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raeanna74 · 03-10-2005, 06:23 PM

Thanks all for the support and suggestions. She finally tried the food this afternoon at 5:30. After that she came and asked for more. She said she liked it a lot. In her words "It's not so bad! I actually liked it." so she tried it - got plenty for more supper.

As for the soda - I rarely buy it. I had 1 liter bottle of soda left from the past weekend when we'd celebrated my B-day. She loves milk and that's what she usually drinks. She loves to eat cheese and apples for snack and I'm sure to keep those around all the time. I don't keep a lot of candy in the cupboard and the last time I bought store bought cookies was over a month ago. Last time I bought chips was for a party we had. She gets crackers, cheese, ham, venison sausage, milk, and plenty of good thigns to eat. Her point was to eat anything that she's not allowed to eat instead of what she's asked to eat.

I've tried timeouts. One time I sent her to to her room to clean pick up her stuffed animals and put them back in the basket. She was used to doing this with me but I was unable to help her. This is at 3 yrs old. She had a tantrum about doing it so I told her she wasn't going to leave the room till it was done. In retaliation she ripped every last toy and clothing out of her closet and some clothes out of a drawer as well. I made her stay there til the animals were put away as well as a couple items that I knew she could handle. I did go to put the clothes away myself and put her animals and the basket on the bed where she was sitting stonewalling me. I told her that she could leave her room after those were put away. She sat there on the bed doing nothing (by her choice I might add since I never stopped her from playing even) and refused to put the animals away for over 4 hours.

I was a stubborn girl - more stubborn than this, my mother tells me. I would admit that I can be quite stubborn. It's apparently genetic.

She did finally eat the ONE single bite I'd saved for her and I praised her for it and gave her hugs. I'm hoping that this will show her at the very least that new thigns don't always taste bad.

03-10-2005, 06:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
raeanna74 I'm not a blonde! I'm knot! I'm knot! I'm knot! Location: Upper Michigan	Thanks all for the support and suggestions. She finally tried the food this afternoon at 5:30. After that she came and asked for more. She said she liked it a lot. In her words "It's not so bad! I actually liked it." so she tried it - got plenty for more supper. As for the soda - I rarely buy it. I had 1 liter bottle of soda left from the past weekend when we'd celebrated my B-day. She loves milk and that's what she usually drinks. She loves to eat cheese and apples for snack and I'm sure to keep those around all the time. I don't keep a lot of candy in the cupboard and the last time I bought store bought cookies was over a month ago. Last time I bought chips was for a party we had. She gets crackers, cheese, ham, venison sausage, milk, and plenty of good thigns to eat. Her point was to eat anything that she's not allowed to eat instead of what she's asked to eat. I've tried timeouts. One time I sent her to to her room to clean pick up her stuffed animals and put them back in the basket. She was used to doing this with me but I was unable to help her. This is at 3 yrs old. She had a tantrum about doing it so I told her she wasn't going to leave the room till it was done. In retaliation she ripped every last toy and clothing out of her closet and some clothes out of a drawer as well. I made her stay there til the animals were put away as well as a couple items that I knew she could handle. I did go to put the clothes away myself and put her animals and the basket on the bed where she was sitting stonewalling me. I told her that she could leave her room after those were put away. She sat there on the bed doing nothing (by her choice I might add since I never stopped her from playing even) and refused to put the animals away for over 4 hours. I was a stubborn girl - more stubborn than this, my mother tells me. I would admit that I can be quite stubborn. It's apparently genetic. She did finally eat the ONE single bite I'd saved for her and I praised her for it and gave her hugs. I'm hoping that this will show her at the very least that new thigns don't always taste bad. __________________ "Always learn the rules so that you can break them properly." Dalai Lama My Karma just ran over your Dogma.