food and mischief

[Guest guest]

My non-verbal son always needs to have all of the attention on him -- that's his

personality. He uses mischief to obtain this. Well, prior to our adding the

second fridge (the one he doesn't know exists), he was always trying to rummage

thru the fridge and get things out that he couldn't have (he can figure out

fridge locks, so those didn't help). I assumed it was a craving thing, but

here's why I know it was not...

The typical scenerio was him opening up the fridge and grabbing what he knew I

didn't want him to have and running away with it laughing. He set it up as a

game of chase, so I wondered if it was the food or the game that was most

important to him. There was nothing illegal in there, but there was raw fruit

and vegetables. When we first got rid of the illegals in the first place, he

suddenly started playing this game with foods I could previously never pay him

to eat (applesauce, goat yogurt, avacados). I first thought his taste was

changing, but now that our fridge that he has access to has nothing but raw meat

and onions, garlic, butter, mayo, cilantro, beverages and a few condiments, he

does it with those foods! He runs out of the kitchen with a stick of butter

chowing it down, giggling that he has gotten away with it. Yesterday, he ran

off with a package of raw meat (he didn't eat it as I got there in time!).

Today was the funniest thing of all. He darted out

of the kitchen with something small enough to fit in his hand. I didn't bother

chasing him as I am trying to put an end to this game (ie: extinguish the

behavior). I then got distracted and forgot to check on him. When I next saw

him, he was rinsing his mouth out in the sink and wiping his tongue with a

washcloth. When he saw me, he giggled and then ran over to the table where I

saw a raw onion with a bite out of it. I was curious as to what he would do

next. He alternated taking bites out of the raw onion, giggling, watching for

my reaction -- then running to the sink to rinse his mouth off! He ate about a

third of a raw onion and finally gave up since I didn't react.

I feel foolish for feeling guilty when I though he was starving/suffering on

food restrictions! He was playing me like a fiddle!

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing that story. I think that it too funny. Our kids are sooo

much more clever than most people(sometimes even ourselves) give them credit

for.

Meleah

food and mischief

My non-verbal son always needs to have all of the attention on him -- that's

his personality. He uses mischief to obtain this. Well, prior to our adding the

second fridge (the one he doesn't know exists), he was always trying to rummage

thru the fridge and get things out that he couldn't have (he can figure out

fridge locks, so those didn't help). I assumed it was a craving thing, but

here's why I know it was not...

The typical scenerio was him opening up the fridge and grabbing what he knew I

didn't want him to have and running away with it laughing. He set it up as a

game of chase, so I wondered if it was the food or the game that was most

important to him. There was nothing illegal in there, but there was raw fruit

and vegetables. When we first got rid of the illegals in the first place, he

suddenly started playing this game with foods I could previously never pay him

to eat (applesauce, goat yogurt, avacados). I first thought his taste was

changing, but now that our fridge that he has access to has nothing but raw meat

and onions, garlic, butter, mayo, cilantro, beverages and a few condiments, he

does it with those foods! He runs out of the kitchen with a stick of butter

chowing it down, giggling that he has gotten away with it. Yesterday, he ran off

with a package of raw meat (he didn't eat it as I got there in time!). Today was

the funniest thing of all. He darted out

of the kitchen with something small enough to fit in his hand. I didn't bother

chasing him as I am trying to put an end to this game (ie: extinguish the

behavior). I then got distracted and forgot to check on him. When I next saw

him, he was rinsing his mouth out in the sink and wiping his tongue with a

washcloth. When he saw me, he giggled and then ran over to the table where I saw

a raw onion with a bite out of it. I was curious as to what he would do next. He

alternated taking bites out of the raw onion, giggling, watching for my reaction

-- then running to the sink to rinse his mouth off! He ate about a third of a

raw onion and finally gave up since I didn't react.

I feel foolish for feeling guilty when I though he was starving/suffering on

food restrictions! He was playing me like a fiddle!

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Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center.