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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 441324" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Step, have you ever tried peanut butter, honey and sliced banana? And for DMF, bananas would be more affordable than for us down in Sydney. We're paying A$12 a kilo and more for over-ripe bananas. Brisbane and Gold Coast should be able to get bananas for a lot less.</p><p></p><p>DMF, this can also be a sensory thing for the lad. He might feel he needs the extra grease to slide it down. easy child 2/difficult child 2 was like this (still is), only eating foods with a creamy texture. While difficult child 3 still refuses anything with a creamy texture. For dinner last night we had steamed jacket potatoes. The rest of us had butter or sour cream on them; difficult child 3 refused either option, preferring his potatoes plain. He generally refuses all butter/margarine spread unless he's having Vegemite. Then it is spread as thinly as possible, with butter also spread thinly. He will also have a thin smear of butter on cobs of corn.</p><p></p><p>So kids are different in how they react, for sensory reasons. Does he fuss about his clothes in any way? For example, prickly knitted garments, or the labels inside shirt collars? I used to have to unpick the labels from some of difficult child 1's shirts, especially if they were sewn in with a nylon thread. Simply cutting out the labels was not enough, usually. Sometimes the label itself is made from a different fabric and they feel the stiffness and hate it.</p><p></p><p>I found when I had kids who were very fussy about the texture of clothing, I did best when I bought their clothes form op-shops, because those clothes were pre-worn and often a lot softer. Also when difficult child 3 chewed his clothes a lot, if I only spent 20c on a t-shirt I didn't get so angry when he chewed holes in it after one day. Mind you, I did go buy him a baby teething ring at that point! He's actually chewing on it right now... at 17 years old. But he knows not to do it in public, it helps him cope and it does save his clothes. When he knows he can chew on it if he needs to, the need to chew on it reduces. So he is in control of how he uses it, and it teaches him self-control.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes our kids really do have some unusual needs, and it can make life a lot easier to give them the freedom in areas that are not going to matter to you in the long run. Choosing what will matter - that can be tricky when your brain feels burned out.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 441324, member: 1991"] Step, have you ever tried peanut butter, honey and sliced banana? And for DMF, bananas would be more affordable than for us down in Sydney. We're paying A$12 a kilo and more for over-ripe bananas. Brisbane and Gold Coast should be able to get bananas for a lot less. DMF, this can also be a sensory thing for the lad. He might feel he needs the extra grease to slide it down. easy child 2/difficult child 2 was like this (still is), only eating foods with a creamy texture. While difficult child 3 still refuses anything with a creamy texture. For dinner last night we had steamed jacket potatoes. The rest of us had butter or sour cream on them; difficult child 3 refused either option, preferring his potatoes plain. He generally refuses all butter/margarine spread unless he's having Vegemite. Then it is spread as thinly as possible, with butter also spread thinly. He will also have a thin smear of butter on cobs of corn. So kids are different in how they react, for sensory reasons. Does he fuss about his clothes in any way? For example, prickly knitted garments, or the labels inside shirt collars? I used to have to unpick the labels from some of difficult child 1's shirts, especially if they were sewn in with a nylon thread. Simply cutting out the labels was not enough, usually. Sometimes the label itself is made from a different fabric and they feel the stiffness and hate it. I found when I had kids who were very fussy about the texture of clothing, I did best when I bought their clothes form op-shops, because those clothes were pre-worn and often a lot softer. Also when difficult child 3 chewed his clothes a lot, if I only spent 20c on a t-shirt I didn't get so angry when he chewed holes in it after one day. Mind you, I did go buy him a baby teething ring at that point! He's actually chewing on it right now... at 17 years old. But he knows not to do it in public, it helps him cope and it does save his clothes. When he knows he can chew on it if he needs to, the need to chew on it reduces. So he is in control of how he uses it, and it teaches him self-control. Sometimes our kids really do have some unusual needs, and it can make life a lot easier to give them the freedom in areas that are not going to matter to you in the long run. Choosing what will matter - that can be tricky when your brain feels burned out. Marg [/QUOTE]
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