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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, October 18, 2004 - 8:07 pm
Julieboo, I feel for you! My DS is 4 and also has very sensitive taste buds, as well as a stronger than normal gag reflex. Once I gave him a tiny taste of mashed potatoes and gravy in a restaurant, and he promptly threw up in front of all the other not-so-pleased diners. Yuck! He won't even taste peanut butter (sooooo suspicious of anything new--you'd think I was trying to poison him!). I only ask him to try one taste of something new, "cause if you don't taste it how will you know you don't like it?" He also will not eat meat. When I give him chicken and stars soup, I have to pick out every single tiny carrot and shred of chicken meat or he won't eat it. Won't eat potatoes in any form--did you ever see a kid who wouldn't eat french fries??? (Actually, I think that's a good thing.) We tried to give him healthy foods as a baby and never gave him many sweets (he's only discovered cookies and candy in the past year), but he has his own mind when it comes to food. Fortunately, he's allergic to cow's milk so has been drinking soy milk his whole life. We buy it by the case at Costco and he drinks tons of it. I even take it to his school for snack instead of cow's milk. I used to make fun of my brother's son for being a picky eater, but I got one who's even worse!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, October 18, 2004 - 8:18 pm
Wow Babyjax. Our sons sound very similar-except mine is fine w/ regular milk. Until he was somewhere around a year, he ate very healthy!!! Kinda sad when I think that him eating french fries and peanut butter cups is nutritious!!!!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, October 18, 2004 - 8:19 pm
Grace--thank you for the above info and phone numbers!
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, October 18, 2004 - 8:32 pm
JB, our son eats so little that when he does eat anything we get EXCITED! He's EATING!!!!!!
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Danas15146
Member
03-31-2004
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 8:26 am
Julie & Babyjaxmom -- I really feel for you guys -- here I am complaining about the normal kid fussiness and you guys are dealing with so much more. We are trying our first uncrustable in the lunch today. There are very few things that my son will eat on the school lunch menu and at the last minute this morning he decided that he hates the stuffed crust pizza and can't eat the cheeseburger (because the ketchup will squirt out) and demanded a packed lunch. No time to pack his usual salami sandwich with no crust so I grabbed an uncrustable (on sale this week so I figured I'd try them). What do you guys do to keep lunches cold during school. Do you think that with a cold pack a yogurt would be okay for the two hours until lunch?
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 8:33 am
I have small ice packs and each lunch box gets one with them. My kids have milk so I just want to make sure that keeps it cold. Another way is to freeze a juice box and put that into the lunch, however, dd didn't like it because it was still too cold to drink for afternoon snack. 
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Danas15146
Member
03-31-2004
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 9:02 am
Thanks Skootz. I have been using one of those Gel Ice Packs (for injuries) - but it is deformed from being warm so long at school - so I am looking for something specifically for lunch boxes. I am going to check target this weekend.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 10:25 am
I have hard plastic ice packs..not the soft gel gell ones..the are for coolers...hey are about 3x5" you should be able to find something similar to this. good luck
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Kimmo
Member
05-02-2003
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 10:28 am
Danas, I eat yogurt at work and have an insulated lunch box, which I keep at my desk. If I put it in the refrigerator with the yogurt inside for even just 15-30 minutes before leaving the house, it keeps cool/keeps its consistency for at least 2-3 hours. If I don't refrigerate the bag before I put the yogurt in, it might last 90 minutes before it gets tepid and runny.
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Danas15146
Member
03-31-2004
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 10:46 am
Kimmo - that makes me feel better. His lunch is in the fridge over night and is insulated - so he should be fine with yogurt at school. I put a go-gurt in their today - so we'll see how that goes. - Dana
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, October 20, 2004 - 11:19 am
you can also try freezing the go-gurts, as well as teh uncrustable..
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Graceunderfyre
Member
01-21-2004
| Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 1:19 pm
ok so new topic. . .last night, my inlaws had a family dinner to celebrate my Mom-in-law's retirement. DH's sis has a 6 year old who is very energetic (said with lots of love and a BIG grin). After my 16month DS was done eating he started making a lot of noise and crying and throwing stuff. So after first removing all objects from his reach, we then let him out of the high chair to run around the family room. Our neice was refusing to eat so she decided she should also get to run around and kept whining that it wasn't fair that he got to run around when she didn't. I was explaining that it's because Jay is a baby and hasn't learned how to listen as well as she has when my sis-in-law cut me off and said through very gritted teeth that she could handle it on her own. I was shocked, I was only trying to help and I knew she was tired having just walked in the door from work. Now I know part of this is because my family is pretty tight and is not afraid to correct each other's kids. Also, we have very specifically told our friends to feel free to discipline Jay if needed and they have told us the same. My sis-in-law has also told us that she appreciates that we don't leave it all up to her. So I'm not quite sure why I got snapped at other than she was tired. But I am wondering if maybe I should be forcing my baby to sit in the high chair when everyone else is eating. I figure it's better for everyone to eat in peace and quiet than to sit and hear him scream. Is this wrong?
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 2:01 pm
I think the safest thing to do is from now on just discipline Jay and let the other kids' parents do their own thing. (unless there is danger involved or Jay is directly involved.) Personally I think it is fine for you to let a toddler run around after he is done eating. Nothing wrong with that. I bet you are right that the sil was just tired.... I an guessing her snapping was not cuz Jay was out of his chair. Maybe she thought there was nothing wrong with her kid running around too.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 4:12 pm
Has anyone else actually disciplined your child yet? I said that too when mine were little and honestly meant it till someone disciplined them for something that I didn't think was a big deal! LOL I think she probably felt it was ok for her daughter to leave the table too.
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Graceunderfyre
Member
01-21-2004
| Saturday, November 20, 2004 - 7:53 pm
Thanks guys. . . Annie, actually both parents had been arguing with her about sitting at the table, so I knew it was something they wanted. And yes, people have disciplined Jay but it's sorta hard since he doesn't really listen yet. But you are right, the sort of things people tell him to do are be quiet during the sermon (duh!) or not to touch something hot or an electical outlet. Can't you tell my kid not only looks like one but actually behaves like an angel? (and if you believe that, I've got a bridge to sell you)
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