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napa_g

eating

Jun 24, 2006 19:08

ok, i admit i may be a little tough on kids about eating. basically, there is food on the table at every meal. it may not always be your favourite. you can choose to eat that food, or something within reach like a banana or bread or cereal (something that doens't need cooking up). if you don't eat, you'll be hungry. your choice ( Read more... )

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napa_g June 25 2006, 08:10:14 UTC

jordan seems really good tho. i've never met him in person but i can feel he's pretty manageable. it helps when mom is firm.
i'm ok with kids not finishing food. but not ok with them demanding other stuff that i gotta cook up!

mina_k June 25 2006, 03:42:21 UTC

i never had a choice of what i wanted to eat! if you gave ur kid a choice all the time, it'd be like running a restaurant in your house...

napa_g June 25 2006, 08:11:59 UTC

hahaha true! and my sis kids have differet taste. the second boy LOVES american food like burgers but the other two wants noodles. come on... at least like the same thing...

sugardawg June 25 2006, 04:27:29 UTC

quite an impressive training tactic...
My mum obviously screwed up on that one..I'm bad about eating...
good for Chiara, stop the baby sitter from her "s'momness"

napa_g June 25 2006, 08:13:13 UTC

i try, i try... but that's about it.
i guess i can't always stop outside influence on her.
maybe she'll learn that when she's with mom, she got no choice. haha.

teetree June 25 2006, 10:32:25 UTC

Ty always get good meals on time on weekdays when Jenny is around. He eats (most of the time and most of the food) when Jenny feeds him but on alternate weekends when jenny gets her day off, Mommy will need to cook for ty which means ty will often choose this time to be naughty and not want to eat. Maybe it's mommy's cooking, or maybe he knows Jenny is not around to force him to eat. Whatever it is, if he misses a meal I won't even bother to force him to eat. I think it's perfectly okie to skip meals once in a while and I agree with your idea about fussy eating. I think it's important you and chiara's caretakers have consistent methods of teaching her things on everyday life. Knowing what is the correct upbringing and the actual implementation of it is another thing. This is your kid you're teaching and your caretakers (no matter how doting they are on chiara) has to know their place. Soft love and firm love is different and both equally important.