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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 326752" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>As the mother of an almost 14 year old, picky eater, and an 11 year old vegetarian (in a family of meat eaters), I vote for do not make him his own dinner.</p><p> </p><p>I started making my now 11 year old her own dinner when she was the only one girlfriend. Since she wanted to be a vegetarian, I made her meals vegetarian. Pretty soon, we were all eating girlfriend/CF, but now she still won't eat meat. Eating vegetarian can be healthy so I didn't discourage it as much as I wish I had.</p><p> </p><p>Then there is the picky one. I have never made her her own meal, but I think I did go too far in making things I thought she would eat as a toddler. I wish I had just made what I wanted to eat and then have her either eat it or not. She didn't like pizza at first because of the sauce but I wasn't going to give up my takeout pizza so she had to make do. Now, she will eat pizza, but she still won't put sauce on her spaghetti. It is a little hard to say she has to eat what I make when her sister is eating something different so I let her get her own food if she doesn't like what I make. She eats a lot of frozen hamburgers. And the funny part is, she will complain about eating the same thing over and over! She is starting to eat new foods when she is out with friends so there is hope. </p><p> </p><p>At 5, your son could make his own pb sandwich, get his own fish sticks ready for the oven, etc. if he wanted something different. If you were willing to let him.</p><p> </p><p>From my own experience with the girlfriend/CF diet, I think there is some truth in the fact that we crave what we shouldn't have. I used to eat the entire bread basket myself in restaurants and I do have a problem with gluten. On a few occasions, I have accidently had some cookies with gluten (due to cross contamination) and something about those cookies had me eating them uncontrollably. They didn't really taste that good but there was a certain addictive quality to them. I later realized that they must have had gluten in them because all 3 of us had our gluten reaction. My kids have to be CF so I am mostly CF but I can eat dairy if I want to. I have never been one of those people that craved cheese or ice cream though. My kids, though, who react to small amounts of dairy, crave cheese and ice cream.</p><p> </p><p>We've been on the girlfriend/CF diet for almost 4 years now. It has made my oldest into a easy child unless she cheats on her diet. I was always stressed out, OCDish, tired, and irritable before I tried the diet. I only tried it because I was going to do it with my kids. I planned to eat whatever I wanted when I went out to eat, but it made such a difference that I never willingly eat something with gluten. I doubt your pediatrician will be supportive, but you never know. Our pediatrician is tolerant after the fact, but I didn't ask her before we did it. My younger daughter's GI doctor was disapproving but we don't need her any more since the GI issues went away with the diet.</p><p> </p><p>Do the research, but the only way you will know if it will work for you is to try it. It's not that bad and it might be a wonderful thing.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 326752, member: 1792"] As the mother of an almost 14 year old, picky eater, and an 11 year old vegetarian (in a family of meat eaters), I vote for do not make him his own dinner. I started making my now 11 year old her own dinner when she was the only one girlfriend. Since she wanted to be a vegetarian, I made her meals vegetarian. Pretty soon, we were all eating girlfriend/CF, but now she still won't eat meat. Eating vegetarian can be healthy so I didn't discourage it as much as I wish I had. Then there is the picky one. I have never made her her own meal, but I think I did go too far in making things I thought she would eat as a toddler. I wish I had just made what I wanted to eat and then have her either eat it or not. She didn't like pizza at first because of the sauce but I wasn't going to give up my takeout pizza so she had to make do. Now, she will eat pizza, but she still won't put sauce on her spaghetti. It is a little hard to say she has to eat what I make when her sister is eating something different so I let her get her own food if she doesn't like what I make. She eats a lot of frozen hamburgers. And the funny part is, she will complain about eating the same thing over and over! She is starting to eat new foods when she is out with friends so there is hope. At 5, your son could make his own pb sandwich, get his own fish sticks ready for the oven, etc. if he wanted something different. If you were willing to let him. From my own experience with the girlfriend/CF diet, I think there is some truth in the fact that we crave what we shouldn't have. I used to eat the entire bread basket myself in restaurants and I do have a problem with gluten. On a few occasions, I have accidently had some cookies with gluten (due to cross contamination) and something about those cookies had me eating them uncontrollably. They didn't really taste that good but there was a certain addictive quality to them. I later realized that they must have had gluten in them because all 3 of us had our gluten reaction. My kids have to be CF so I am mostly CF but I can eat dairy if I want to. I have never been one of those people that craved cheese or ice cream though. My kids, though, who react to small amounts of dairy, crave cheese and ice cream. We've been on the girlfriend/CF diet for almost 4 years now. It has made my oldest into a easy child unless she cheats on her diet. I was always stressed out, OCDish, tired, and irritable before I tried the diet. I only tried it because I was going to do it with my kids. I planned to eat whatever I wanted when I went out to eat, but it made such a difference that I never willingly eat something with gluten. I doubt your pediatrician will be supportive, but you never know. Our pediatrician is tolerant after the fact, but I didn't ask her before we did it. My younger daughter's GI doctor was disapproving but we don't need her any more since the GI issues went away with the diet. Do the research, but the only way you will know if it will work for you is to try it. It's not that bad and it might be a wonderful thing.:happy: [/QUOTE]
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