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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 231056" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It is commonly said that children who are genuinely hungry will eat what is put in front of them.</p><p></p><p>I tell you, from my experience, which is considerable since I have raised not only my own children but helped raise a number of nephews and nieces, that this is NOT TRUE, at least not for difficult children who are faddy about food.</p><p></p><p>Someone else commented on the high carb level of a lot of the foods we were suggesting - again, we're not dealing with your average overweight teenager here, we're dealing with kids who are already eating an unbalanced, often very limited diet. If our child were overweight, we wouldn't feel a need to worry that they weren't getting enough to eat. In my case, my three younger kids have been below normal weight, often way below. With easy child 2/difficult child 2, she could **** in her stomach and you could see her spine - from the front! I had a helluva time getting school clothes to fit her and to fit difficult child 1, because anything that fit around the waist was far too short. I had to have easy child 2/difficult child 2's school shirts made to measure, and I got round te school trousers problem by getting non-standard stretch lycra (which on her never got the chance to stretch).</p><p></p><p>With difficult child 3, he doesn't wear school uniform so it's less of an issue, but I still have a lot of trouble getting trousers to fit him.</p><p></p><p>This is what you get with kids who are so faddy, they really WILL go hungry. </p><p></p><p>With the problem of having someone available to eat difficult child's leftovers, I understand, I also cannot do this any more since my own diet has to be very strict. But I have friends I can give the leftovers to, that works for me. I just put them in the fridge or freezer, and ask someone at church if there's anyone on the sick list who would appreciate a free meal.</p><p></p><p>When you have a kid who is faddy over food because of Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) issues, then all the usual rules and understandings have to go right out the window. These kids cannot be bullied into eating (shouldn't be, it backfires) but can be persuaded, if you go gently. They DO need to know what is in their food, it helps if they can participate in preparing it. I do sneak stuff into their food, but generally only with their knowledge. For example, difficult child 3 eats a lot of home-baked bread so I always add an egg to each loaf, as part of the liquid volume. More than one egg gives it an egg-y taste, but one egg per loaf plus powdered milk makes it a softer crust, protein enriched product.</p><p></p><p>When easy child was a baby and went on a seemnig hunger strike, she still had a bottle of formula each day. It was ALL she had, other than water, so I would generally mix a raw egg in with her formula. She would drink most of it, it would be all the nourishment she would get. This went on from when she was about 14 months old, to 30 months. I don't know why. She was tiny, she was thin. But now she's 25 she has a big weight problem. She became overweight from pre-puberty, we're still trying to understand why. Separate issue.</p><p></p><p>You can't count on a kid who is already stick thin, to eventually eat; not when you already have people sending CPS around to your door. I kid you not.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 231056, member: 1991"] It is commonly said that children who are genuinely hungry will eat what is put in front of them. I tell you, from my experience, which is considerable since I have raised not only my own children but helped raise a number of nephews and nieces, that this is NOT TRUE, at least not for difficult children who are faddy about food. Someone else commented on the high carb level of a lot of the foods we were suggesting - again, we're not dealing with your average overweight teenager here, we're dealing with kids who are already eating an unbalanced, often very limited diet. If our child were overweight, we wouldn't feel a need to worry that they weren't getting enough to eat. In my case, my three younger kids have been below normal weight, often way below. With easy child 2/difficult child 2, she could **** in her stomach and you could see her spine - from the front! I had a helluva time getting school clothes to fit her and to fit difficult child 1, because anything that fit around the waist was far too short. I had to have easy child 2/difficult child 2's school shirts made to measure, and I got round te school trousers problem by getting non-standard stretch lycra (which on her never got the chance to stretch). With difficult child 3, he doesn't wear school uniform so it's less of an issue, but I still have a lot of trouble getting trousers to fit him. This is what you get with kids who are so faddy, they really WILL go hungry. With the problem of having someone available to eat difficult child's leftovers, I understand, I also cannot do this any more since my own diet has to be very strict. But I have friends I can give the leftovers to, that works for me. I just put them in the fridge or freezer, and ask someone at church if there's anyone on the sick list who would appreciate a free meal. When you have a kid who is faddy over food because of Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) issues, then all the usual rules and understandings have to go right out the window. These kids cannot be bullied into eating (shouldn't be, it backfires) but can be persuaded, if you go gently. They DO need to know what is in their food, it helps if they can participate in preparing it. I do sneak stuff into their food, but generally only with their knowledge. For example, difficult child 3 eats a lot of home-baked bread so I always add an egg to each loaf, as part of the liquid volume. More than one egg gives it an egg-y taste, but one egg per loaf plus powdered milk makes it a softer crust, protein enriched product. When easy child was a baby and went on a seemnig hunger strike, she still had a bottle of formula each day. It was ALL she had, other than water, so I would generally mix a raw egg in with her formula. She would drink most of it, it would be all the nourishment she would get. This went on from when she was about 14 months old, to 30 months. I don't know why. She was tiny, she was thin. But now she's 25 she has a big weight problem. She became overweight from pre-puberty, we're still trying to understand why. Separate issue. You can't count on a kid who is already stick thin, to eventually eat; not when you already have people sending CPS around to your door. I kid you not. Marg [/QUOTE]
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