If all else fails, I blame the moon’s position at the moment of her birth. Couldn’t be helped, you see, Officer. That’s just because of her moon in Jupiter.

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Now I have to yell at them to stop gulping their food and actually chew it.

Sigh. It never ends.

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We stood our ground plenty of times and some days it worked and sometimes it didn’t but then suddenly she just snapped out of it. Now she just eats and eats and eats and nothing can get in her way of a good meal. Beats me because I spent at least 2 years trying to work out how she survived on a piece of toast and a bowl of rice crispies every 24hours.

Hang on – this has turned out sounding negative and it wasn’t meant to… what I was going to say was that I think in the end she sorted her issues out because she saw that we weren’t going to give in. Eventually she buckled and now she just eats!

I say parents one – child nil

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So, we’re semi-geniuses.

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OK, the not eating, he won’t starve if he misses a meal. You did the right thing not backing down. He will learn that meal time is for eating, not playing. My problem is mine doesn’t play, she just doesn’t eat in hopes of getting snacks later on.

Guilt is bad, we all have it for one reason or other, but you love him and are doing it for his own good, so take it easy on yourself.

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On the dinner. I could go on and on about this but will spare you. Carter will not starve, and good on you for holding to your decision. I have three lovely passive resisters who have all had their little issues at the table and thankfully we’ve survived them all. I was/am a hard-nosed loving mom who has three grown boys who all try food they think they may not like…and yes, one has huge food allergies/issues. Okay, so that kind of sounded like a lecture, huh?

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We also have a no toys, no books, no distractions at dinner. Sooo…. he’s learned. Still I feel like shit for depriving him of food.

I’m fairly strict about dinner – we eat together, either in the kitchen at the breakfast bar or at the DR table, and are dinner time manners that I try to enforce (keyword: try. It’s apparently very fun to see how many times you can fart during dinner). My kids usually eat pretty quickly but if they’re poking along, once I’m done in the kitchen, they’re done. If they don’t finish their plates, there’s no dessert and no snacks for the rest of the evening (I am bending on this slightly w/ O, given his nose/throat troubles and how it’s affecting his appetite, but I don’t w/ J). It’s seldom that I let them have a dessert without finishing their plates, but I do sometimes.
For the most part, my kids are pretty good at the table, though they most certainly have their moments.

You’re doing a great job. Sorry this is a freakin’ novel.