is a common reaction we get from ss. He has come a long way in his eating habits, but man the kid will do anything for sugar. Befor Dh and I were married, I would step back and let Dh handle ss however he wanted, all that changed once we were married ( at Dh's request & agreement) It used to be so bad that he would try to go on a hunger strike until someone would give him junk. Dh would allow the child to just eat what ever he asked for, and not push anything on him, for fear of ss not having a good time at daddys... so his meals would consist of gummy bears, teddy grahams, pudding, ice cream, and cookies, with juice or milk. Every childs dream, right? This is all good and fun, if his BB would feed him normal meals, but she too was only feeding the bare minimum like pepperoni, popcorn, and cheese. What I started noticing is that the child was sick almost every time we had him, basically ketching anything that came his way. Also his attitude and mood did seem to be out of control half the time for a child his age. I started to try and convince Dh that something had to be done, even if only at our end. I pointed out that the child cant be getting enough nutrition if he gets so sick So often. The pediatrician was even concerned if the number of times in one year that the child was sick, and was small for his age. Another thing, I guess Ss's appetite started to get the best of him because he would start throwing fits, screaming that he was hungry, but refuses to eat anything but sweets, and then hungry 20 mn later.Dh was really getting to the point of being good and aggravated, so after I spent a week caring for ss while he was sick, dh agreed to try things my way for a while, and see if it worked better. I now make everyone sit at the table for meals, not the tv (I'm not a maid!) and started enforcing a bit of a schedule for ss's meals. IF eh doesnt eat breakfast, then nothing till lunch, and so on. After enforcing only one serving of juice a day, and water otherwise, ss now asks for water, and we actually have most meals at our house with little or no problem. It was rough at first, but once I got DH on board, it was better, and now ss is growing well, and has not been sick with even a cold in months. Hey, I'm ok with being the evil smom cus I know he will look back when he gets older and know that I really did care enough about him to do whats best.
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Ew thats gross!
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