tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post7954507076532688169..comments2023-07-21T04:15:43.518-07:00Comments on The Clay Rosary Girl: Project Detox: Part 2- The Search for HungerSarah Harkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02064673794877417232noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post-76769822891556340742011-11-22T19:16:22.782-08:002011-11-22T19:16:22.782-08:00i can't wait to hear how this goes sarah! i l...i can't wait to hear how this goes sarah! i love this idea. anna is like your kids. johnny is my eater,he finishes his plate and then eats anna's food too!Katie Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13346299617811169438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post-29434774260422931202011-11-21T18:44:57.767-08:002011-11-21T18:44:57.767-08:00Yes, yes and yes! My boys are 5, 4, and 2 and our ...Yes, yes and yes! My boys are 5, 4, and 2 and our fourth expected in March. I know exactly what you mean. My husband frequently travels or works late...or has a dinner meeting. It's such a stressful time for us. I think mentally I've prepared myself for a down time a rejunivanation only to find tonight it's not happening...means I take the easy road.<br /><br />I started doing what you advise some time ago. I nixed all chips and pop. Never will you find it here. I have lots of fructose free fruit in a can, applesauce and go gurt. Those dessert yogurts are a hit here. And by reducing, notice I didn't eliminate it, but reducing processed foods made a huge difference. Also, peer pressure at school to try fresh veggies has helped me tremendously. Oh and play dates where my boys eat what other kids eat actually made my son like tortellini! <br /><br />My advice is to make it something you can stick with. A bag of chicken nuggets lasts us a month or better now. And, they at least taste their dinner. I also instituted a new policy, if you don't eat dinner you go to bed hungry. I had to do this three or four times :/ it was painful. My mom thought I was being to hard on them :( But they know and tonight had two and three helpings of ham, corn and mashed potatoes. My kids wouldn't eat any of them a year ago...Our Catholic Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01216208210775433029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post-5019629613052100092011-11-20T20:46:19.751-08:002011-11-20T20:46:19.751-08:00It definitely is important for the kids to be in t...It definitely is important for the kids to be in touch with the sense of hunger...I think of all the times we grown ups eat just because food is there, not because we really are hungry. When Blaise was ready for solids, I read a couple of books from the library and ended up buying Child of Mine which seemed to be a pretty common sense approach to feeding kids - you're welcome to borrow it if you'd like to check it out for a nutritional point of view...<br /><br />I don't make the kids eat what I serve at any particular meal, but they don't get any other options and they don't get to graze on anything else until the next regularly scheduled meal time...Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04710483136941206656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post-56062354911891538092011-11-20T19:18:44.026-08:002011-11-20T19:18:44.026-08:00Love it Sarah!Love it Sarah!Ginnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05554195760602365553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post-71460039832702349222011-11-20T03:28:36.866-08:002011-11-20T03:28:36.866-08:00continued prayers for you and your children to be ...continued prayers for you and your children to be given the graces to glorify God with your food intake. <br /><br />may the Good Lord assist you in your efforts to make healthier habits and may Our Blessed Mother be your guide, to take the focus off of food and put it on Our Lord. may your eating be put under His Lordship. <br /><br />Health and soundness are better than all gold, and a robust body than countless riches. There is no wealth better than health of body, and there is no gladness above joy of heart. ~Sirach 30:15-16<br /><br />Pax Christi, <br />LenaLenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14778371989564675262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8153878925570190221.post-55053831419073330252011-11-19T20:05:04.851-08:002011-11-19T20:05:04.851-08:00My boys are older, but I think they may be sufferi...My boys are older, but I think they may be suffering from a similar problem- they are hungry, but they actually complained about the choice of "out" food. I remember when out food was such a treat they were happy for any! <br /><br />Your posts bring to mind a book you might enjoy. I first read about from Jen @ <br />http://www.foreverforalwaysnomatterwhat.com/2010/05/simplicity-parenting.html<br /><br />I have also mentioned it a few times- <br />http://tribeof11.blogspot.com/2010/08/simplicity-parenting-book-review.html<br /><br />The author address food issues (and much more) and has some very helpful suggestions.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14791937803209189384noreply@blogger.com