Ok this is a toughie, please bear with me. My bosses, particularly BadBoss, think that if children don't eat they should be force fed as "thats good for them". This has only recently come to light as my charges, now 16 months, have days when they eat 3 peas, a chunk of cheese and seemingly then survive on fresh air. So along comes DB and says at the weekend he holds the childrens arms down and feeds them and apparently "they eat very well that way". he wants me to do the same thing. He's of the old fashioned ilk anyway and thinks his children should be eating a full adult size meal 3 times a day or they will fade away. Okay... deep breath...
The twins are gaining weight well, are low on the percentage scales (lil guy is 5% height 10% weight, lil gal is 50% height and weight). I think they are perfectly normal. They are meeting milestones, sleeping very well, happy, sociable, there is in my 10 year experience nowt wrong with the little blighters. Which is why I am somewhat outraged at DB suggesting I force feed them, and he is insinuating I am not doing my job if the lil blighters only eat 4 mouthfuls of food for one meal. They still have 12-14oz milk a day (in bottles...whole other story) and there are some days they choose to eat like horses. I am of the opinion you should NEVER force a child to eat, as this leads to all kinds of issues later on. Plus I have never known a toddler to starve themselves to death. Does anyone have any advice??? I am going to go mad if DB says one more time "hold their arms down, they eat more for me like that". It's wrong surely?!!!
Please someone give me some reassurance to stand my ground on this one!
Also if anyone knows any websites for toddler food and nutritional guidelines that would be fab. I am going to write the dad a report. Help!!!!
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nannyk · 20/03/2007 11:45
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