I really do have an issue here that I need some kind of help with.

We all know Zac loves to eat and blah blah...well he's taking things to the extreme now and I'm starting to lose my patience w/this child.
All he does the entire time he's eating is whine for more and pitch fits when he has picked up the last bit of whatever it is that he's feeding himself on the tray. THE very SECOND he picks up the last piece, as it's going in, he pitches a HISSY FIT for more and he expects the "refill" to be on his tray as soon as he beckons for it :hairpull: I really am starting to lose my patience w/him when its feeding time because that's ALL he does is have a fit for more more more more more. If he is in his highchair, and there is no food in front of him, he's pitching a fit. When I take the tray off he starts crying because he knows the meal is over, he then proceeds to pick at the crumbs left behind on his bib!:shock:There HAS to be something in his mouth at all times. He even whines as I take the spoon out while he's still got food in his mouth!!!:banghead: :hairpull:
I actually have stopped giving him one certain meal that is his favorite because it is absolutely RIDICULOUS the way he acts when it's gone or when I'm not shoveling it in fast enough.
I'm sorry if this sounds like I am complaining about a kid actually "wanting to eat". I know so many of you have issues w/non-eaters but this truely is becoming an issue for me.

*I do try singing to him, distracting him, playing "airplane" w/the spoon...anything to get him to chill and wait patiently.

Is it possible he's going through a grow spurt or teething, Sara? Both things can make them want to chew/eat. Or has this been going on for months?

Janette, he's ALWAYS been like this, since he started solids. However the past week or so he's been just getting out of control w/it.

OK, I have no advice since I have the non-eater, but I just had to peek to see what the problem was. I kind of got a laugh at your expense, Sara. Thanks!

gee...thanks becky, glad I could brighten your day! LoL!~ :)

K kinda does the same thing but not to that extreme I guess... it's not so much that she wants more of her food but even if she JUST finished eating and *I* want to eat, she HAS to have whatever I'm eating...

She stands in front of me and whines and whines and whines and gets louder and louder til I give her something. She's gotten ok in the highchair with her meals because I tell her how many bites to go and we say ALL DONE at the end and she gets to look at the little bunny in the bottom of the bowl and stuff like that.

Maybe it's his teeth though... he has been teething since he started solids right? Maybe they make his mouth feel good???

Sorry I dont have advice for you... how about a CIO after eating?? lol

how about a CIO after eating?? lol
Rotf...that's pretty much what it's come down to!
God forbid I eat when he's not eating...oh lord! :doh:

What's that certain meal?? Sorry I have no advice for you, as Lauren pitches a fit when she hates what she is having. Or she gags on it?!! That's when I get annoyed.

Hope you figure something out. Is he moving around alot more? Maybe he needs some extra cals. Probably not seeing what he eats in a day, Lauren eats about half that.

The certain meal is the bean soup daddy makes. And I cannot IMAGINE this kids needs MORE than what he's already eating! He had a turkey burger, corn, prunes, half a jar of beef/veggies (beechnut) and grahm crackers! :shock:

Sara - the son of my friend is that way. He SHRIEKS if you don't get the food to him fast enough. It's loads of fun to eat out with them, let me tell you. :)

Let's just hope it's a phase, right???

Sara...Don't feel like your complaining about your child. It is just as frustrating to us mom's who have comfort feeders to those who struggle to get their kids to eat.

I swear you just descibed Andrew in you story. He has to eat the second he gets out of bed. Since I wake up to him, he will stand in the kitchen screaming bloody murder until you put the food in front of him. It does become frustrating to listen to them cry non stop, but as I have learned with Andrew, id I continue to let him shovel, he will just end up puking, so I put what I think is an adequate amount in front of him on his tray, and when he is done, I say "all done" and remove him from his tray. He cried for awhile when I started doing this, but things have gotten so much better. The only thing I can recommend is to let him cry..he will realize sooner or later that that is it....
I don't know if I was much help, but I did want you to know that your aren't alone:iconbigg:
Good Luck, and I hope he settles down in the "munching" for you:iconbigg:

