Lately I've been sick (wretched "morning" sickness every second of the day) and have been a bit lax with food and DS. He's been getting himself granola bars or whatever he wants basically while I lie around and moan. And I've been doing lots of quick pizzas, etc, rather than proper meals. But I'm feeling better now (this went on for about six weeks) and cooking like I used to.
I've noticed that DS has gotten much pickier than he used to be in that time and has been turning up his nose at a lot of food; he just seems to want granola bars and pickles all the time. He's five years old by the way, forgot that part. He is big though, most people think he's seven and he's always eaten a lot.
Today he had a granola bar and a glass of milk for breakfast. (He's never eaten a lot in the mornings) and then a banana and crackers and juice at preschool. For lunch he had most of an orange, a portion of pasta from last night (pasta, veggies, sauce and chopped up turkey), and a little square of chocolate. And a pickle. A few hours later he asked if he could have another granola bar and I said no but he could have toast. (We need to go shopping...I need more crackers and fruit etc ) He ate two pieces of toast but kept asking me for a granola bar. I said no more granola bars.
While I was talking to my mother on the phone I heard him run upstairs and a wrapper rustle. He'd taken a granola bar and run upstairs with it. I took him away and told him off for disobeying.
Later he asked if he could have a pickle. I said yes, one, and then no more eating until dinner. (Which will be in about an hour). I saw him grab two out of the jar and stuff one in his mouth, which again, was not what I said. I took the other one away and put it back in the jar.
He had a huge tantrum and kept insisting that he was hungry. I said if he were really hungry he could have some more leftover pasta. He refused it, so I feel like he's not actually hungry, he just wants to eat pickles and granola bars all day!
Arrgh! I don't want to be some draconian mom with the cupboards under lock and key, but he has no real food issues so I would like him to eat decent meals at proper times. Plus, granola bars and individual yogurts (another thing he wants to eat constantly when we have them) are not the cheapest things in the world and I feel like they are a once-a-day sort of thing, when we do have them.
Sorry this is so long, I'm just a bit frustrated. AIBU?
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CheerfulYank · 27/11/2012 22:44
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