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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Registered: 03-16-2005
Thu, 06-16-2005 - 6:25pm
That wasn't the question.
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Registered: 03-29-2003
Thu, 06-16-2005 - 6:53pm

No, your question was to QM. But since the question was about her assumptions about people who don't eat beef as non-beef-eating dinner guests, I answered.

It's a public forum.

Congratulations! I'm so happy to hear it. I just heard the good news and popped back over, just in case you were still checking in.
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Registered: 12-10-2003
Thu, 06-16-2005 - 7:56pm
But that's not hypervigilant parenting. That is children who don't know how to play on their own.
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Registered: 03-16-2005
Thu, 06-16-2005 - 9:27pm

No kidding. But the question wasn't remotely about how non-meat-eating people handle themselves at dinners. If you want to talk about that, well you go, but I don't know why you are saying you're "answering" something that no one asked you or anyone else for that matter.

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Registered: 03-16-2005
Thu, 06-16-2005 - 9:28pm
Don't feel guilty about eating seafood. All the fish do.
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Registered: 09-25-2003
Thu, 06-16-2005 - 9:38pm

I would expect that you'll feel more relaxed at home when your kids are older.

Virgo
 
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Thu, 06-16-2005 - 9:51pm

That isnt what I would call hypervigilant. Just kids who havent learned how to entertain themselves maybe?


I dont know, we sat on the back deck for a few hours today. I filled ds' kiddie pool and dd had some friends over for a waterfight. Despite the squealing and screaming and the *pop* of water balloons, I still consider it downtime. I sat in the lawn chair and read a magazine.


Dj

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Registered: 09-25-2003
Thu, 06-16-2005 - 9:56pm

I agree with everything you said about the infancy/toddler years.

Virgo
 
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 06-17-2005 - 7:30am
Depends on the age of the children.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 06-17-2005 - 7:53am

"Reading a book, exercising, chatting with a friend, planting flowers"

I have done all of those things while home with children.

What she said was "Also, being at home (even with the kids) is a good facsimile of 'alone' time for me." which I took to mean that even though she was not actually alone she could still get some alone time.

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