Comments on: Should we eat like our children?

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:49:50 +0000

I eat most of my meals alone. Tonight I ate while watching the news for 30 minutes.
This is a no no but I wanted the conversational aspect of not being alone.

I made myself a beautiful supper and put it on a beautiful plate and ate the fish and salad slowly during the whole news program. I thanked myself for making such nice food and eating carefully. This felt very nice.

When my family is home I eat much faster as I will have to get up and down several times during the meal and they all eat so slowly it drives me a big crazy. So I provide much of the conversation

I wish I could think of food as just fuel, I think that would be lovely as it is I think of food as LOVE.

My square of chocolate is melting on my tongue as I write this.

Patricia’s last blog post..Pooh Patrol

By: Tara Cain

Tara Cain — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:50:12 +0000

Sounds like a riot in your house.
Maybe you should try sitting in a high chair where you can’t get at anything and daddy keeps trying to shove an aeroplane in your mouth, then see how much you like it!

By: Tara Cain

Tara Cain — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:48:38 +0000

“Most of the time I eat like a wolverine” – you and me both, Writer Dad!
But you’ve hit the nail on the head with the setting the good example. I’ve caught myself bolting my sandwich down while stood at the counter doing something else and I should be sat there at the table with my children and now showing them how to be hogs!

By: Tara Cain

Tara Cain — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:47:07 +0000

I have a friend whose son is just the S L O W E S T eater ever!
I’m looking for something inbetween!

By: Blogger Dad

Blogger Dad — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:18:42 +0000

Good post! However, I don’t think my wife would appreciate me eating like our 21 month old son.

6:00 p.m. – We put him the highchair.
6:01 – He starts eating just fine.
6:04 – He begins kicking back and forth on the chair because he likes the LOUD sound it makes. At that point, we remember to take off his shoes.
6:05 – He throws his fork for the first time.
6:06 – He holds some food in his fist as we coax him NOT to throw it and to EAT as we mime eating and rub our tummies saying “Mmmmm”
6:06:27 – He throws food across the room
6:08 – Cries because he wants to eat with his fork. “Okay”, we say, “but you can’t throw it.”
6:09 – WHACK, he throws fork.
6:10 = more crying
6:11 – crying gets louder. Throws more food.
6:12 – Begins to put different pieces of food on top of his head entertaining the audience in his head.
6:14 – Cries for fork.
6:15 – We give him fork.
6:20 – sitting there, not finishing his food, wants down.
6:21 – We have to play the “here comes the airplane” game with his food so he will eat a decent amount of it.
6:30 – Clean him off, rush him to tub.
9:00 p.m. – Once he is in bed, I go back and eat whatever I couldn’t at dinner time.

Hey, no wonder I’m losing weight!

By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:48:35 +0000

I have to consciously tell myself to eat slowly. I'm hit or miss with my success. Most of the time I eat like a wolverine, but I'm trying to set a better example. Writer Dad’s last blog post..Reading Online, Chew Before You Swallow

By: Avlor

Avlor — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:22:17 +0000

So I should take an hour and a half to eat at my daughter's pace? hmm. (/wink) Though it wouldn't hurt to slow down and be more sociable at the table that's for sure. Even the other day with company - we hurried eating to get on to playing games. Playing games was fun - but we could have eaten more slowly (thus eating less) and played games at the same time. Avlor’s last blog post..Transition Gloves