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IRONTHUNDER
10/21/07 9:54 A
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| Four is not too young to teach about balanced nutrition. Including the message that you can enjoy all things in moderation. Maybe you need to balance these messages with some better information. For example, you could teach him about food groups. Show him how to make healthy snack choices. Alleviate the fear that he may be feeling and empower him to make healthy choices.
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MARYCAMPBELL3
10/19/07 7:19 P
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At least he is not saying nothing about ur tummy my daughter keeps asking me if i am having another baby, as she used 2 call my tummy when i was pregnant a baby belly lol xxxxxxxxxxx
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MAGGIEBLUE
10/19/07 3:13 P
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| And remember that you can't obsess about what he's saying either. It could just be a phase. If they learned about healthy food and exercise in preschool then this could be discussion from that. If that's the case, rather than make a big deal about it...I'd probably just reinforce that healthy foods are good, and bad foods are ok too every once in a while. He's a kid...sometimes they're just being kids. My nephew was told once that watching TV would make you fat, so he went on a crusade to stop everyone from watching TV. This phase lasted a little too long...which eventually got annoying...but it was a phase. He also went through a phase where he thought he wasn't eating enough and he was shrinking and disappearing. Luckily this phase didn't last too long.
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| If he is not hearing it at home -- check to see what he hears at school and at his friends and other relatives homes..be aware of what is on the tv at home and maybe see if he is around at those looks in the mirror we all do to check our progress. He's getting the information someplace.. so maybe really think about where he has been and what he is exposed to.
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JUNKDRAWER
10/19/07 10:29 A
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My 4 year old on several occasions has made comments about getting a fat tummy while he's eating. The other day he even made a comment about turning into french fries if that's what he was eating- kind of a translation of the "you are what you eat".
I DO NOT talk like that at home, so I'm not sure where he is getting these things. He's asked us about "is this food good for my teeth?" ever since they had an emphasis on dental hygeiene about a year ago at his preschool, and we answer those kinds of questions. but any heatlhy changes I've integrated into our lives has not been done with commentary on being fat etc.
I'm not sure how to handle this. I don't want him being obsessed about this already!!! We've tried to probe as best we can into where he's hearing these things but he's not answering.
Any advice on how to handle these comments?
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