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<blockquote data-quote="neednewtechnique" data-source="post: 53517" data-attributes="member: 3527"><p>Well, our easy child that is three has the dropping food problem and we found a good way to address it for her, every kid is different, but it might be worth a shot.... </p><p></p><p>Every night at dinner, they are given their food, and if they eat ALL of it, they can have more if they wish, and once they are done eating, they may have a snack. If they start dropping food in the floor, they are still made to clean up their mess, but they also aren't given another plate, and their snack for the night is taken away. </p><p></p><p>This seems to help the problem, and at first until she got used to it, we would give her a few warnings, but only one or two, and then we would just be done with it. Some nights if she refuses to stop dropping food, she is asked to leave the table. It seems harsh, but she learned rather quickly that this is NO way to behave at the dinner table. Her doctor also suggested to us that we should start out giving her VERY SMALL amounts of food at a time with the understanding that if she eats it all, she can have more. She said that sometimes if KIDS see too much on their plate, they may get overwhelmed and not know what else to do besides find some way to get rid of it. She suggested that we cut up her meat and give her only four or five pieces at a time and only a few pieces of vegetable, and so on......</p><p></p><p>As far as urinating on the walls and picking at the walls, I am not sure about that... we have never come across that so I really can't say. I agree that you should definitely continue making him clean it up, but if you think that his goal there is to get your attention, then maybe if you see he has made a mess, instead of saying anything about it, simply hand him the rag, point him in the direction of the wall, and walk away. Not saying anything else about it. Hopefully, he will learn if it doesn't get a reaction out of you that it isn't worth it to continue.... That doesn't sound very consequential, but at the same time, I don't really know what else to try???? :smile: Just thought I would offer a few suggestions. And hugs of course!!! You are a brave brave woman!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neednewtechnique, post: 53517, member: 3527"] Well, our easy child that is three has the dropping food problem and we found a good way to address it for her, every kid is different, but it might be worth a shot.... Every night at dinner, they are given their food, and if they eat ALL of it, they can have more if they wish, and once they are done eating, they may have a snack. If they start dropping food in the floor, they are still made to clean up their mess, but they also aren't given another plate, and their snack for the night is taken away. This seems to help the problem, and at first until she got used to it, we would give her a few warnings, but only one or two, and then we would just be done with it. Some nights if she refuses to stop dropping food, she is asked to leave the table. It seems harsh, but she learned rather quickly that this is NO way to behave at the dinner table. Her doctor also suggested to us that we should start out giving her VERY SMALL amounts of food at a time with the understanding that if she eats it all, she can have more. She said that sometimes if KIDS see too much on their plate, they may get overwhelmed and not know what else to do besides find some way to get rid of it. She suggested that we cut up her meat and give her only four or five pieces at a time and only a few pieces of vegetable, and so on...... As far as urinating on the walls and picking at the walls, I am not sure about that... we have never come across that so I really can't say. I agree that you should definitely continue making him clean it up, but if you think that his goal there is to get your attention, then maybe if you see he has made a mess, instead of saying anything about it, simply hand him the rag, point him in the direction of the wall, and walk away. Not saying anything else about it. Hopefully, he will learn if it doesn't get a reaction out of you that it isn't worth it to continue.... That doesn't sound very consequential, but at the same time, I don't really know what else to try???? [img]:smile:[/img] Just thought I would offer a few suggestions. And hugs of course!!! You are a brave brave woman!!!!! [/QUOTE]
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