Re: Getting kids to eat/Pep talk

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Thanks for the advice, that is awesome!

le mom to Datreon, RSS

[Guest guest]

Hi Hillary

I'm reading emails rather late, but I have the same idea for Adam. It's the

" Adam drawer " . The largest, lowest drawer in the kitchen. When we grocery

shop he can pick items that can go in the drawer. In there is also cups and

bowls (so he doesn't climb....I'm terrified he'll fall off the counter). His

older sister knows that she is not to eat his food. It works real well for

us. I often hear Adam after I've gone to bed out there in his drawer getting

a snack.

Debby

Getting kids to eat/Pep talk

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> Hi,

> I've been noticing the thread on getting kids to eat. Unfortunately, I

> know

> how tough it is (although I was on the end of the kid who wouldn't eat!).

> First of all, hang in there!! I am always amazed at how much my parents

> went

> through with me and how much everyone on this list goes through with their

> own

> kids. You guys are so awesome! And I'm sure that your kids will be

> eternally

> grateful for everything you've done for them just as I am to my parents.

> I

> know there were days they thought I would never see my teen years, much

> less my

> twenties!

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> I also wanted to add that one thing my parents did when I was younger that

> I

> really liked and helped get me to eat more was that they created a

> " Hillary

> Shelf " in the pantry. It was the lowest or second to lowest shelf and

> they

> always kept crackers, cereal, chips, peanut butter, etc, etc. on it so I

> could

> help myself any time I wanted. Not only did this give me a great sense of

> independence, but I also ate more often. I'd wander over the pantry and

> eat a

> handful of crackers at regular intervals during playtime, and those

> calories

> can certainly add up quickly! It also helped that my parents let me pick

> out

> the food that went on that shelf and that no one else was allowed to touch

> the

> shelf! I ate off of it for a long time just because it was such a novelty

> that

> I had my very own shelf... in fact, it became such a big deal in our house

> that

> my parents had to create an " Shelf " for my brother because he was so

> enamored with my shelf . Anyway, I'm not sure if that would work for

> some of

> your kids, but it might be worth a try!

>

> ~Hillary

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