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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 36146" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Just a thought... I'm hypoglycemic and addicted to carbs... the mood swings can mimic bipolar.</p><p></p><p>You have to take the junk food completely out of the house and let her go hungry, just like you would do for a dog or cat. Sounds cruel, but when she gets hungry enough, she'll eat! </p><p></p><p>We are still having problems with-our difficult child, who is allergic to wheat and dairy. It's very, very hard. It means I have to cook a lot more and plan a lot more, neither of which I like to do.</p><p>Luckily, we all like Japanese and Chinese foods, which have very little gluten (they use rice products, mostly) but they are high in sugar. </p><p>I take it one thing at a time.</p><p></p><p>At one point, I hated to throw stuff away, so I hid all the crackers and cookies in my ofc and locked the door with-a key. :smile: I finally split the bags--one for me to eat, one to throw away, and one to give to friends. They are all gone now but it was a tough process. (For me, too. I can be a bad girl!) :wink:</p><p></p><p>It's a "whole family" process. My easy child wants to bring in junk food (ice cream, which I love) and Pop Tarts, but we're trying to hook her on the idea of eating those things on her own, somewhere else. When difficult child is older and more mature, he will be able to cut those things out of his own diet but he's WAY too immature and impulsive at this point.</p><p>We have been able to get him completely off of red dyes. For some reason, he's afraid of them... maybe the articles he's seen about cancer. </p><p></p><p>I also removed the purple and pink Peeps from their Easter baskets. They whined but there was other stuff (Reeses Peanut butter bunnies) so they got enough junk food that day.</p><p>In that same vein... generally, if I give them one piece of junk food, another has to go. They cannot have both. They'll pile stuff in the grocery basket at the store and I'll make them choose one but not the whole pile. If they can't choose, the entire cart gets returned. We've had some bad scenes at the store but you really only have to do it once or twice and they know you mean it!</p><p>Some days they can't have anything, and especially with-difficult child, I tell him it's because his behavior has been bad and he cannot have any junk food until he cleans up his act.</p><p></p><p>Good luck! </p><p> :warrior:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 36146, member: 3419"] Just a thought... I'm hypoglycemic and addicted to carbs... the mood swings can mimic bipolar. You have to take the junk food completely out of the house and let her go hungry, just like you would do for a dog or cat. Sounds cruel, but when she gets hungry enough, she'll eat! We are still having problems with-our difficult child, who is allergic to wheat and dairy. It's very, very hard. It means I have to cook a lot more and plan a lot more, neither of which I like to do. Luckily, we all like Japanese and Chinese foods, which have very little gluten (they use rice products, mostly) but they are high in sugar. I take it one thing at a time. At one point, I hated to throw stuff away, so I hid all the crackers and cookies in my ofc and locked the door with-a key. [img]:smile:[/img] I finally split the bags--one for me to eat, one to throw away, and one to give to friends. They are all gone now but it was a tough process. (For me, too. I can be a bad girl!) [img]:wink:[/img] It's a "whole family" process. My easy child wants to bring in junk food (ice cream, which I love) and Pop Tarts, but we're trying to hook her on the idea of eating those things on her own, somewhere else. When difficult child is older and more mature, he will be able to cut those things out of his own diet but he's WAY too immature and impulsive at this point. We have been able to get him completely off of red dyes. For some reason, he's afraid of them... maybe the articles he's seen about cancer. I also removed the purple and pink Peeps from their Easter baskets. They whined but there was other stuff (Reeses Peanut butter bunnies) so they got enough junk food that day. In that same vein... generally, if I give them one piece of junk food, another has to go. They cannot have both. They'll pile stuff in the grocery basket at the store and I'll make them choose one but not the whole pile. If they can't choose, the entire cart gets returned. We've had some bad scenes at the store but you really only have to do it once or twice and they know you mean it! Some days they can't have anything, and especially with-difficult child, I tell him it's because his behavior has been bad and he cannot have any junk food until he cleans up his act. Good luck! [img]:warrior:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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