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Post by magellen on Jun 8, 2021 7:06:09 GMT
You might try different cuisines. My son loves Indian style food, I swear it is Masala Garam.
My daughter loves Mediterranean food.
Both were picky.
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Post by slowjoe on Jun 8, 2021 18:41:10 GMT
Thank you all for the overwhelming response. If you remember me from back in the day you know I like to respond to everyone, but it's a busy day in the mortgage business, as usual, and I just can't. I gave my wife a link to this thread so we'll both be looking at it for ideas. Suffice it to say it's been very eye-opening. Thankfully it's full of great ideas/plans/habits. Again, thank you so very much. If you're curious about the little brat, you can see my entire family on my Facebook HERE. |
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Post by naby64 on Jun 8, 2021 19:41:36 GMT
Your family is lovely!! And why didn't I realize you were in FL. My DH is a Tampan.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 8, 2021 21:19:46 GMT
I am responding having read only OP's post not the 4 pages of responses. I would never have expectations of a 3 year old with food nor would there ever be punishment associated with food. Are you trying to create an eating disorder? Sneaking? Power struggles? I sure hope not. No one should be forced to put things in their mouth they don't want unless it is medicine to save their life.
Children eat when they are hungry and they eat what they like when it is available. Offer what you want your family to eat. Stop having food that is unhealthy in the house. Offer it. Offer variety. No 3 year old needs pressure about what to eat and not eat.
Gees this whole post makes me uneasy.
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Post by tara on Jun 9, 2021 1:31:36 GMT
I am responding having read only OP's post not the 4 pages of responses. I would never have expectations of a 3 year old with food nor would there ever be punishment associated with food. Are you trying to create an eating disorder? Sneaking? Power struggles? I sure hope not. No one should be forced to put things in their mouth they don't want unless it is medicine to save their life. Children eat when they are hungry and they eat what they like when it is available. Offer what you want your family to eat. Stop having food that is unhealthy in the house. Offer it. Offer variety. No 3 year old needs pressure about what to eat and not eat. Gees this whole post makes me uneasy. I’m glad I’m not the only one. Op, my husband‘s father was the same way. My husband was made to sit at the table till he got done eating. No matter what it was he had to eat it. My husband‘s father was an abusive prick. Dh is 57 now. After all these years do you know how he still eats? He doesn’t taste his food. Learned as a child to just put it in his mouth and swallow. He eats a meal in five minutes or under. And my god, 3 is still a baby IMO. As a former foster parent, I’ve dealt with kids with food issues. You have to be careful you’re not setting up bad issues with food. |
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Post by pierkiss on Jun 9, 2021 1:42:07 GMT
Did she eat the junk food you brought to the beach? If yes, that’s going to be your reinforcer. You will reward eating bites of no preferred food with whatever the junk food she likes is (cookies, chips, broccoli, whatever-it doesn’t matter, as long as you KNOW she will go bonkers over the food). If she doesn’t eat the non preferred food, then absolutely NO ACCESS to the preferred food. No matter what. It’s a very simple rule, and highly effective if parents DO NOT CAVE. The minute you cave, and give her the preferred food because you think she will starve to death (she won’t) is the minute she knows how to beat you at this game. To be clear-you need to do it bite for bite. She takes a bite of non preferred food (can be the worlds tiniest bite-she gets a bite of food (should be larger than the tiniest bite of food to solidify the idea in her mind and make it worth it for her). Later, once she’s got the hang of it, you fade out the size of the preferred bite, and how often you give it (maybe you get a bite of preferred food for every 2 bites of non preferred food. Then maybe it switches to every 3 bites and so on). Don’t move to fast to fade out the preferred food, because she’ll decide it’s not worth her while and quit eating no preferred foods. You need to see a reliable pattern of responding before attempting to fade the reinforcer.
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