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FOLLESWAEST
1/26/07 12:58 A
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Wow! I applaud every single one of you gals here! That's just amazing. I'm a single mom as well, with an older boy. It's been easy somewhat for me, because I've never known any differently. I read about these women who are just starting out with one and two year olds and oh, it seems so far away now. And then I wonder what it would be like if I'd had more than one, so anyone with more, is always a wonder to me. You all work so hard to be there for your children and yourself and that is marvelous!
Of course, it's cool we can support one another here as well. :) Being a single parent can be such a lonely business - especially when our kids are small. I'd say we all deserve a huge hurrah for doing so well and being here and working on becoming healthy role models for our kids!
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ROBSPRAGUE
1/23/07 1:59 P
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Yup, losing 53 pounds is very hard.
But losing 1 pound each week is not hard. True?
So why not just enjoy each week as it comes?
I'll be watching your success, week by week!
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| Hello, My name is Tiffany. I have 3 children, ages 10, 7 & a girl who's 5. My 10yr old would only eat meat. My 7yr old would eat very little of anything, and my 5yr old would only eat rice and vegetables. This made dinner frustrating because they weren't eating balanced, and were very thin. To make veggies fun I stopped cooking them. My kids love the crunch, especially when I have something for them to dip it in. Since dipping is such a hit I started buying chicken strips so that my daughter would dip and eat her meat. I'm still trying to get my 7yr old to eat more though. It's difficult, since he has milk allergies. But, he will devour glass after glass of Chocolate and Vanilla Silk soy Milk...
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| Just putting in my two cents. I'm a single mom by choice of a 4 yo whirlwind, when he slows down you can see that he is in fact a boy. As far as eating. If I worried too much I would be really frustrated because he goes in ruts, where he will only eat one thing, used to be Peanut Butter and jelly rolled up in a flour tortilla, now he won't touch them. Other things he used to like - hardboiled eggs, yogurt, Chilli-mac. All things he won't touch right now. Most Dr's say kids will eat when hungry, and I have read that you have to introduce a new food at least 10 times before a kid will eat it. I just keep offering the healthy foods, I have been noticing though that offering smaller amounts, like one carrot in stead a stack of them helps. I didn't intend this to happen but at the beginning of this week I was doing my usual of giving my son a handful of baby carrots, he pushed them away and threw a fuss. Then I took most of them away and told him if he ate one he could have his desert. It still took some cajoling. I started just putting one carrot with each of his meals and by the end of the weekend he was eating the carrot first with no fuss. Also SILK makes a vanilla kids formula with tons of vitamins and nutrients, even my picky eater LOVES it!
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HRTM@XTRA.CO.NZ
1/22/07 6:00 A
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Well just saying hi. Very impressed with the story about loving and looking after 5 children. I , thankfully have only the two. Two and a half, and 7 months (still breast feeding). Also am raising my children on my own, fulltime, and I am also of the mind with toddlers not eating the healthy food that you place in front of them. I never worry of my 2.5 year old decides that he does not like lettuce or carrots... cos when he is hungry, he will.
I am still struggling with this site, and figuring out how everything works...but it is slowly paying off. 
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| I'm a single mom with a 13 year old and a 2 year old at home and then I also have a 19 year old and 21 year old out of the house! I'm working hard to get my life back on track!
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| Hi single mom of a three year old daughter....just wanted to say hi!
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| another thing I've found helpful is to cut lettuce very small, chop it up, they don't notice it as much, harder for them to pick out of things like taco salad! Start small, some things kids simply don't like, if one of my kids repeatedly doesn't like something then I usually let it slide, maybe they just don't like a vegtable, even adults have their likes and dislikes! my kids will down a bag of baby carrots like nobodies business, cook them and you can forget it, noone will touch them! I have found the same about cooking many vegtables they will eat raw, besides raw is better for them anyways.
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| kids are amazing, and the funny thing is if thats what they have to eat and there isn't any other foods, they will eat it, and they will lean to love it as mine have.Luckily they have been raised eating pretty healthy with things they like the most a special treat on the weekend. If they don't want to eat what you have made and they don't eat if you don't make them something else, they are NOT going to starve to death---trust me!!! thay will learn to adapt. better to start doing it now than later when it will be even more difficult! also, I do make sure foods taste good, for instance salads, they will eat it with ranch, so I get fat free or I just don't use it, or one of our favorites, taco salad and I skip the meat. It may be easier to start them off this way! Good luck
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| Wow, how do you do it? I only have 2 both under 3yrs and it is the worst. My youngest only a yr old an she won't eat a thing from our meal plans. My almost 3 yr old is eating some of it but what do i do force them to eat it?
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| Hi! I am a single mom of 5 all btween 10 and 2 yrs old. It's not easy but in the long run changing your entire households diet for a healthy one will help establish good eating skills for them and yourself in the future, yes easier said than done sometimes and when I feel I do't want to cook I will pull something out thery love and I hate! It helps on the 'days like this'!
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| Good for you! It is great that you are doing something for yourself
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| Single mom to 1 here - working full time and going back to school to become a nurse. Doing EVERYTHING is exhausting. My DD is 4 and she helps pick up her stuff and other things which is helpful but WOW there is so much to do to keep the house clean, make sure we have clean clothes and food too! It seems simple enough but my goodness it takes alot out of me. I have learned to do what I can and when I can. My house is rarely spotless and there are generally dirty dishes in the sink and clean ones in the dishwasher. It is hard - no lie there, but for me it's worth it. All my daughter has to do is say something amazing or do something extra special and it makes it worth it for me. We need to keep our heads held high and WE CAN DO IT!!
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| I'm also a single mom of two. 4 & 2. I'm not going back to school but I work full time and yes it is hard to juggle everything all the time but you can do it! Just take it one day at a time. And don't get down on yourself for getting frustrated sometimes, it's gonna happen. Keep your chin up and remember we are here for you. :-)
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| I am a single mom of two. Getting ready to go back to school for accounting. My goal is to lose 53 pounds. It's going to be hard to do everything.
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