Re: Others with small children?

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Thank you for this post. My parents taught me the wrong way and I don't want it to pass to my future children:o)

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To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thu, April 29, 2010 5:51:11 AMSubject: Re: Others with small children?

Dawn,

I have 5-year old and 3-year old daughters and am due any day with another sweet girl. I have found the work of Ellyn Satter to be absolutely brilliant when trying to raise normal eaters. Her basic rule is that grown-ups decide what and when to eat and the children decide whether and how much. She encourages parents to set regular meal and snack times and limit intake in between these. She also has great advice about putting out the entire meal (including dessert) at the beginning. I have found it very successful with my own children. We also talk a lot about eating "until our tummy says stop".

I have definitely encountered the scenario of not being hungry for a meal but wanting to keep my kids on their normal schedule. I just drink a mug of warm tea and keep them company. If they ask, I tell them Mommy's tummy isn't hungry and that probably means I'll want a bigger snack later. They have been totally fine with this explanation.

Hope that helps. You can e-mail me off the listserv if you like too.

On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Dawn Rittenbach <dmzbaerenyahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi, Are there others with small children active in this group? Or, who had small children while learning IE? I'd like to talk and share support if there are. I know that I'm finding it difficult to not eat my kids food, but more than that, to model good eating habits for them and to do things like the family meal for dinner and still feel like I'm being true to my inner hunger. Example, at dinner time tonight, I wasn't hungry, but I needed to eat for them and be present with them. Plus, I don't want to over ride their IE, but I can't cook and fix snacks all day either.Dawn