What about eating issues?

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What about eating issues?
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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.

PumpkinAngel

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 1:35pm

Gee, so it isn't just me ...


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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 1:54pm

Those fiends....

Karen

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sharp in some places,
flat in others,
and really annoying when it's stuck in your head."

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"A pocketknife is like a melody;
sharp in some places,
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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 1:57pm

You know what, if she woh or had other activities that gave her more time away from the intensity of your nephew, it might make her better able to deal with it on a day-to-day basis. But then, of course, she'd probably be blasted as not enjoying her kids, or not being a good mother, or perhaps, her being away from him would possibly be blamed for causing him to act that way.

Personally, even though my ods asked me yesterday if he could please move to an orphanage, I know that I love them and try to do what I think is best for them, and part of doing what is best is knowing my own limits, and I refuse to believe that makes me an inferior mother, even if people I've never met before might suggest that having a difficult child is the fault of the mother.

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 1:57pm

It's not me.


DD #1 missed me so much yesterday, she wouldn't go to bed without me (I worked till 1 am, will be doing same tonight probably).

Mondo

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 2:02pm
I don't know... I mean, I don't ever talk about the "hard" parenting times.
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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 2:02pm

My friend with the sweet, adorable children have never, to my knowledge, lost her cool with her kids. She doesn't lose her cool in general. It is just part of her calm, level headed temperament. I admire that and sometimes strive for it. I tried to go a week with using a very calm, very gentle tone with the kids. I thought I was going to explode and Zak asked if aliens had replaced me with a look alike. Different strokes.


I can't really imagine you or Lois losing it with your kids. I can't really see you getting so frustrated and upset that you cried over your kids behavior (cried when they were hurt or scared but not out of frustration) or yelled, screamed and had to leave the house. I can remember my mother crying she was so frustrated with us and chasing me with a stick once when I left the house without permission during a flood. She was so angry. My father, on the other hand, never lost it with me. Perhaps I am more emotional because I connect it with caring because of my father. Hmm...discussion topic with my therapist. Joy.


You know, come to think of it, I'm not afraid of ants. I never was. It's just when they all come running out of a lady's pants like that... yech, creepy. And isn't sanity really just a one-trick pony anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking, but when you're good and crazy, ooh ooh ooh, the sky is the limit!


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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 2:04pm
Just wanted you to know, when you go into "losing it" descriptions, I totally relate.
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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 2:06pm

It's good that you know your limits. Sil tends to be a bit of a martyr and I think the kids suffer, in a way.


I know when I need to get out, too. Unfortunately, it's more than dh would like, but we deal.


Meldi

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 2:12pm

That's a very level-headed way to handle things. I have to barf it all out (either here or in my journal or to my mom) and see what happens. I usually always feel better after talking about it, because this parenting gig bothers me sometimes, lol, mainly because I don't feel like I know what the he$$ I'm doing most days.


I know a lot of people like you and a lot of people like me....but everyone I know IRL has yelled at their kids one time or another.


Meldi

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Wed, 06-22-2005 - 2:30pm

Of *course* I have yelled at him...even been mad enough to be totally incoherent.

Karen

"A pocketknife is like a melody;
sharp in some places,

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