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Persuading toddler to eat healthy stuff...
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missk_ensington wrote:
Think we can be a little too neurotic sometimes, like the woman who posted a thread about a nursery assistant smoking outside the nursery on her break, etc etc, you get the jist. There's a pregnant woman at my nursery who was saying yesterday how she can't go in the jacuzzi or sauna at the swimming baths ?!?!?! I can't see the logic in that, perhaps the baby will get too hot??QUOTE]
I think this may have something to do with pregnant women being at risk of fainting Miss K, so maybe there is some logic in this.Its nice to be important but more important to be nice!0 -
Just a thought, but could he have an underlying problem with wheat? He seems to eat a lot of it, from what you say. This was my problem as a kid, although it wasn't diagnosed until I was an adult.The ability of skinny old ladies to carry huge loads is phenomenal. An ant can carry one hundred times its own weight, but there is no known limit to the lifting power of the average tiny eighty-year-old Spanish peasant grandmother.0
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well i didnt eat fruit or veg until i was about 22. Who knows what the longterm damage is but for now im pretty healthy, and an allround handsome spritely guy (eek inflated ego is clearly a side effect;)!).
I remember just refusing to eat anything and would happily go hungry, I knew that my folks had to give in because after 2 days or so when I started to look feint theyd have to give me something. Sure they tried to physically force food into me but its harder than it looks. Looking back I dont know why I had these probs, I just knew I couldnt eat certain things. Weird really.
I think the answer is repeated exposure, small amounts and just let your kid get familiar, you dont even have to make them eat it. Set a good example, never show dislike for food as kids pick up so much from parents. Ironically this is how I started to eat a better diet as an early adult, slowly but surely being introduced to new stuff, just trying a little bit at a time and building up.
I wonder where the route of my problem lay? My siblings had no probs and ate like horses lol.Debt: a bloomin big mortgage
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missk_ensington wrote:When I couldn't get a doctors appointment and he was full of flu and bright green infection I crushed up my leftover antibiotics 1/3 the dosage and gave it him. It cleared up in 2 days! The doctors appointment was 3 days away!
Sorry but I had to comment as I was horrified to read this.
Firstly, you should not have left over antibiotics. They are prescribed as a course and even if you feel better part way through the course, it's important to finish it. Stopping a course part way could mean the antibiotics are less effective next time you need them, as a part course can cause bacteria in your body to become resistant to the antibiotic.
Secondly, as your son has also had a part course, you've put him at risk of the antibiotics being less effective for him next time, and also at risk of side effects caused by giving him a medicine that was not prescribed to him.
Infections are caused by many different types of bacteria. All antibiotics are different and a drug that works on one strain of bacteria may be useless on another strain. It is important to be checked out by the doctor as they know which antibiotics are best for treating which type of bacteria is causing your illness.
Your son has been very lucky this time, but the consequences could easily have been fatal for him. I just read in yesterday's paper that a little boy died because he took a single dose of his mothers medicine (methadone which is not suitable for children).
Next time your child is poorly, please ring your doctor and say it's an emergency and he must be seen that day, rather than give him your medicines.Here I go again on my own....0 -
wigginsmum wrote:Just a thought, but could he have an underlying problem with wheat? He seems to eat a lot of it, from what you say. This was my problem as a kid, although it wasn't diagnosed until I was an adult.
I have wondered this week whether there is an underlying problem like that, as lots of kids are picky without having such bad constipation problems. Think I will get him checked out by the GP.
Thank you wigginsmum.0 -
missk_ensington wrote:You could always crush up half a dulcolax and put it in his milk?! I've given Oli all sorts when he's been ill- Once he was in so much pain and I had no Calpol I opened a Codeine capsule of mine and poured a tiny bit on a spoon for him and put it in his milk! It worked he went straight to sleep!
When I couldn't get a doctors appointment and he was full of flu and bright green infection I crushed up my leftover antibiotics 1/3 the dosage and gave it him. It cleared up in 2 days! The doctors appointment was 3 days away!
My little boy is fine, I'm not seriously suggesting you give them the same dosage you would have! Kids medicine is the same as adults but a much smaller dosage, I'm talking 1/4 of a tablet crushed up! Come off it, kids have OD'd on cocaine and a whole pack of paracetamol and lived to tell the tale!
Well, my little boy is fine. He had Phenegan when I had my A-level exams and he was only 12 months old (on the recommedation of a health visitor!!) and he's totally fine, potty trained successfully, happy, intelligent. No problems here.
I have to say I find these posts irresponsible in the extreme. I can't believe that anyone with any sense would take them seriously but I think it highly dangerous to post them. Have reported to abuse.0 -
Bloody hell it was only a suggestion! We take far too much, far too seriously. My Mum gave me adult medicine in smaller doses as a kid and I'm fighting fit (and rarely ever ill!)
Its a wonder civilisation has managed to evolve for 2000 years! I've always brought Oli up very laid back, I never saftey-trapped my whole house, no radioator covers or spongey door things, and I've had no problems! In Africa toddlers go out, alone and beg for food by the side of busy roads looking for tourists!
We are totally neurotic! My son has rarely been ill, his speech is so good he is only 30 months and in aged 3-4 group at Nursery, he stopped wearing nappies during the day long before he was two, he eats a variety of foods, he is sociable... If this is the effect I get from being 'irresponsible' then that's great!
Funny how the parents I see at clinics who are as I call 'neurotic' (terrified of even giving their kid a blob of yogurt before 6 months and sterilising everything until 00.00hours of their 1 st birthday) their kids look pasty, they still get up in the night when the kids like, 18 months old, they struggle with feeding.... I say lighten up a bit! Well, a lot actually!0 -
Having had 2 picky eaters for sons I can sympathise. My best advice to you would be to prepare him something really boring, put it infront of him and make no fuss about him eating it but also make yourself something really colourful, exciting, rich with fibre and really go to town on comments like "oh this is gorgeous!" etc. Hopefully he will be curious about what you are eating and want to try some himself. My sons were forever picking off my plate. :rolleyes:0
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Food is always far more interesting when its on someone else's plate. My nephew is a terror for this. I sit down with a bowl of cherios, or toast in the mornings and a little sparrow starts hovering making subtle suggestions that what is on my plate is actually his. (He's 2 by the way)Baby Year 1: Oh dear...on the move
Lily contracted Strep B Meningitis Dec 2006 :eek: Now seemingly a normal little monster. :beer:
Love to my two angels that I will never forget.0 -
rchddap1 wrote:Food is always far more interesting when its on someone else's plate. My nephew is a terror for this. I sit down with a bowl of cherios, or toast in the mornings and a little sparrow starts hovering making subtle suggestions that what is on my plate is actually his. (He's 2 by the way)
Lol, my oldest ds does this when he goes to grandmas on a Wednesday. He'll sidle up to the table, tell he that her breakfast looks nice, and how mummys not given him anything. Little horror has cleared the cupboards half an hour before:rotfl:July Grocery Challenge Budget £160
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