What about eating issues?
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What about eating issues?
| Fri, 06-10-2005 - 2:24pm |
We have debated sleeping issues to death once again....so what about another one of the issues of childhood....eating and/or not eating?
My kids eat just about anything and have a pretty well rounded diet.

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Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
<<I think you, pnj and I have boys with very similar personalities/temperments.>>
*nodding*
Yesterday was the first day of swim lessons for dd and ds. Keep in mind that ds LOVES the water. He and dd were out in the wading pool (2ft deep) in the backyard all day sunday.
He wouldn't do the lessons. I had to walk him into the kiddie pool (he was in the 3-4yo class even though he is 5) and then he sat on the instructors lap for 15 min, very quietly crying. Then, when she finally couldn't baby him anymore, he stood at the side of the pool crying for 10 min "I want my mommy". I finally get him. He wants to swim. He doesn't want to take a class.
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
<<I would at least want to know WHY my child was that way? >>
Some kids just ARE. It doesn't always indicate that the parent has done something wrong or that there is an issue that needs addressed. Some kids ARE just high-need kids. I could shower love and attention all day on ds and he'd still be the devil child that he is. I could ignore him all day and he'd still be teh devil child that he is. I can do half and half and he's still a devil child.
Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
That was Bailey with swimming last year.
Count me in the whiny-boy club. When my son was three, we had a very, very difficult time with him. So much so that we sought help from a couple of different sources. Frankly, I think my DS might have benefited from the sort of strict scheduling PnJ swears by, but I was just not able to provide that.
Fast forward a few years, and my DS is 7. He is much, much better behaved. He still has the same basic personality, but he has matured. I believe that part of the problem when he was three was that it upset him very much when things didn't meet his expectations. As he mature, his expectations are more realistic. He is also to understand better when the reason things don't work out as planned is a reason beyond anyone's control.
On the flip side, one wonderful thing about his very intense personality is his empathy. I have several times been stunned and charmed by the way he is able to put himself in another's place and anticipate what they need. I love my son, but I'll admit to needing a break from him now and then.
Dana
Honey, I'll admit that I've had my share of therapy. . .none of which had ANYTHING to do with my aversion to the texture of lumpy foods (cottage cheese), fuzzy foods (okra & peaches), and squooshy foods (yogurt and pudding).
I seriously doubt any psychologist would think those aversions was worth addressing, nor do I think any nutritionist would either.
But that was a funny assertion/dig from Ms. Denim-is to-scratchy.
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