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<blockquote data-quote="apesfordana" data-source="post: 473355" data-attributes="member: 13077"><p>the only other issues that my boy has is a mild stutter. Something that only appears when he's excited or in the middle of a major growth spirt.</p><p></p><p>The pediatrician also said he may end up with some attention/focusing issues, but for now... no worries there.</p><p></p><p>Food, however has always been an issue. A fight. I don't like making a constant deal out of it.. and I know his anxiety about it grows & grows... clearly to the point of being physically distressing. That is why I was happy to start looking at the menu with him, coming up with days that what they served would just be too much to deal with to bring a lunch and letting him talk about his favorites and what he doesn't like and why. It's amazing how 'not making such a big deal out of it' has consumed so much of your lives. He hovers in the kitchen and objects at every moment of the cooking process. At first we involved him in cooking so he could better understand & enjoy... more often he just gets banned from the kitchen because it gets so frustrating. </p><p></p><p>But sticking his hand in his mouth to throw up. Hasn't even come close to doing anything like that with us or his grandparents. This is strickly a school thing. I have talked to him - he points out a teacher that he isn't fond of... but frankly she's growing a bit unfond of him too as she is always having to clean up his vomit. </p><p></p><p>We can't get kicked out of this preschool. We want to address it now. I want to work with the teachers. I want to avoid bad and destructive habits. It feels like there is no right answer and when his dad and I pick him up from school... well I want to be gentle and rational, his dad wants to spank him & send him to his room for the night. I was abused as a child, my husband was spanked exactly one time... so we have very different perspectives on decipline. Expecially in this case when I think that my boy is deeply internalizing things.</p><p></p><p>I deeply appreciate the advice. Please please please keep it coming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="apesfordana, post: 473355, member: 13077"] the only other issues that my boy has is a mild stutter. Something that only appears when he's excited or in the middle of a major growth spirt. The pediatrician also said he may end up with some attention/focusing issues, but for now... no worries there. Food, however has always been an issue. A fight. I don't like making a constant deal out of it.. and I know his anxiety about it grows & grows... clearly to the point of being physically distressing. That is why I was happy to start looking at the menu with him, coming up with days that what they served would just be too much to deal with to bring a lunch and letting him talk about his favorites and what he doesn't like and why. It's amazing how 'not making such a big deal out of it' has consumed so much of your lives. He hovers in the kitchen and objects at every moment of the cooking process. At first we involved him in cooking so he could better understand & enjoy... more often he just gets banned from the kitchen because it gets so frustrating. But sticking his hand in his mouth to throw up. Hasn't even come close to doing anything like that with us or his grandparents. This is strickly a school thing. I have talked to him - he points out a teacher that he isn't fond of... but frankly she's growing a bit unfond of him too as she is always having to clean up his vomit. We can't get kicked out of this preschool. We want to address it now. I want to work with the teachers. I want to avoid bad and destructive habits. It feels like there is no right answer and when his dad and I pick him up from school... well I want to be gentle and rational, his dad wants to spank him & send him to his room for the night. I was abused as a child, my husband was spanked exactly one time... so we have very different perspectives on decipline. Expecially in this case when I think that my boy is deeply internalizing things. I deeply appreciate the advice. Please please please keep it coming. [/QUOTE]
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