Hamburger ideas for snacks, Gwen

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Gwen,

I would not force him to eat a balanced meal at this point. First just get some

calories into

him and see if his mood gets better. (then you can start moving him towards a

more

balanced diet when he is more relaxed). I say this because my daughter goes

from sweet

to cranky and moody and unreasonable when she is hungry (but she doesn't always

recognize that she is hungry).

I use snacks to get some more calories into my daughter. Two things to do with

hamburger (other than meatloaf!):

1). I brown a pound of hamburger, drain any fat, and then salt heavily and also

added

paprika. We eat it in a bowl with a spoon. My daughter calls it Meat Crumbles,

or just

Crumbles. (Someday I'll find a recipe for taco flavoring and then I'll flavor

it like taco

meat.)

2). Meatballs also make good snacks and are a good way to get some calories in.

I mix in

my mixer:

2 pounds hamburger

1 teaspoon basil

1 teaspoon oregano

1 teaspoon salt (I use sea salt)

Line the bottom part of the broiler pan (the part that does NOT touch the meat)

with

aluminum foil for easy clean-up.

I make about 50 meatballs and place them on a broiler pan. (It takes two

batches to get

them all baked). Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Serve warm.

I hope that this helps.

Carolyn

(myself and dd SCD, day 7)

>

My son wakes up in the middle of the night crying out things like, " I want

that, " or " Give

me that, " and reaching out his arms for something invisible to me. He cries and

cries. He

also gets so mad when I say that he can't have something like dried papaya or

milk or

whatever it is. I feel like the best thing would be to never go out again. It's

not like I can

say, this milk will hurt your tummy, because I don't know that it does. It is

so

heartbreaking. During his waking hours, he is becoming increasingly crankier

and his

moods are swinging all over the place. I can't force him to eat a well

balanced meal....can

I? I am still concerned about calorie intake and I'll admit, wish that I could

just give him a

big glass of milk to help him with calories and feeling full. I didn't try the

intro full

heartedly, he just wouldn't eat the food. I feel a need to see him consuming

1300 calories

per day and when he doesn't and then he won't sleep and he's

> obviously got low blood sugar, I feel like an abusive parent.

>