Just Stubborn Or Something Else? What Do You Think?

[Country Kids]

Do they all have to eat at the same time? I don't think they do as long as they are within the time frame for that meal. Call and ask! I would explain, see if they have any suggestions and go from there. I would hope you could go with the eating seperate thing! Its PEPSI, not soda/pop/sodapop/coke-just plain old pepsi!

[Heidi]

Do you have a "crying spot"?


If you call everyone to the table, and he starts screaming, then move him away as far as you can (it's not like he's not in hearing distance if he's screaming). Say "as soon as you are done fussing, you are welcome to join us".

Then do like I said before???

[Hunni Bee]

I just lost my 4 year old with weird eating/potty/fixation issues. After almost 2 years, he just went home one day and never came back. He has so many issues that we helped him through, and they just pulled him with no notice.

But anyway, he ate nothing but junk. No milk except dark brown chocolate, no meat except chicken nuggets, hot dogs, etc., no vegetables at all and some fruits.

At first when something would be on his plate that he didn't like, he'd push the plate across the table, throw it on the floor, cry and scream. If he didn't get chocolate milk, cry and scream. When he reached my room at age 4 still doing these things, he would leave the table and go to nap immediately when he did them.

After a while, he got sick of going to bed 20 minutes before everyone else. He would eat what he wanted, then turn away from the remaining food like it was making him ill by looking at it , whatever. But the bad behavior at the table stopped. When we started family style, he just took what he liked.

He was a really big kid, so I know he wasnt starving. He'd just fill up on junk at home. I didn't too much worry about that.

If he's two, your guy has idea about what kind of behavior is expected at the table. And he knows it doesn't involve screaming at the food. I would tell you not to even put the food in front of him, but I know you have food program rules you have to follow.

But I wouldn't continue to coax him to eat or even say anything about the food. If at all possible, make a very small plate for him and set it to the side. If he shows interest in the other children eating, give him his plate. If he screams at it, put it in the fridge for later and leave him be. He continues to scream, he gets down from the table.

Just my very long humble opinion and advice.

[nothingwithoutjoy]

If he won't eat, cries about food, is up a lot at night, it could very well be a food allergy or intolerance. If my daughter has dairy, she's up all night and is cranky. She also doesn't like cheese, and would reject cheesy food if offered it. Stop the dairy, and she's healthy and happy. I would definitely have the doctor look into it. It could be related to something else, but he could very well be communicating something very important about what his body is telling him.