I dread dinner time at our house. I dread putting Logan in his booster seat, getting ready to give him the food or put a spoon in his mouth then all of a sudden the tantrum starts. This child has some kind of aversion to dinner. It's not only dinner but mostly dinner is what he has a problem with. I swear the looks at his food like it's the plague or something. He turns his body half way around away from you with his head turned and with his arm wrapped around the rest of his body. I don't know what it is but it irritates the crap out of us. Tonight he screamed bloody murder for an hour. Refused to eat and what bites he did take he spit out a few seconds after chewing. It is so irritating and you just want to pick him up and throw him in the bed...well, not literally throw him but you know what I mean.
In his class at school they take one nap a day. It's usually from 11:30-1:30 or so. That is if the child sleeps that long. Today his sheet said his nap was from 12:10-12:35. Yep, that's 25 minutes of quality sleep time....yeah right. So, we get to feel the after effects of this and all the while I'm thinking, tomorrow I think I'll just leave him at school and let his teachers take him home and deal with him.....they can put up with his 25 minute nap tantrum. I guarantee you they will make sure he takes a longer nap the next day......they'll have some pity on us!! :) That or I'll make them feed him dinner before I get there so I don't have to deal with it. I am telling you, I have never seen a child more set on not eating as he is.
It really is quite maddening especially when he used to be the best eater I've ever seen. You couldn't shovel the food in fast enough. And that little booger ate anything and everything you put in his mouth. Now, I have heard people say their child was the same way, not picky when eating baby food but definitely picky on solids. What we don't get is I give him some of the same foods they give him at school. His daily report almost every day says "Ate all, drank all" beside each meal. I wish I could say the same for his home report. I say he gets an F.
I hope this is just a phase and he will grow out of it really soon. I feel bad that he won't eat and think he's not getting enough nutrition. I started him on Poly-Visol, the liquid vitamins this week. I feel a little better knowing he's getting some nourishment. At least he drinks his milk and eats the heck out of yogurt and applesauce. He'll eat that like there's no tomorrow, even if he eats nothing else, i guess it's ok since it's something healthy but you can't live off yogurt alone. Maybe if you are 95 years old and can't eat anything else....but what's my 13 month olds excuse?
Please God, find it in your heart of hearts to let this pass ASAP!! We are desperate!!
Any suggestions, please let me know! It would be greatly appreciated.
Logan
Monday, January 5, 2009
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I think you should peak in one day at lunch time at his school to see how he's eating. I remember at the daycare where I worked at that age I think a lot of the time they just put the plate in front of the kids and they were to eat it with little help from the teacher. Problem is with a lot of kids another child may be eating some of there food and the teacher not realize it b/c she is so busy doing something else. I remember some kids would shovel the food here there and everywhere like it was a game and to look then in front of him it looks as if he has eaten his food. PLus I've ALWAYS heard that kids eat better with other kids. Talk to the teacher that actually feeds him. And I would see if the teacher would try and get him back to sleep if she could. Do they turn off the light at naptime and play music or something?
hey there, my daughter does this too, one thing i have learned is that i make one thing and put it on her plate, if she doesnt want it she freaks out and then trys to throw it on the floor, so i take her pacy put in in her mouth and hold it there, tell her its ok til she some what calms her self then I WALK AWAY. then she realizes that i am not fixing anything else and will start to eat it while i am not looking at her even though i may still be in the same room, after a week of doing this she has learned this is just the way it is and mommy isnt feeding her something diffrenet and will eventually get over it. I hope something like this will work for you...
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