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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 236451" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>I know he doesn't "feel" hungry. But he really, really does need to eath SOMETHING. I can see now that the classes he struggles in are also the ones that are mid-day, when he would understandably have no energy if he hasn't eaten anything. So if it weren't affecting his school performance, I'd be inclined to let it go, but I don't think I can in this case. I'm thinking about how many calories he consumes a day, and it's probably not far from 1,000 most days. NOT GOOD. </p><p> </p><p>I try to get him to eat a good breakfast, but it often doesn't work. Here's why: I wake him at 7am to take Focalin and he goes back to sleep. If I don't give him the Focalin at that time, he is oppositional, uncooperative and a general PITA, not getting ready for school, etc. I rewake him at 8am when I'm leaving to take the other two kids to school, so that he can get ready for school (he starts at 8:55). His appetite is ALREADY impaired by now. He takes his Crohn's and allergy medications and then I practically have to sit on him to eat something. He's very picky. He doesn't like eggs. He doesn't like Instant Breakfast. Cereal or 1/2 a bagel or 1/2 a large muffin (Costco chocolate only!) he will eat. Sometimes he'll eat a banana. Some mornings I just make him a PB&J and he will eat about 1/2 to 3/4 of that. But it's very, very inconsistent.</p><p> </p><p>Then he slaps on his Daytrana patch as we leave the house at 8:30. If I had him leave at the same time as the other two, I'd be waking him at 6:30 which does not give him enough sleep. Lately, I've had a hard time with him staying up late reading. One night he was up until 3am rereading a book he'd just finished! I was furious.</p><p> </p><p>He's not hungry after school either. For dinner he eats a portion that's probably too small for his size, but that's all he wants. Then he binges late at night, getting up at 1am or later to eat whatever he feels like (and I find the aftermath of these foraging sessions all over the kitchen, the dining room and his room and his face -- yuck!). The eating part is fine, but the getting up so late is not because it sets him up for sleep problems on top of all this.</p><p> </p><p>I just emailed his counselor to ask if she had any suggestions, short of me sitting with him at lunch.</p><p> </p><p>I'm just so fed up with it all -- especially the lying. I have to second guess any answer he gives me and I hate that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 236451, member: 3444"] I know he doesn't "feel" hungry. But he really, really does need to eath SOMETHING. I can see now that the classes he struggles in are also the ones that are mid-day, when he would understandably have no energy if he hasn't eaten anything. So if it weren't affecting his school performance, I'd be inclined to let it go, but I don't think I can in this case. I'm thinking about how many calories he consumes a day, and it's probably not far from 1,000 most days. NOT GOOD. I try to get him to eat a good breakfast, but it often doesn't work. Here's why: I wake him at 7am to take Focalin and he goes back to sleep. If I don't give him the Focalin at that time, he is oppositional, uncooperative and a general PITA, not getting ready for school, etc. I rewake him at 8am when I'm leaving to take the other two kids to school, so that he can get ready for school (he starts at 8:55). His appetite is ALREADY impaired by now. He takes his Crohn's and allergy medications and then I practically have to sit on him to eat something. He's very picky. He doesn't like eggs. He doesn't like Instant Breakfast. Cereal or 1/2 a bagel or 1/2 a large muffin (Costco chocolate only!) he will eat. Sometimes he'll eat a banana. Some mornings I just make him a PB&J and he will eat about 1/2 to 3/4 of that. But it's very, very inconsistent. Then he slaps on his Daytrana patch as we leave the house at 8:30. If I had him leave at the same time as the other two, I'd be waking him at 6:30 which does not give him enough sleep. Lately, I've had a hard time with him staying up late reading. One night he was up until 3am rereading a book he'd just finished! I was furious. He's not hungry after school either. For dinner he eats a portion that's probably too small for his size, but that's all he wants. Then he binges late at night, getting up at 1am or later to eat whatever he feels like (and I find the aftermath of these foraging sessions all over the kitchen, the dining room and his room and his face -- yuck!). The eating part is fine, but the getting up so late is not because it sets him up for sleep problems on top of all this. I just emailed his counselor to ask if she had any suggestions, short of me sitting with him at lunch. I'm just so fed up with it all -- especially the lying. I have to second guess any answer he gives me and I hate that. [/QUOTE]
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