Comments on: Hunger Strike http://www.twomakesfour.com/2009/12/25/hunger-strike/ A twins parenting (?) blog Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:01:03 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: JILL http://www.twomakesfour.com/2009/12/25/hunger-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 JILL Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:41:20 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=1354#comment-1795 oops - I meant they are NOT fading away. I really oughta proof read better. oops – I meant they are NOT fading away. I really oughta proof read better.

]]> By: JILL http://www.twomakesfour.com/2009/12/25/hunger-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-1794 JILL Sun, 03 Jan 2010 02:40:34 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=1354#comment-1794 G&C are still fussy at age 4. It hit us around age 2. But, they each have a few protein items they like and a couple veggies/fruits... so I continue to cook and offer new foods, but do serve favs, too. I stopped stressing over it a while ago. They are fading away to nothing. ;-) I read that historically, it stems back to times when toddlers who became mobile could now pick up anything and everything to eat and many things were dangerous... so biologically, I guess, this is nature's way of keeping toddlers "safe" from I don't know - cavemen and poisonous berries, I guess. (It doesn't really make me feel better knowing that as I dump plates of uneaten food into the garbage.) Happy 2010! I don't always respond, but I read regularly and I'm enjoying watching the girls grow up! -JILL G&C are still fussy at age 4. It hit us around age 2. But, they each have a few protein items they like and a couple veggies/fruits… so I continue to cook and offer new foods, but do serve favs, too. I stopped stressing over it a while ago. They are fading away to nothing. ;-)

I read that historically, it stems back to times when toddlers who became mobile could now pick up anything and everything to eat and many things were dangerous… so biologically, I guess, this is nature’s way of keeping toddlers “safe” from I don’t know – cavemen and poisonous berries, I guess. (It doesn’t really make me feel better knowing that as I dump plates of uneaten food into the garbage.)

Happy 2010! I don’t always respond, but I read regularly and I’m enjoying watching the girls grow up!
-JILL

]]> By: Melissa http://www.twomakesfour.com/2009/12/25/hunger-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Melissa Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:04:31 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=1354#comment-1765 I do so hate mealtimes. So I hear what you're saying, I feel your pain. And I have no solutions to offer. Lexi is still a horrible eater at 2+. I do so hate mealtimes. So I hear what you’re saying, I feel your pain. And I have no solutions to offer. Lexi is still a horrible eater at 2+.

]]> By: Perpetua http://www.twomakesfour.com/2009/12/25/hunger-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-1764 Perpetua Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:48:38 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=1354#comment-1764 Regarding their "littleness," (which doesn't come across in photos, btw), I have a friend whose 3-year-old is in the size/weight percentage range of a normal 1.5-year-old. Their pediatrician isn't a bit worried because everything else (cognitive/social) is proceeding as normal. One thing I love about our pediatrician is that she thinks growth charts are less reliable than horoscopes. Your girls' stats reassure me, actually, because they're similar to E's, and I look at how beautifully they're doing and figure he's going to be fine, too. :) Regarding their “littleness,” (which doesn’t come across in photos, btw), I have a friend whose 3-year-old is in the size/weight percentage range of a normal 1.5-year-old. Their pediatrician isn’t a bit worried because everything else (cognitive/social) is proceeding as normal. One thing I love about our pediatrician is that she thinks growth charts are less reliable than horoscopes.

Your girls’ stats reassure me, actually, because they’re similar to E’s, and I look at how beautifully they’re doing and figure he’s going to be fine, too. :)

]]> By: Boopa http://www.twomakesfour.com/2009/12/25/hunger-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-1761 Boopa Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:34:08 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=1354#comment-1761 Its the age, sometimes they all get bored of this stuff and some resort to just taking milk, others get maybe 3 bites in all day, they won't starve. Thad who is going on three can go a whole day without eating more than a few bites, but he drinks his milk and juice and some junk so he is getting something, its definately frustrating, but part of the territory. Thankfully Heathman doesn't have any issue and could eat until the cows come home..at least for now :) Hope you had a great hoilday...btw, Turkey was all Thad ate besides Candy for 2 days lol. Its the age, sometimes they all get bored of this stuff and some resort to just taking milk, others get maybe 3 bites in all day, they won’t starve. Thad who is going on three can go a whole day without eating more than a few bites, but he drinks his milk and juice and some junk so he is getting something, its definately frustrating, but part of the territory. Thankfully Heathman doesn’t have any issue and could eat until the cows come home..at least for now :) Hope you had a great hoilday…btw, Turkey was all Thad ate besides Candy for 2 days lol.

]]> By: Rebecca http://www.twomakesfour.com/2009/12/25/hunger-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-1760 Rebecca Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:40:07 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=1354#comment-1760 Both of my kids go on little food kicks...they will eat everything and anything in sight for a week or month or for a long time....then for just as long they will survive on nibbles for the entire day. Like the entire food consumption for the DAY can be counted by teaspoons or tablespoons...... They are both somewhere around 30-40 percentile in weight but look a bit round. Your girls are probably doing fine.......in a couple of weeks they will eat so much your grocery bill will almost triple... Both of my kids go on little food kicks…they will eat everything and anything in sight for a week or month or for a long time….then for just as long they will survive on nibbles for the entire day. Like the entire food consumption for the DAY can be counted by teaspoons or tablespoons……

They are both somewhere around 30-40 percentile in weight but look a bit round.

Your girls are probably doing fine…….in a couple of weeks they will eat so much your grocery bill will almost triple…

]]> By: MelissaCBZHost http://www.twomakesfour.com/2009/12/25/hunger-strike/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 MelissaCBZHost Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:09:52 +0000 http://www.twomakesfour.com/?p=1354#comment-1759 Maybe the girls are getting there molars? Gavin was very picky and not a heppy a baby when he got his first molar. Maybe the girls are getting there molars? Gavin was very picky and not a heppy a baby when he got his first molar.

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