Emotional Eating - reduce anxiety and calming effect

[Guest guest]

I have a 3 year old VERY out of control son. He also has some special needs

(seizures and is on a special diet - modified atkins for seizures) so I have my

hands ful. Some times he drives me INSANE as any little adorable 3 yo boy

should! But...there are times when I literally pop food into my mouth b/c I'm

anxious and at my wits end with him and for some reason popping food into my

mouth (carbs/sugar of course) makes it better!!

the good news is that i'm aknowledging i'm doing this and why. Bad news is when

it's down to that moment, nothing else will do. I need help in how to deal with

this. Can I possibly do something else just as pleasing and quick to replace the

food? I can't just get up and leave my son b/c these things usually happen

during meal-time and/or medicine time or sometime where I can't physically leave

the room and say go do deep breathing or try to relax a little.

Or is this a time when maybe I just need food? Maybe I could replace the sugar

with something healthy? But I don't want to deprive myself if that's what I need

and/or starting labeling foods as good and bad.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

Jen