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Message edited 2/10/2007 4:46:55 PM.

Re: What do your children eat?????

Re: What do your children eat?????

I am confused how this ended up in a debate

Anyway, for the original poster, you are NOT alone in this. I think at one point or another children, no matter what age, become picky... But here's a list of what my son eats:

pancakes
waffles
bagels w/ cream cheese
Kix
grilled cheese
chick nuggets
mac and cheese
fries
chick culets
roast beef
chick soup
corn
carrots
turkey
ham
yogurt
drinkable yogurts
cheese sandwiches
baked ziti
hot dogs
cucumbers (with spinach dip)
pizza

Snacks:
goldfish
crackers
chips ahoy or oreo thin crisps (the 100 calorie bags)
cheese nips
pretzles with dip
fruit cups

Basically, he'll eat pretty much what we eat, except of course on those days when he is picky.

Good luck! Things will get better, then worse, then better again! Hang in there!

Message edited 2/5/2007 11:15:42 AM.

Re: What do your children eat?????

Hello. I posted this question a wek ago, and I haven't really had the chance to sit down and read your responses until now. I was really kind of surprised at all the controversy that has come out of asking a simple question.

I want to begin by saying that I am the Mom of two ... one perfectly developed child and one special needs child. I am a wonderful, adventurous cook and baker. I have tried ... and continue to try on a daily basis ... to cook good, healthy meals for both my children. They simply don't eat! My daughter who is 3 1/2 used to eat fruit, vegetables, etc. as a baby ... no problem at all. Now ... it's a completely different story. Yes, we have hysteria at the dinner table sometimes ... yes, she's been sent to her room for refusing to even try certain things ... yes, I've spoken to the doctor about this ... do you want to know his answer??? Children's eating habits go through different stages. She may eat chicken today and not it eat for the next six months. She is normal, of a good weight, good bloodwork, good teeth, etc. He tells me to work within her diet and continue to offer new things. Now, my son ... he is a special needs child ... seizure disorder, ataxia, apraxia, functionally deaf, developmentally delayed. He ate vegetables and fruits as a baby ... it took 2 1/2 hours to get them into him and he would throw them up an hour later ... but we continued to try. Now, he's 6. He eats chicken nuggets every single day of his life. He eats pudding every single day of his life. He eats goldfish every single day of his life. The doctors philisophy on him??? Just get the food into him and keep his weight up ... we'll worry about proper diet later. The Neurologist's rule ... he suffers from hyponatremia ... he needs to eat salty foods all day long. Two very different children ... two very different eating habits and patterns ... one Mommy who has done everything within my realm to keep by babies happy and healthy. Am I a bad mother or a lazy mother for feeding my son potato chips at 11 AM to keep his sodium up????? NO.

I get upset when I see you ladies attacking each other over this stupid subject ... and yes ... it is stupid at this point. YOU ARE ALL GOOD MOTHERS ... You are all doing what you feel is right for your own child.

No one knows what works or doesn't work for another until they walk in their shoes for a day ... a week ... a year.
PLEASE ... I was asking a simple, curious question when I started this post. Thanks for the answers, but now I'm sorry I asked in the first place.

Please stop attacking each other and thinking that someone is "talking about you" when they post a response.

Let's just end it here.

Re: What do your children eat?????

Re: What do your children eat?????

Posted by rose825

Posted by SPECIALNEEDSMOMMY

YOU ARE ALL GOOD MOTHERS ... You are all doing what you feel is right for your own child.

No one knows what works or doesn't work for another until they walk in their shoes for a day ... a week ... a year.

Let's just end it here.

I applaud you for what you said and what you do. It takes a special person to be a special needs mommy and to do it with such grace

PS- The oatmeal with dinosaurs worked. Maybe they make one with princesses for your daughter.