I do the "all done" thing, he hates those words LOL! Even if he's just aten, if I take him in the vicinity of his highchair, or if he sees his "puffs" he starts again. :hairpull:

I guess you'll have to blindfold him then:) Out of sight out of mind:) LOL

We get the boys standing in front of us, hanging off our knees, wnating to eat what we are having and whinging until they get something as well Michele.. even if they have just eaten themselves!! I am soo looking forward to the day when we can alle at at the same time!
Sara, I relaly have no advice.... my boys kind of protest a tiny bit when the meal is over but as soon as you give them the sippy cup, they're happy.... I don't know what to suggest.. poor Zacman.. what happens if you keep feeding him? Will he barf?

Sara is it possible that he is eating to soothe the reflux that the food has caused. Parker refluxes alot with food and food can soothe it for him (problem is as soon as he finishes eating the pain starts again even worse)- Just a thought.

Rachel, thanks, I had thought of that...but I usually can tell when his reflux is bothering him while eating. He kindof gargles and grunts and strains while he's trying to eat. It really doesn't seem to be his reflux when this is happening though.

Sara, my girls were that way, and I was trying to feed 2~ They would get really frustrated. I think that it may be the age. Don't feel bad about complaining about an eater. We all have our little quirks!:hug:

Two spoons going at one time. I'm tellin' ya, that's what the child wants! Just kidding!

ADORABLE picture of your little "Heart Breaker," Sandy!

I don't know what to tell you, Sara. Cady's a big eater, but when Mommy says that's it, that's it. I guess what helps us is that she won't sit in her highchair unless there's a pile of food there. Like, I have to have the food on the tray before she'll go into the highchair without throwing herself backwards and screaming. So, when the pile of food is gone and the tray is empty, up goes the hands, "ah" she says, which is I think baby for "out". Now, if I kept putting food in front of her, she'd keep eating until she explodes. Hmmm...you've always had this problem with Zac and I have thought about it a lot, but I can't figure it out.

Gee, he sounds just like Curran. :0

Curran was my eating machine. He would do the same thing and often still surprises us with his food intake, especially when I look at his skinny little non-existant tookus. He has gone from the "I am awake therefore I eat" to the "just one tablespoon of food today is fine and I will puke it up anyway" as a toddler. He has gone back and forth so much. It was aggravating for us as this kid was constantly eating or drinking and I was wondering where on earth he put it as some nights he would eat the same amount I would!

We used distraction. As the meal was finishing we gave a count down (just two more crackers for example) and then we would gear up for a tv time or a special play time. It was something he would look forward to and would keep his mind off of food for a little bit. Did not always work but it is worth a try.

I have seen both sides of the feeding spectrum and it is not offensive for you to post about this, Sara. As we all know, every GERDlng is different and this is obviously a problem as well for Zac.:hug:

How about increasing his food intake a bit and see where that takes you? He has been doing so much more lately and could be on the verge of a spurt again.

I have increased his food...and he just keeps accepting it! LoL i tell you, other than yogurt, and a few other "bad days" where he doesnt feel like eating...this child has never willingly stopped eating.
(As we are on our 80th cheerio this morning and haven't even GOTTEN to the cereal and breakfast bar yet :shock: )
I guess i'll keep up w/the distractions and the CIO after lunch LOL, it actually doesn't last long once he's out of the dining room.
Thanks again

OH...and MAGGIE??? HOW did I KNOW that it was YOU who put the da*n kick me sign on my back?
Just wait.... ;)

Me? :oops: *I* wouldn't do such a thing!

OH...and MAGGIE??? HOW did I KNOW that it was YOU who put the da*n kick me sign on my back?
Just wait.... ;)

Oh, oh.

**begins writing an eulogy for dear friend Maggie...**

:smt043

How did I miss this whole thread?

Sara, eli was the same way prefundo, it drove us nuts, he was comfort feeding always, he eat so much he would vomit and then continue, and on and on, the swallowing felt good to him, you could tell by how he looked while eating, I know its sounds crazy, but it was true...

Oh, oh.

**begins writing an eulogy for dear friend Maggie...**:smt043
make it a good one, ,Leigh...and be quick about it! LOL