Digest Number 954

September 3, 2004

I read something on this the other day... and my daughter is a lot

younger, but sort of has the same symptoms. A lot of times, she won't

start eating until we take the food away from her. The article was

talking about kids having a difficult time with transitions - they're

playing, and they want to play, and not especially hungry (especially

if they've had a recent snack) and so they come to dinner distracted

and two or three bites " fill " them up. But then the body kicks in with

the digestion stuff, so in about 20 minutes, they feel hungry, and so

want to eat.

That sounds like a perfect case for setting her dinner aside and

letting her eat it later. It's not forcing her to eat things she hates

(my husband will actually throw up unfamiliar foods when he's forced

to have a taste, because he's a very sensitive taster and was forced

to eat stuff he hated as a kid), it's just letting her eat it when she

actually feels hungry. Making her come to the dinner table in the

first place and sitting for a given amount of time with the family is

still important socially, but actually doing the eating then is maybe

secondary.

-kt

> Message: 3

> Wed, 01 Sep 2004 17:16:40 -0000

> " smartgirl27us " <thesmartfamily3

> Re: Kids 'n' foods

>

> My current food problem with my daughter is that we will make a meal

> that I KNOW that she likes. She will eat a few small bites then say

> she is full. I will try to get her to eat more but at most will coax

> one more bite out of her. Then, about 10 minutes after I have

> cleaned up her plate she will say she is hungry and wants a snack or

> desert. Erghhhh! If she didnt eat good I will say no desert, but

> she spends the whole night after that complaining that she is

> hungry. I will try and fix her a healthy snack but still it is

> frustrating because I know that she liked the dinner, she just

> wouldnt eat it.

April 20, 2006

Pat,

It's lovely to be back again and i've missed you too! I believe i

demoted myself to normal group member when i handed over to you. I've got a

lot going on at the moment. Work issues grr. But i'd love to help

however i can. Looking forward to hearing from more of these great new

members. I can already see a lot of helpful and friendly people.

My aussie friend has just told me there is an old wives' tale about eating

grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice to get pregnant. I'm just trying to

the healthiest i can but it is hard when it's easter and you're confort

eating to forget about stress at work. My Nan just died as well, which

didn't help. However, i thik being veggie gives me a head start and i do

always eat a lot of vegetables... although i'm not so hot on fruit.

Stawberries and peaches are good but winter fruit sucks! Over here its

mainly apples, oranges and bananas that are available. The other stuff gets

very expensive and never tastes good as its had so many food miles.

I must have a dig in the recipes section. I've only read a few emails and

already i've decided to have chilli in tortillas for tea. I wish i knew

more about mexican food. I think on the whole british people aren't very

aware of the difference between enchilladas, quesidillas and chimichangas

etc and i'm no exception. Apart from mexican or american restaurants the

food is not that readily available. You can buy tortillas, tacos etc but

not that many people know how to use them properly. So i'm on a mission to

learn.

Thanks for congratulating me Pat. I do like being a Mrs and referring to

" my husband " , although i'm still getting used to that.

I have my wedding photos online now at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/56565105@N00/sets/72057594096543491/

So feel free to be nosy.

Huuuuge hugs to you too, and thanks for such a lovely welcome back!

....and Shell, thanks for the encouragement about knitting. I can't just sit

still. I have to be knitting or spinning to crocheting or something!

Laura x

> Message: 11

> Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:39:34 -0000

> " veggiehound " <veggiehound

> Re: Returning Member - Laura!!!!!!! ;-)

>

> Wowieeeee, Laura! Wonderful to see you here again. We've really really

> missed you - and I

> do hope you're coming back as part of the management team (you're still an

> Owner,

> remember! You have POWERS, woman!). We have a lot more members now, and

> they're

> really really great! Well, you'll see for yourself LOL

>

> > I'm no longer vegan, just veggie now, and still having some weight

> issues

> > and now am eating more unhealthily than ever. So i decided it was time

> to

> > confront the situation and immerse myself in healthy veggie eating. So

> here

> > i am!

> > I also thought i had better reintroduce myself.

>

> What a lovely idea!!! I can't believe that you're eating unhealthily, but

> even healthier is

> always a good thing, eh?

>

> You say you're hoping for

> > Healthy recipe ideas and advice. Also, i'm trying to conceive so any

> veggie

> > pregnancy/conception advice would be great.

>

> Welllll, not sure I remember exactly how to do that. Have you checked the

> cabbage patch

> lately? But I'm sure people here will have some good ideas LOL

>

> OK, enough messing about: Congratulations on your marriage - that's great

> - and on your

> decision to reproduce (lucky kid!), and on your upcoming birthday. And

> absolutely

> huuuuge hugs to you and a huge WELCOME BACK!!!!

>

> Lots of love,

>

> Pat

April 20, 2006

Congrats on the recent wedding/marriage Laura.

My partner and I are having a commitment ceremony/pagan handfasting in less

than 2 weeks (ahh!). :-)

Cindi

Laura Wingfield <Laura.Wingfield wrote: