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<blockquote data-quote="wintak" data-source="post: 430966" data-attributes="member: 11938"><p>hello. </p><p>Food is always an issue at our house and mainly cuz difficult child wants junk ALL THE TIME. If given a choice, that's what he would eat. Getting GOOD calories in him is hard. Almost impossible. Might try keista's idea. In my house I make a menu with kid input and post it. (idea from Childfind) . That way they know what's for dinner. And yes, sometimes it needs to be changed, but we just change the days around, not flat out changing what was on the menu. I cook ONE THING for dinner. You don't want to eat, that's fine...don't eat. You don't get to have junk though.</p><p></p><p>Our dr suggested cooking one dinner but ALWAYs having a 2nd option of pb&j (or something like that) as an "out" if they did'n't want to eat the cooked meal. I, personally, have not tried that mainly cuz for about a month I'd have to watch all 3 eat PB&j for dinner. </p><p></p><p>We try not to say NO. There are ways to work around it. If he says I want XYZ and the answer is no, you can say, You may have ABC (that way you're not saying no) or maybe if xyz is an option later, you can say, if you do GHI then you can have XYZ. Again, not saying no but not letting him have it</p><p></p><p>I have days where I can stay stoic...no emotion at all...drives difficult child CRAZY. And some days he'll needle me until I break and other days he'll drop it. There are many other days where I can't be stoic and flat. </p><p></p><p>Welcome!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wintak, post: 430966, member: 11938"] hello. Food is always an issue at our house and mainly cuz difficult child wants junk ALL THE TIME. If given a choice, that's what he would eat. Getting GOOD calories in him is hard. Almost impossible. Might try keista's idea. In my house I make a menu with kid input and post it. (idea from Childfind) . That way they know what's for dinner. And yes, sometimes it needs to be changed, but we just change the days around, not flat out changing what was on the menu. I cook ONE THING for dinner. You don't want to eat, that's fine...don't eat. You don't get to have junk though. Our dr suggested cooking one dinner but ALWAYs having a 2nd option of pb&j (or something like that) as an "out" if they did'n't want to eat the cooked meal. I, personally, have not tried that mainly cuz for about a month I'd have to watch all 3 eat PB&j for dinner. We try not to say NO. There are ways to work around it. If he says I want XYZ and the answer is no, you can say, You may have ABC (that way you're not saying no) or maybe if xyz is an option later, you can say, if you do GHI then you can have XYZ. Again, not saying no but not letting him have it I have days where I can stay stoic...no emotion at all...drives difficult child CRAZY. And some days he'll needle me until I break and other days he'll drop it. There are many other days where I can't be stoic and flat. Welcome! [/QUOTE]
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