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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 58896" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I'm lucky, when we go to the store I can get difficult child 3 to help now. Of course, he still asks for snacks, but he also sometimes asks for 'real' food. And he nags, and nags, and nags, and always sees something he HAS to have - even when I've said ahead of time, "no toys or games - you have to save your own money."</p><p>On Friday he asked for crisps, then he asks for a jar of stuffed olives - I said OK to the olives. Then after we left the grocery store, he remembered he hadn't eaten breakfast, and could he have some money for a bread roll? </p><p>OK, a bread roll I can deal with. Plus, the ones he gets also have ham and olives on them.</p><p></p><p>But Kjs, I can relate to the weight loss worries - difficult child 3 is really shooting up tall at the moment, I can't get clothes to fit him. Jeans that fit round his waist only come down to his knees. All his skivvies (supposed to fit moderately snugly) are hanging loose on him. He has to wear a belt with jeans and even then it looks like a frilly waist.</p><p>His doctor is monitoring his weight - difficult child 3 lost 5kg last year, in only a few months, stopped losing but after a year he still only weighs 35kg. That's about 74lb. And this is even when he eats a lot - while we were on holiday, there were several times when difficult child 3 ordered the biggest meal on the menu, one that a grown man would have had trouble putting away - and he finished it. AND came back for dessert!</p><p></p><p>Our biggest problem at home is that he forgets to eat. We each eat breakfast when we're ready; same with lunch, a lot of the time. I keep reminding him and often get him some lunch, but he keeps getting distracted from eating it. Often I make snacks for him - carrot sticks, a bowl of tomatoes, popcorn - and if he can keep eating while he's doing what he's doing, I can get a lot of food into him. But it's only some of the time that works.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 58896, member: 1991"] I'm lucky, when we go to the store I can get difficult child 3 to help now. Of course, he still asks for snacks, but he also sometimes asks for 'real' food. And he nags, and nags, and nags, and always sees something he HAS to have - even when I've said ahead of time, "no toys or games - you have to save your own money." On Friday he asked for crisps, then he asks for a jar of stuffed olives - I said OK to the olives. Then after we left the grocery store, he remembered he hadn't eaten breakfast, and could he have some money for a bread roll? OK, a bread roll I can deal with. Plus, the ones he gets also have ham and olives on them. But Kjs, I can relate to the weight loss worries - difficult child 3 is really shooting up tall at the moment, I can't get clothes to fit him. Jeans that fit round his waist only come down to his knees. All his skivvies (supposed to fit moderately snugly) are hanging loose on him. He has to wear a belt with jeans and even then it looks like a frilly waist. His doctor is monitoring his weight - difficult child 3 lost 5kg last year, in only a few months, stopped losing but after a year he still only weighs 35kg. That's about 74lb. And this is even when he eats a lot - while we were on holiday, there were several times when difficult child 3 ordered the biggest meal on the menu, one that a grown man would have had trouble putting away - and he finished it. AND came back for dessert! Our biggest problem at home is that he forgets to eat. We each eat breakfast when we're ready; same with lunch, a lot of the time. I keep reminding him and often get him some lunch, but he keeps getting distracted from eating it. Often I make snacks for him - carrot sticks, a bowl of tomatoes, popcorn - and if he can keep eating while he's doing what he's doing, I can get a lot of food into him. But it's only some of the time that works. Marg [/QUOTE]
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