No One Can Feed The Child...HELP

[countrymom]

if he behaves like this again I would see if
he would eat if hes infront of the tv
or let him wonder and you chase him with the food

if he eats when doing either one of those things, then you know that this is what he's doing at home too. Also, have you tried using a stern voice and telling him to stop screaming. I don't allow screaming at the table, the minute he would do it, I would send him to the corner, when he would stop then I would let him back to the table, I would do this over and over. i don't put up with nonsense at meals, if you don't want to eat then fine, but you have no right to be disruptive so the other children can't eat.

[daycare]

now that is sounding like a control issue. I will bet you that he's playing this game at home too and its easier to give in then anything. I will bet you that he's not use to sitting down and eating, he wants you to chase him with food (my niece is like this and she's 3 too, my sister is such a nob) or I bet you he would rather sit infront of the tv and eat.

my SIL is like this with her daughter too. They live with my in laws and my MIL and FIL baby my niece to death. She is 4.5 and still cant use fork, spoon to feed herself or the toilet.

they chase her with food and they don't sit down to eat. They do that to my son too when he goes to visit and then I have to break the cycle.

I think you could be on to something, because its just too interesting that he is fine as long as he is not in front of food..


I plan to talk to the DCP today at pick up.

[familyschoolcare]

Alright, at firszt read this is going to sound strange but bare with me. Does the child show any signs of a social disorder or social issues.

I ask this because my step son that has a social disorder and showed signes of it at a very young age. 20 months. Finds the act of eating to be very borring.

This sometimes leads to problems with his eating not so much now that he is nearly 18 years old. NOt because the issues have gone "away" but because

he has learned to deal with them in a mannner that allows him to eat in a "normal" time period.

[Breezy]

100 percent sounds like a severe oral adversion. I have a friend who has a 7 year old with this and it takes him FOREVER to eat.