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Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:47 pm
by GORDON
What do you do when your kid gets stupid about food?
Mine is 4 and all of a sudden he isn't eating most of the things that, a month ago, he loved and couldn't eat fast enough. He says, "My throat won't let me swallow it."
My first thought was "allergic/anaphalactic reaction," but he can eat other things on his plate, just not the hamburger/steak/chicken/whatever. Throat isn't closing, kid is just being a turd.
How do you beat that out of them without leaving visible bruises? Or is there a better trick?
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:54 pm
by Troy
GORDON wrote: He says, "My throat won't let me swallow it."
Your kid is awesome.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 6:27 pm
by TheCatt
We make ours eat a little bit, then move on for that night/day/whatever. With most things, she's eventually started eating them normally again.
And we let her go hungry, quite frankly. She can eat something bland if she turns down a meal, otherwise she gets nothing.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:06 pm
by GORDON
I'm totally on board with the "he'll eat when he gets hungry enough," but the wife fights it and has to make it hard.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:15 pm
by WSGrundy
GORDON wrote:I'm totally on board with the "he'll eat when he gets hungry enough," but the wife fights it and has to make it hard.
Sounds like you need to find a way to beat that out of the wife without leaving any visible bruises.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:15 pm
by TPRJones
That's what I do with my cats. They don't get other food until the food they have is gone. No matter how long that takes.
I figure the worst case scenario is they start eating other stuff outside and I can just stop buying food altogether.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 7:34 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:I'm totally on board with the "he'll eat when he gets hungry enough," but the wife fights it and has to make it hard.
I think we found your real problem.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:42 pm
by Cakedaddy
Maybe add some BBQ sause or catchup or something. Perhaps it's too dry and really getting stuck? If I eat unsalted fries too quick, they get stuck. Over cooked dry turkey does too.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:51 pm
by GORDON
No, this is a brand new development. Foods he has always devoured... now he "can't swallow."
He always has ketchup.
Posted: Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:02 pm
by TPRJones
Would it be a good idea to have a doctor look down his throat? Just in case?
Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:21 pm
by Mommy Dearest
The kid is fine he just does not want that right now. Hasn't anything you had to swallow closed your throat?
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:20 am
by TPRJones
Sure, I guess, if it was really really nasty. But meat isn't all that nasty, really ... unless the kid is turning into a vegan?
The phrasing was just odd, I wondered if he might be having some sort of reaction or something.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 1:38 am
by GORDON
Today he requested a second helping of spinach. Fine.
He takes a big bite... "My bite was too big. I can't swallow it. I have to spit it out."
After a bit of "discussion," and the warning that if he spits it out he doesn't get dessert, he spits out the tiny little bit that hadn't dissolved in his mouth yet. Then he continues eating his spinach.
Kid is just going through a phase.
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:34 am
by GORDON
I actually just told my son, completely in context, "If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding."
Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:10 am
by TheCatt
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat?
Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2010 9:04 am
by thibodeaux
I've done that.
Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:27 pm
by TheCatt
So what's the deal with his tonsils?
Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2010 12:26 am
by GORDON
He's apparently well endowed with them.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 9:45 am
by Paul
Until my daughter was four years old I could get her to do anything by telling her not to do it and making a big "Oh nooooooo!" fuss when she did it.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:03 pm
by GORDON
Paul wrote:Until my daughter was four years old I could get her to do anything by telling her not to do it and making a big "Oh nooooooo!" fuss when she did it.
He had a massive blowout temper tantrum at Target the other day.
When I pointed out to him he was behaving just like the bad bear cubs in one of his Barenstain Bears books, he got an "oh shit" look on his face... and he's been a lot more agreeable ever since. Still picky, just not as bad.