He never ate fruit, and would only eat two kinds of veggies but they had to be from a can. I grew up with fruit trees and a garden in our backyard. Opposites attracted in our case. Even if you'd had your stepson from a baby and fed him healthy his whole life, he probably would have gone through this same type of phase in his teens. You could try to add shredded carrots, slices of tomatoes, etc to homemade pizzas, and slip pureed vegetables into his mac and cheese, etc ... but at this point it might just be up to his future wife. My husband was coming around for me, but he's really improved his diet once we had kids. He knew it was unhealthy, but figured it wasn't hurting anyone but himself. Now he wants to make sure that he's healthy and a good role model for his children.
- Mar 23 2008, 10:43 PM
can get some pureed veggies in his boxed mac n' cheese or pizza sauce? Does he have a girlfriend? Maybe she can talk some sense into him!? (Girl Power!) What does the doctor say at his regular check ups? Maybe you should get his blood tested and have a doc tell him what he needs to do (sometimes kids listen to authority? sometimes...) Whatever works or doesn't - it sounds like you're really trying that that's great. He's lucky to have a mom like you!
- Mar 23 2008, 10:55 PM
heart disease. My friend took her kids to the emphasyma (sp?) ward to get her kid not to smoke so thinking along those lines...
- Mar 24 2008, 12:35 PM
heart disease. My friend took her kids to the emphasyma (sp?) ward to get her kid not to smoke so thinking along those lines...
- Mar 24 2008, 12:37 PM
... take vitamin supplements?
- Mar 26 2008, 03:59 PM
...different kinds of food in this world I can provide her with, but my husband is being a paranoid freak about this. Please advise?!?!
- 02/09/08 06:45 PM
porkchop_wifey
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...months.
- Mar 1 2008, 03:25 PM
...made everything pink. they got sick of it after a month.
- Mar 1 2008, 04:39 PM
...still cut a lot of protein out of her diet. I ended up buying green food dye and dying all of her foods green. Eventually she grew out of it. Don't worry about it.
- Mar 3 2008, 08:00 PM
Anonymous
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... out. It's very stressful.
- Mar 29 2008, 01:13 PM
... weird that this day in age everyone worried about Obesity and we're obsessing about them Gaining a few Lb's -Ironic -Huh?
- Mar 29 2008, 01:58 PM
... great, but better).
- Mar 29 2008, 04:26 PM
... yet thats what she gets the next night to eat. If she try's it and honestly really does not like it then she only has to eat 3-5 bites of it befor allowed to have something she does. But in most cases she ends up asking for more cause she likes it. I would never force her to eat alot of something she dosnt like, cause I dont eat what I dont like. (she mostly dosnt like the samethings as me)
- 03/31/08 03:10 PM
soontobemotherof2
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... learning process, IMO!
- Apr 1 2008, 10:44 AM
... rules, even when it comes to all the kids in my family we were all raised to eat what is in front of you and I beleive it should be like that all kids need someone to make sure they are eating good balanced diet, or they grow up eating junk!
- Apr 1 2008, 10:56 AM
... my house! Kids who grow up with crap in there house will do that but if you dont buy it or introduce it to them I guess they cant do that kinda thing behind your back.
- Apr 7 2008, 02:46 PM
...feel like I'm constantly guessing what he'll actually eat. Is anyone else in food jag hell???
- 12/04/07 02:03 PM
Anonymous
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can't even get my kid to eat new things...so you're one step ahead of me.
- Dec 4 2007, 04:29 PM
...like that". It could be her favorite food since birth, and she'll decide she doesn't like it just because I made it. She exists mostly on sunshine and farts, and since it's winter in Alaska, sunshine is lacking. So I give her Carnation Instant Breakfast. Sorry I don't have an answer, but just know you're not alone.
- Dec 5 2007, 10:31 PM
...but then there are time when they absolutely refuse. I've read that it takes up to 15 experiences with a new food before some kids will accept it, so I just keep putting it in front of them and hope it catches on eventually.
Warmly,
ilana
- Dec 22 2007, 08:19 AM
...but then there are time when they absolutely refuse. I've read that it takes up to 15 experiences with a new food before some kids will accept it, so I just keep putting it in front of them and hope it catches on eventually.
Warmly,
ilana
- Dec 22 2007, 08:19 AM
...bad at breakfast time as there are really only three or four things that she likes for breakfast anyway (banana, Rice Krispies, Cheerios and V-Fusion). When she is boycotting all of her designated breakfast foods, we are in bad shape. When that happens, I try to shake things up by offering toast and letting her choose a spread for it (this seldom works, but it is worth a shot) or letting her eat something random but fairly nutritious like cubes of cheese or some plain noodles. It's not ideal but sometimes, I think she's actually craving more variety and is stubbornly resisting it, hence the food jag/food aversion cycle.
- Feb 15 2008, 11:39 PM
My daughter wont eat something then she cant have what she does like and in my house that night it might be a piece of cheese or pickle even bread, cause she will fill up on that and have no room for anything else! Im strict at my table you dont try it then you go hungry till you decide to try it. Which sometimes its at bedtime when she says she hungry well you should have eaten your dinner, and she will ask for a snack, when she does she gets what she didnt try at dinner...she will give in if shes that hungry. jUst want to add I dont let my child starve or anything, I know what she has eaten all day and if its only been nick picking at food all day and no real meals....she always eats befor bed, just didnt want ppl to think Im starving her.
- 03/31/08 03:17 PM
Anonymous
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... blueberries or tomatoes just because he refused to eat his chicken at lunch. As long as he is eating a variety of healthy foods, I don't care when it is or whether it is at the table or not.
- Mar 31 2008, 10:03 PM
often caught if the flavor seeps through!), but the real question is - how long does this sort of thing last?! It's been about a year. Clearly she is surviving, but I'm losing my mind...
- 01/16/08 11:29 PM
Anonymous
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...agreed to try veggies and fruits that she used to suck down as a younger child, and she's discovering that she actually likes them.
- Jan 17 2008, 12:56 AM
...year now. I have no idea how to stop it, either.
- Jan 17 2008, 01:39 PM
...new foods at every meal and just tell her it was up to her whether or not to eat it, but she wasn't going to get anything else. No arguments or power struggles. I choose what the meals are and she chooses whether or not to eat them.
- Jan 17 2008, 11:57 PM
...like days) and then I worry.
- Jan 18 2008, 02:29 PM
...I've learned that by giving her small roles and choices, and instilling pride in her while we're eating ("Ooh, Morgan! These potatoes you helped me wash are yummy!" or "The cheese you put on the lasagna is the best part! Good job!"), that she's more excited to eat. Anyone else have general tips they'd like to share?
- 02/23/08 08:06 PM
Magster
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...other day we baked blueberry cobbler together. While he was napping, I washed the berries and put them in a bowl, then put the dry ingredients in one bowl, the spices in one bowl, the wet ingredients in one bowl, etc. When he woke up, I put a chair on the counter and intructed him on what to do (ie. pour this bowl into this one) and he did so well! And, he was so proud of himself for "cooking". Of course, you don't have to do much to convince a two-year-old to eat blueberry cobbler.
- Feb 23 2008, 08:47 PM
...it the best I ever made. lol Of course I shared the credit with my daughter.
- Feb 23 2008, 10:56 PM
...to eat it. I let him make the final choice on which sketti sauce for the pasta, garlic and onion, or 4 cheese? Stuff like that.
- Mar 3 2008, 10:18 AM
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