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, 06-15-2005 - 5:14pm
I have a book to recommend to those of us who enjoy Harry Potter and fantasy with our kids. It is called Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones. (It is also a newly released movie but was great as a book.) There is a lot of humor and inventiveness.
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:15pm

My kids aren't vastly older than yours (though they are older than biancamami's) and my 7 yo and 4 yo's teachers have them for much more than an hour a day.


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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:20pm
No, unless said guest has some condition where he or she can only eat animal products. If I invite vegetarians into my home, I have things they can eat. I don't invite my Jewish or Muslim friends over and serve pork dishes. If I have a friend who is doing Weight Watchers or Adkins and I know about it, I serve a menu that includes food they can eat. If I have a friend who is a recovering alcoholic, I don't serve all dishes cooked in wine or beer. If I have a diabetic friend, I make sure that there is a cheese course as well as a sweet dessert course so said friend can have a nice treat at the end of the meal. Of course, I usually want to make my friends feel comfortable in my home. It's why I invite them over.
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:23pm

But the biological need for regularity varies from individual to individual.


I may be slow to warm, but my biological rhythms are more fluid or flexible.

Virgo
 
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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:25pm
I actually feel BETTER sleeping midnight to 8 am than I do when I sleep 10 pm to 6 am.

Virgo

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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:27pm
Thanks. . .I don't claim to know tons about this area, but I know enough to know it's not just about 'choice'.

Virgo

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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:31pm

My boys and I are going to a costume party/Potter trivia contest at our local bookstore. Starts at 9 pm, and they pass the books out at midnight.

But you know what? I wouldn't go with a five year old. My oldest started reading Harry Potter at just past his 7th birthday and if I knew now what I knew then, I would have waited a year or two to introduce the series.

I think our kids are lucky to be growing up as the first Harry Potter generation. I know that mine already look back on their childhood and define the time frame by when Harry Potter books or movies are released.

And we found the oldest house in Paris while wandering around a few days ago. It's a place built in 1407 for Nicholas Flamel. The boys were so excited --- the bottom floor of the place is a very expensive restaurant right now --- we peeked in, but no way can I afford a hundred fifty bucks per meal.

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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:49pm

Do you always assume a cranky child must be sleep deprived? Kids can be cranky and having a bad day even when they get plenty of sleep.


Dj

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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:49pm

Is your issue with taking a five year old the staying up late part or the subject matter of Harry Potter or how dark some of the later books are getting? I'm curious--what do you know now that you didn't know then?

I will probably be taking all my kids (the little ones will four and five by then), if they want to and it works out that they can stay up that late. There aren't too many Harry Potter books left to come out and I'd like to give the little guys a memory of the excitement that the older kids got.

I am also feeling very lucky to have my kids growing up at this Harry Potter time. It has really shaped my oldest son's life. I can remember when my dh and I were in Dublin six years ago and we stopped in this fabulous book store. I needed to pick up a gift for my 13 year old babysitter back home and I grabbed a copy of (the British version of) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. She loved it and was hooked and handed it around to all her friends. This was way before the whole HP media frenzy. I still think how odd it is that out of all the books to choose, I chose the one that would go on to be the start of a huge phenomenon and my own child would end up being the number one fan.

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Wed, 06-15-2005 - 5:50pm
Haven't you claimed one of the negatives of parenting as not being able to sleep in on weekend mornings?

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