Punkie
04-16-2005, 06:21 PM
Mamas, I'd appreciate any advice that you can give!
My 3 year old ds is on a boycott of any foods that aren't sugary and nurtient-void. He's been sick a lot this season, probably from moving to a new area with new germs, being in Sunday School / Wednesday night classes a lot more, and the fact that his nutrition is lacking. Tonight, he's stuffy-headed and a little warm, and refused eating pretty much all day. He asked for a few foods and then turned them down once we bought them for him (unhealthy stuff like chicken nuggets). Right before bed, he asked for a pop tart, and I told him that he could have it if he ate a vitamin first, and he said he'd rather go to bed without eating :( I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! I don't want him to go to bed without eating, but I don't want him to learn that if he turns down good food, he can have junk. We normally wouldn't even have them around... If nothing sweet / unhealthy is around, he will happily just fast and then binge when he gets something sweet, like fruit bars or fruit snacks, etc. I'm starting to suspect a sugar addiction(?)
My plan is to go buy some liquid vitamins and make him take them instead, because he's refusing the tablets, but I don't know what to do about the healthy food. He's asked for a fruit, and then turns it down (tonight was apples, yesterday was watermelon), but I can't ever get a veggie in. He'll eat whole wheat fruit breads (banana, pumpkin...), but that's the best thing he eats. I'm thinking about trying Juice Plus just so that he has some fruits and veggies in his system :banghead
Any advice? He's in the 20th percentile for weight and close to 90th for height. He can't have any dairy or casein products, and my poor little man had a horrible allergic reaction this weekend to pine, which we had no idea he was even allergic to. I feel like his little body is going through SO much and he won't let me help him :hissyfit
My 3 year old ds is on a boycott of any foods that aren't sugary and nurtient-void. He's been sick a lot this season, probably from moving to a new area with new germs, being in Sunday School / Wednesday night classes a lot more, and the fact that his nutrition is lacking. Tonight, he's stuffy-headed and a little warm, and refused eating pretty much all day. He asked for a few foods and then turned them down once we bought them for him (unhealthy stuff like chicken nuggets). Right before bed, he asked for a pop tart, and I told him that he could have it if he ate a vitamin first, and he said he'd rather go to bed without eating :( I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO! I don't want him to go to bed without eating, but I don't want him to learn that if he turns down good food, he can have junk. We normally wouldn't even have them around... If nothing sweet / unhealthy is around, he will happily just fast and then binge when he gets something sweet, like fruit bars or fruit snacks, etc. I'm starting to suspect a sugar addiction(?)
My plan is to go buy some liquid vitamins and make him take them instead, because he's refusing the tablets, but I don't know what to do about the healthy food. He's asked for a fruit, and then turns it down (tonight was apples, yesterday was watermelon), but I can't ever get a veggie in. He'll eat whole wheat fruit breads (banana, pumpkin...), but that's the best thing he eats. I'm thinking about trying Juice Plus just so that he has some fruits and veggies in his system :banghead
Any advice? He's in the 20th percentile for weight and close to 90th for height. He can't have any dairy or casein products, and my poor little man had a horrible allergic reaction this weekend to pine, which we had no idea he was even allergic to. I feel like his little body is going through SO much and he won't let me help him :hissyfit