The last two nights have been a nightmare with Mary she doesn’t want to eat dinner. She only ate applesauce on Monday night and (after an hour of bugging her) yogurt on Tuesday night. I can hear my Mom saying “she will eat when she’s hungry - don’t worry about it”. Jim told me the same thing last night, saying I need to recognize she is strong willed and not let it affect me or take it personally when she won’t follow my schedule and won’t go along with “my plan”. He didn’t come right out and say it but his tone kind of implied I am a little too rigid! In fact he sounded like he didn’t really like going along with my plan either.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Calgon take me away...
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Maybe you should plan to not have a plan?
I guess she will eat when she's ready, but I'm more rigid than you. I believe you girls ate whatever the family ate. I know this is old-fashioned thinking. When I was a child we had to eat everything on the plate. Probably the beginnings of weight problems for a lot in our generation,
So I am a little slow in reading but have to share a thought anyway :) There are three things you can not make a child do-meaning you have no control over- 1) sleeping 2)poop/pee 3)eating. That is not to say you can not encourage them in these areas-but I choose my battles wisely. When it comes to meals-you eat what is served or you wait till the next meal. And believe me she nor my children are anywhere close to starving or truly feeling the pains of hunger. I had one that went to bed quite hungry one night this week and was very happy to be eating cereal the next morning :)
I was concerned about Jim not eating when he was a baby and his doctor told me he would eat when he was hungry. Then she asked what he ate for breakfast and after I told her, she said no wonder he isn't hungry. Don't worry, some day you may fuss at her for eating too much. She'll be fine.
Nana
Hannah's doing the same thing now. It's so difficult esp. because she doesn't eat much different to begin with.
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