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myxomatosis8  3 stars
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Registered: 2001-7-14 23:45:21
 Date Posted: 3/6/09 10:18am Subject: Do you push your youngster to finish what is on their plate?
-Chanell- posted:
My mom also made a big production of junk food in the house, how hard it was to say no to us kids when we wanted something unhealthy to eat. I've found it's quite easy when I just don't buy junk



This, 1000 times over!! Same here, no junk food in our house, obviously I don't want them eating much, but I just avoid it myself anyway, including any prepackaged low-cal snacks and stuff... Supposedly even having low-cal snack packs in your house reduces your chances of losing weight, I heard the other day. Gets them used to needing snacks or thinking they're hungry when they're just bored or do it while watching TV or whatever without even thinking about it.

 

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Varece  4 stars
Posts: 1,096
Registered: 2002-1-7 21:48:11
 Date Posted: 3/6/09 10:19am Subject: Do you push your youngster to finish what is on their plate?
myxomatosis8 posted:
-Chanell- posted:
My mom also made a big production of junk food in the house, how hard it was to say no to us kids when we wanted something unhealthy to eat. I've found it's quite easy when I just don't buy junk



This, 1000 times over!! Same here, no junk food in our house, obviously I don't want them eating much, but I just avoid it myself anyway, including any prepackaged low-cal snacks and stuff... Supposedly even having low-cal snack packs in your house reduces your chances of losing weight, I heard the other day. Gets them used to needing snacks or thinking they're hungry when they're just bored or do it while watching TV or whatever without even thinking about it.



I think this is a problem in a lot of homes. The parents eat all the junk food, and expect their kids to eat healthy.


A lot of the shows I've seen about overweight kids shows a pantry full of crap food, with a LOCK on the doors so the little ones can't get at it all.


Uhhhh...

 

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Makaena
Title: supermom & fixer of scraped knees
Posts: 32
Registered: 2002-8-3 08:25:25
 Date Posted: 3/6/09 10:19am Subject: Do you push your youngster to finish what is on their plate?
When it comes to portion control, I let my kid get full. Meaning if we are having lunch and its just hot dogs or chicken nuggets and she eats a bunch then that's ok with me. I was blessed with an active kid she's up for 14 hours a day, 2 of it is infront of the TV (Mickey mouse club house, Tigger and Pooh, Little Einsteins and Wonder Pets all her choice) and the other 12 is playing like theres no tomarrow. With both kids I make them try things I don't eat. My daughter LOVES peas where as I don't like them. She eats liver where as I dont touch the stuff.


You'd never guess this kid can eat 2-3 hotdogs and 6-10 chicken nuggets at a time.... She's in 3T pants/shorts/skirts and 5T to 5/6 shirts (because of her torso length) she's 37 1/2 inches tall and weights 32 pounds.


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Now with Wyatt on the other hand he's discovering theres different tastes and he wants more and more and more and I will stop him from eating at times when I know he's just tasting. He's in 12 month clothes because of how long his body is. He is 26 inches long and weighs 16 pounds.


Wyatt is just under 5 months old





 

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Makaena
Title: supermom & fixer of scraped knees
Posts: 32
Registered: 2002-8-3 08:25:25
 Date Posted: 3/6/09 10:19am Subject: Do you push your youngster to finish what is on their plate?
the 2-3 hot dogs and 6-10 chicken nuggets should be 2-3 hot dogs OR 6-10 chicken nuggets

 

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Ah-Schoo  4 stars
Title: Fuzzy Caterpillar of Friendliness
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Registered: 2000-8-11 09:05:29
 Date Posted: 3/6/09 10:19am Subject: Do you push your youngster to finish what is on their plate?
Oddly enough, last night my kid didn't want dinner. We didn't force him but made it pretty clear that he wasn't getting snacks later (never does after dinner.)

He just wasn't feeling well. Slight fever last night and sniffles today.

 

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