Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
food issues?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Janna" data-source="post: 233389" data-attributes="member: 2737"><p>Did they give her 2 more of the Rice Krispie treats? Just curious.</p><p></p><p>My son doesn't do that, but he will eat and eat if we allow it. The medicine he takes too (Seroquel) has made him explode with his weight (12 y.o. 155 lbs). I mean, the kid's built like a linebacker, he'd be healthy at 120, but holy cow.</p><p></p><p>I, myself, have had weight issues, and can tell you just from experience, mental illness or not, the more you eat, the more your stomache expands and you *think* you are hungry, even if you're not. Of course, to a child, that's not how they think, they just assume they are always hungry. Trying to get a kid to distinguish between hunger and, say, boredom, is very, very difficult.</p><p></p><p>If you are going to keep snacks, I would just keep them locked up and send the 1 thing you're sending with her every day. With her school lunch, she should be fine. Does she eat a good breakfast in the mornings? D eats his breakfast, then lunch at school, then a snack at 3 when he gets home. Supper, then another snack (but it must be healthy, i.e. yogurt, fruit, etc) after supper. We just don't buy any of the other junk, so it's not here, so he can't eat it.</p><p></p><p>I don't know your daughter, but here's another thought. D works very well with structure. When things are written down, in front of him (he's Autistic, so...that would explain that, but even with kids that aren't, it helps). So, what I did was I got a small dry erase board, and wrote his menu on the board. So, he knows, exactly, what he can have daily. That has prevented the melt downs because he then knows what to expect. You just have to keep to it.</p><p></p><p>Wish I had more....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janna, post: 233389, member: 2737"] Did they give her 2 more of the Rice Krispie treats? Just curious. My son doesn't do that, but he will eat and eat if we allow it. The medicine he takes too (Seroquel) has made him explode with his weight (12 y.o. 155 lbs). I mean, the kid's built like a linebacker, he'd be healthy at 120, but holy cow. I, myself, have had weight issues, and can tell you just from experience, mental illness or not, the more you eat, the more your stomache expands and you *think* you are hungry, even if you're not. Of course, to a child, that's not how they think, they just assume they are always hungry. Trying to get a kid to distinguish between hunger and, say, boredom, is very, very difficult. If you are going to keep snacks, I would just keep them locked up and send the 1 thing you're sending with her every day. With her school lunch, she should be fine. Does she eat a good breakfast in the mornings? D eats his breakfast, then lunch at school, then a snack at 3 when he gets home. Supper, then another snack (but it must be healthy, i.e. yogurt, fruit, etc) after supper. We just don't buy any of the other junk, so it's not here, so he can't eat it. I don't know your daughter, but here's another thought. D works very well with structure. When things are written down, in front of him (he's Autistic, so...that would explain that, but even with kids that aren't, it helps). So, what I did was I got a small dry erase board, and wrote his menu on the board. So, he knows, exactly, what he can have daily. That has prevented the melt downs because he then knows what to expect. You just have to keep to it. Wish I had more.... [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
General Parenting
food issues?
Top