Eighty-something year old junk food eaters...
althetrainer
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Comments (22)This may sound crazy but I just got the book The Mood Cure and it is all about diet and mood disorders. I use it for both my sons. One gets depression and the other gets anger outbursts. Thankfully they both seem to react to the same foods (dairy, sugar and gluten) that when these are kept out of their diet they are balanced kids. It is a very interesting read and you can probably get from your local library. My oldest son (12) won't go back to how he used to eat as he has improved in mindset, athletics, focus and his skin cleared up so he is sticking to it. He had a major junk food addiction - well, as much as I would allow but he would always be asking for sweets, dairy and breads. I also follow this way of eating (with a few more restrictions) for my autoimmune conditions and noticed my irritability also went away. Here is a link to the book if you want to get an idea or check out others reviews. Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.amazon.com/The-Mood-Cure-Program-Emotions--Today/dp/0142003646/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1364132500&sr=8-1&keywords=the+mood+cure...See Morefood questions with 16 mo old..HELP!
Comments (6)Even kids who do already have teeth tend to get into eating only one favorite food as they go thru the toddler years. I used to fear that my daughter would turn into a peanut butter and jelly sandwich she ate it so much! So don't stress over a lot of one food choice. As far as other options, the fact that he likes meat is good for protein. Get some good meat from the deli to give some variety. As far as cheese, yup, it can constipate. Try to encourage him to eat a banana on days that he eats cheese. That helped my DD "go". Does he like yogurt? You can try some lactaid-type yogurt to hopefully not contribute to his regularity issues. Try to stick to whole wheat bread and the nutrigrain type of eggos (not the low fat, they dont taste great, just the regular nutrigrain flavor). And don't worry! His teeth will soon sprout, and he will eat everything in sight! :-) 12 years from now, he'll be probably eating like a horse!...See MoreKids and Junk food
Comments (8)Junk food is a major issue with us and SS. His mom eats like crap--and I think, like parent-of-one (FFD) said, a lot of it is just ignorance. She is the mom who buys Sunny D or that crappy juice that's all sugared up and thinks she is being healthy, kwim? Or she will pack fruit snacks and think that counts as a fruit. They eat lots of starches, buttery pastas with heavy sauces, etc. She will fix two starchy sides to a meal---they'll have mashed potatoes AND buttered noodles with the same meal. Anyway--SS came home on Wed, after the first day of school, with his lunch that his mom had packed. He's not a big eater, so he always has leftovers. (Given the crap she sends, that is probably a good thing!) He had (and this is typical): Lunchable--one of those ones with the cheese and crackers, and a mini-candy bar. Sounds *okay* but I read somewhere that lunchables are one of THE worst lunches for your child, they are SO loaded with sodium and fat. (Not to mention the awful packaging which is terrible for the environment.) I refuse to buy them. Anyway, in addition---he had a half-eaten pack of mini-donuts, a fruit roll-up that he had not eaten, and a plastic baggie of Cheese Nips, he had eaten most of those. And a blue kool-aid for a drink. I was like "are you kidding????" So--it is no wonder he complains about the lunches I pack. On Thursday, I packed him: --a turkey sandwich on wheat bread --a banana --pretzels --small handful of Mini Chips Ahoy cookies --100% juice apple juice box Nothing freaky or outlandish, just a normal, reasonably healthy but still yummy lunch, right? I'm not some freak/sugar Nazi (hence the cookies for dessert) but come on...I try to use common sense. I HATE sending the fruit, though, because I know he doesn't eat it. :( Dinners are a struggle, too. I generally serve some kind of meat--chicken, beef or fish--a veggie, and then a side item, like baked potatoes or rice, etc. Last night, for exampe--we had grilled porkchops, broccoli, and mashed potatoes. SS ate the potatoes and complained about the rest. Funny b/c the potatoes are the LAST thing DH and I care if he eats--he could skip those, as far as I'm concerned, and just eat the meat and veggies. Oh well. We just do the best we can, offer healthy options, give him small portions and DH does make SS eat whatever veggies we serve. Good thing your stepkids are not with their BM! Sounds like it would be way worse if they were---like poor Ima's DD....See MoreNeed help with 9 year old
Comments (9)so why did you get into this situation, & why are you still in it? Repeat after me: "Not my circus, not my monkeys", & decide whether you want to wrap the remainder of your life up in this family's dynamic. None of the people involved has made a move to change anything, & you're a newcomer & an outsider (which is lucky for you): you are not going to effect any change, you can't haul them out of their quagmire by pulling as hard as you can. You'll be dragged into their nightmare instead. You're already angry & accusatory; calling the boys lazy, saying that it's too late for the 15-year-old (15 years old!), dismissing your husband's role in the dynamics of it all, blaming the boys' mother for your husband's mother's position... Unless the holes in the floor happened overnight, your husband has had lots of opportunity to intervene, & 'feeling guilty' just isn't an excuse. Just listen to yourself: 'He also has started sneaking food then claiming is is hungry all the time. I don't know whether to believe him about anything anymore and though I love my DH... He feels guilty and there are no consequences to the lying.' Any law enforcement officer, heck, any daycare worker, has been taught that food-hoarding is a classic sign of a chaotic, disturbed environment; it has nothing to do with how hungry the person actually is. don't know whether to believe him? Belief or disbelief isn't even relevant; his behavior isn't a deliberate attempt to flaunt some sort of rebellion; it's a flaming, flashing, neon red signal that *something is very very wrong*. & there *mustn't* be any 'consequences to the lying, if by consequences you mean punishment, which is what it sounds like. Children who hoard food do it for reasons that they cannot articulate, & they never, never, ever admit that they've done it for fear of punishment, & they always, always say that they were hungry. It's a symptom of the problem. 'ex wife has wealthy former mother in law wrapped around her finger. The mother in law is a while other drama filled ball of wax..' so what? Neither your husband's mother nor his children's mother is the issue; those boys are the issue, & your husband is their father. 'a lot of these things cannot be fixed, especially with the older child, but DH and I think we might have a chance with the younger one if we can get him on the right track and away from the daily nonsense with the mother in law and the ex wife.' Get them away from their mother & their grandmother & you'll find that you're in the same position as the mother. The behavior of *all four or five of them* will force you into it. If you do decide to stay in your marriage/relationship, please, first, get some guidance for yourself, for your own sanity & benefit, secondly, get guidance in tandem with husband (if he won't go, toss him back), thirdly, get some guidance on what to expect from these kids & how to *gently* get them into a more healthy, happy, secure place. I wish you the best....See Morewizardnm
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