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<blockquote data-quote="timer lady" data-source="post: 245688" data-attributes="member: 393"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">The tweedles obesessed over food & hoarded it. They would both get nuts if something in the kitchen went missing.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">Remember my board name- Timer Lady. I wore 2 timers (different colors) for kt & wm. I timed down everything. Especially when they went nuts over missing food. I let them have 5 minutes of ranting & raving, then they had to take it to their rooms. I used the timers for many behaviors.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">Saying that, I also put out a snack basket for each of the tweedles. Filled with their favorite items plus healthy fruits & veggies. They learned quickly that basket had to last the entire day. The only items they could get from the fridge was yogurt or juice. Again, this was due to the neglect they suffered - however, they developed some of the same anxieties that you are describing in your difficult child.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">And I know it wasn't that your difficult child wanted to eat the food - he just needed to know it was there. So, I began to bag snack foods in sandwich bags for kt & wm. They knew how many snack bags of a certain food item they had & where it was stored. It really helped calm their anxiety.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'">Good luck, Janna. This isn't an easy one. Once you get one "anxiety" under control another tends to pop up in it's place.</span></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"></span></span></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timer lady, post: 245688, member: 393"] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Garamond]The tweedles obesessed over food & hoarded it. They would both get nuts if something in the kitchen went missing. Remember my board name- Timer Lady. I wore 2 timers (different colors) for kt & wm. I timed down everything. Especially when they went nuts over missing food. I let them have 5 minutes of ranting & raving, then they had to take it to their rooms. I used the timers for many behaviors. Saying that, I also put out a snack basket for each of the tweedles. Filled with their favorite items plus healthy fruits & veggies. They learned quickly that basket had to last the entire day. The only items they could get from the fridge was yogurt or juice. Again, this was due to the neglect they suffered - however, they developed some of the same anxieties that you are describing in your difficult child. And I know it wasn't that your difficult child wanted to eat the food - he just needed to know it was there. So, I began to bag snack foods in sandwich bags for kt & wm. They knew how many snack bags of a certain food item they had & where it was stored. It really helped calm their anxiety. Good luck, Janna. This isn't an easy one. Once you get one "anxiety" under control another tends to pop up in it's place. [/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [/QUOTE]
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