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<blockquote data-quote="Tiapet" data-source="post: 357856" data-attributes="member: 455"><p>Terry, </p><p></p><p>No one understands the food thing including her. We had thought about prader willi syndrome for a time because she is "always" hungry. She could eat and turn around and want to eat a moment later and we're talking a full meal! We were able to rule that out though. Then they thought is was Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) with food. Tried a medication to handle Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). That didn't work at all and there was no other Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) characteristics so that got ruled out. She gets more then enough food so she is not lacking it by any means. At one point we had to cut back on food because she was gaining so much weight between what she was getting (which I didn't like - breakfast, snack at school which school mandated, lunch, snack after school, dinner, then a snack before bed which basically was more to settle due to medication causing hunger) in meals and what she was stealing. I don't like that the school mandates the kids have to have a snack, especially at middle school level! That's ridiculous if you ask me. If you don't supply it do you know that they either have another child share theirs or the teacher/staff provide one to the child because they think you can't afford one? I have it written into her IEP even that she has an eating disorder for the last 3 years and the only compliance I've gotten even a little is through the lunch room. She buys her lunch and they do restrict her to the actual lunch entree, no extras. As to the actual food she's stealing, sometimes it's food that isn't hers, sometimes it's food that you'd use towards a meal or to make something with, sometimes it's normal food that anyone would eat. Examples: she stole candy from her sister that her friend out in CA sent her special from a trip that she had been in Japan (irrecplaceable), she has stolen her brother's food we buy specifically for him because he has food allergies and can only eat certain things, she's eaten pure sugar (taken the big tupperware container of it and mixed cereal in with it instead of just using the everyday sugar bowl), she's taken a bottle of ketchup to her room and eaten the whole bottle, whole loves of bread, whole jars of peanut butter, whole containers of ice cream, cans of spaghettios (that were her sisters for when she has to be on the go - she has her own can's but eats her sisters), special items of food that I've gotten for me and locked in my room because I don't eat many things for a certain reason, soy/almond milk I have because I can't digest regular milk (I always share it with the kids anyway), jars of jelly, bbq sauce, any kind of candy period and especially of her sisters (who hides it in her room and she digs through her dresser/clothes to get it, under her mattress and anywhere else she's hidden it) the list goes on and on. I buy her special items "just for her" so I am in no way buying special things for anyone and leaving her out so it makes no sense at all to me, as in the jealousy factor causing it.</p><p></p><p>I am concerned about her being outside yes. As for it being the most concerned thing about her, no. Food actually is the 2nd biggest because I fear for her health at this point and we need to find out why she's doing it. Then everything else. I do actually take things one at a time. I tend to put things in baskets (from the book). Things that are priority, things that can wait and then things that I don't even have to think about. The first focus is on her violent tendencies. That is 1 with any of the difficult child's. </p><p></p><p>I'm on to the refresher course on manipulative child and see if there's anything in there that I can remind myself of and help out.</p><p></p><p>Thank you for your input! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tiapet, post: 357856, member: 455"] Terry, No one understands the food thing including her. We had thought about prader willi syndrome for a time because she is "always" hungry. She could eat and turn around and want to eat a moment later and we're talking a full meal! We were able to rule that out though. Then they thought is was Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) with food. Tried a medication to handle Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). That didn't work at all and there was no other Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) characteristics so that got ruled out. She gets more then enough food so she is not lacking it by any means. At one point we had to cut back on food because she was gaining so much weight between what she was getting (which I didn't like - breakfast, snack at school which school mandated, lunch, snack after school, dinner, then a snack before bed which basically was more to settle due to medication causing hunger) in meals and what she was stealing. I don't like that the school mandates the kids have to have a snack, especially at middle school level! That's ridiculous if you ask me. If you don't supply it do you know that they either have another child share theirs or the teacher/staff provide one to the child because they think you can't afford one? I have it written into her IEP even that she has an eating disorder for the last 3 years and the only compliance I've gotten even a little is through the lunch room. She buys her lunch and they do restrict her to the actual lunch entree, no extras. As to the actual food she's stealing, sometimes it's food that isn't hers, sometimes it's food that you'd use towards a meal or to make something with, sometimes it's normal food that anyone would eat. Examples: she stole candy from her sister that her friend out in CA sent her special from a trip that she had been in Japan (irrecplaceable), she has stolen her brother's food we buy specifically for him because he has food allergies and can only eat certain things, she's eaten pure sugar (taken the big tupperware container of it and mixed cereal in with it instead of just using the everyday sugar bowl), she's taken a bottle of ketchup to her room and eaten the whole bottle, whole loves of bread, whole jars of peanut butter, whole containers of ice cream, cans of spaghettios (that were her sisters for when she has to be on the go - she has her own can's but eats her sisters), special items of food that I've gotten for me and locked in my room because I don't eat many things for a certain reason, soy/almond milk I have because I can't digest regular milk (I always share it with the kids anyway), jars of jelly, bbq sauce, any kind of candy period and especially of her sisters (who hides it in her room and she digs through her dresser/clothes to get it, under her mattress and anywhere else she's hidden it) the list goes on and on. I buy her special items "just for her" so I am in no way buying special things for anyone and leaving her out so it makes no sense at all to me, as in the jealousy factor causing it. I am concerned about her being outside yes. As for it being the most concerned thing about her, no. Food actually is the 2nd biggest because I fear for her health at this point and we need to find out why she's doing it. Then everything else. I do actually take things one at a time. I tend to put things in baskets (from the book). Things that are priority, things that can wait and then things that I don't even have to think about. The first focus is on her violent tendencies. That is 1 with any of the difficult child's. I'm on to the refresher course on manipulative child and see if there's anything in there that I can remind myself of and help out. Thank you for your input! :) [/QUOTE]
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