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Generali

lemonjelly wrote: »

I know of 2 kids who are way too fussy about what they eat, & worryingly have got to an age where I really fail to see how their parents will get them eating fruit or veg. They have no rounded diet at all. One only eats chicken nuggets. The other, adventurous is sausage & mash!:eek: They're 5 & 7.

Children will never starve themselves to the extent they will do themselves harm unless they are already ill in some way.

Put a plate of food in front of them, 3 times a day and theynwill eat in the end.

lostinrates

Generali wrote: »

Children will never starve themselves to the extent they will do themselves harm unless they are already ill in some way.

Put a plate of food in front of them, 3 times a day and theynwill eat in the end.

I think its true that in MOST cases they won't , but not always.

There are reports of eating disorders younger and younger and malnutrition through poor diet in a country which almost universally can feed its children sufficiently, though lots of that is lifestyle not just diet. (And I consider obesity to be malnutrition too).

hjd

lostinrates wrote: »

I had a quick google and apparently stats suggest an old wives tale of this terrible sickness being related to girl babies is likely, ( apparently something to do with hormones increasing nausea or something, sorry cannot remember now...) But Nd proves the minority twice .

My SIL was very sick with her first pregnancy, was hospitalised on a drip at one point.
She had a boy.
Second pregnancy she was sick, not as badly, and had a girl.

My mother had me, then 2 boys, so wanted another girl last time - ended up with non-identical twin boys. Wasn't sick during any pregnancy, which is very lucky as that was the time when they were giving out thalidomide for morning sickness.

lostinrates

hjd wrote: »

My SIL was very sick with her first pregnancy, was hospitalised on a drip at one point.
She had a boy.
Second pregnancy she was sick, not as badly, and had a girl.

My mother had me, then 2 boys, so wanted another girl last time - ended up with non-identical twin boys. Wasn't sick during any pregnancy, which is very lucky as that was the time when they were giving out thalidomide for morning sickness.

My sibling bloomed through her pregnancies (she really did pregnancy beautifully, she floated around in sundresses and straw hats looking heavenly, she stayed slim, (in fact lost a tiny bit of weight) and her skin was better than ever normally is. her hair was beautiful, her mood was delightful in the main, and she had girls. . Really, if my sibling has stayed pregnant her whole life we'd probably still be really close.

I wish I could be pregnant, it might do wonders for me too :rotfl:

michaels

lemonjelly wrote: »

I know of 2 kids who are way too fussy about what they eat, & worryingly have got to an age where I really fail to see how their parents will get them eating fruit or veg. They have no rounded diet at all. One only eats chicken nuggets. The other, adventurous is sausage & mash!:eek: They're 5 & 7.

Our DKs are very unlucky, they get what we get and they have to eat at least some of everything even if it is just one mouthful of things they really don't like (often they end up eating all of whatever it is they don't like once they have had the one mouthful and no one is watching....)

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

Our DKs are very unlucky, they get what we get and they have to eat at least some of everything even if it is just one mouthful of things they really don't like (often they end up eating all of whatever it is they don't like once they have had the one mouthful and no one is watching....)

I thought your kids were great, and funny.

Its also more stressful in a strange place ( for parents) I think. Personally I'm not that fussed about kids I'm not responsible for. kids I've taken care of I'm quite hard line with. . But they love me in the end.

I think its legitimate to hate some things, but not every thing. So, I accept, for example that spinach might not be wanted daily, but if spinach is almost always off the menu then some other things have to be. For example, green beans or cabbage or broccoli. And not the same veg every day with every meal! I never used o accept sweet corn as an alternative for veg phobics, but if a week of good veg eating were done then I have no problem with a pea and sweet corn day. Food is meant to be enjoyable!

I also think ( for kids I'm responsible for ) learning the poker face of table manners is important. Your kids had lovely manners. Its very clear you and Dw put loads of time in. .

GDB2222

Generali wrote: »

Mrs Generali's mum is going to hospital on Thurs for a while. BP is 198/119. She wins the blood pressure prize I think.

Any idea why they are leaving it until Thursday?

SingleSue

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

Yes, he hates it, not much fun for him, poor love. He also feels frustrated in that he can't do anything to help, although in this case, he could and did. I think it's a lot easier to be stroppy on someone else's behalf than it is on one's own behalf, too.

I'm sure there are old wives' tales about that sort of thing. But the usual one is, "you must be having twins!". Nope. One baby (fortunately. I don't think I could cope with two at once.)

I had such a troublesome pregnancy with middle son that everyone was convinced I was having a girl as apparently, difficult pregnancies means babies of the female variety.

Now ex hubby was convinced too (he listened to his mum too much) but I wasn't despite 'carrying' completely differently as well. I didn't have the heart to tell hubby about what I saw on a scan at 37 weeks, a perfect view of non female lower regions!

At that time, they didn't tell you the sex of the unborn child, so we had the mystery of guessing....eldest I wanted a girl and was slightly disappointed for about a nano second when they said he was a boy, middle I knew he was a boy but would have liked a girl and still harboured hope until that late scan, youngest, I knew from the off he was a boy.

I had terrible nausea with all of them, with James, it was all day nausea but not much vomiting which settled around week 16, with middle pretty much the same but because my kidneys were struggling and the nerves were being compressed in my spine (from 8 weeks!), it made me feel much worse than it had with James. With youngest, I had the throwing up all the time as well as the nausea until quite late and several hospital visits on top of the same nerve compression I had with middle son.

I had to go on leave early with middle son as the nerve compression was threatening my ability to walk longterm, unfortunately, my employer decided that giving him a 14 day sick note meant I was handing in my notice (I had a perfect attendance record prior to this and had been there some time), so I also had an employment tribunal to contend with too!

SingleSue

lemonjelly wrote: »

I know of 2 kids who are way too fussy about what they eat, & worryingly have got to an age where I really fail to see how their parents will get them eating fruit or veg. They have no rounded diet at all. One only eats chicken nuggets. The other, adventurous is sausage & mash!:eek: They're 5 & 7.

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My old health visitor said my boys would never eat green veg as I don't eat them and they follow by example....

Fast forward a few years and my boys were the only ones at a family wedding to ask for veg with their chicken nuggests (bluegh). They LOVE their veg, all different kinds, even sprouts :rotfl: As for fruit, costs me an arm and a leg each week just to keep youngest in fruit, especially now he is on a health kick, he most certainly gets his 5 a day.

Eldest and middle are more adventurous, they love trying weird and wonderful meats (well weird and wonderful to most young people in this country anyway) and although eldest shares my dislike of spicy foods, youngest and middle love them....as long as they placed completely seperately on the plate and with no touching of the different elements

Nikkster

lemonjelly wrote: »

I know of 2 kids who are way too fussy about what they eat, & worryingly have got to an age where I really fail to see how their parents will get them eating fruit or veg. They have no rounded diet at all. One only eats chicken nuggets. The other, adventurous is sausage & mash!:eek: They're 5 & 7.

Sausages are round if you look at them from the right angle
Unless it is lorne...