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Name: C. Allen
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I would love some tips from Mothers that have had daughters that have eating issues. My daughter is 12 and just refuses to eat. I recently found out that she is obsesively exercising too. She sees a counselor for her issues, but I would love some other tips for her. She knows about eating dsprders and seems scared when I tell her what she is doing to her body, but she still will not eat!!! HELP!!!
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Name: tattudemom | Date: May 25th, 2007 2:23 AM
If she's just 12, you might want to make her take a multivitamin. She won't realize they give you an appetite. You could even tell her it's because she's lacking in them due to her not eating. If she flatly won't eat a thing, try to encourage her to at least drink protein shakes and eat fruits and veggies.

Is there any sort of bargaining tool you have? What I mean is do you have a habit you're willing to change/give up that she might be motivated by as a trade? Ex. You give up smoking or begin exercising (for health) just as you want her to eat for her health. Before she gets too bad, you might also be able to bribe her, or reward her, depending on how you look at it, praise her when you catch her doing something you know to truly be healthy rather than skinny, and you can talk about some of the sickeningly skinny celebrities and how awful it is that they feel they must do this to be successful in Hollywood.

Keep her away from any friends who are encouraging this type of thing as well or have a pow wow with their folks about how to tag team them. If all else fails, tell her you'll hospitalize her and then monitor her every move. Especially at her age, she'll resent and fear it just enough to give in hopefully. 

Name: bigloser | Date: Dec 13th, 2007 11:08 PM
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Name: crackers | Date: Dec 14th, 2007 4:32 AM
There is so much I can tell you, but I don't know where to start. My daughter just completed a 4 month stay at an eating disorders hospital. The experience has taught me a lot about the disease and I would love to give you some guidance. The first thing you should probably do is have your daughter checked out by a doctor who is well-educated in this area. Many doctors don't really know how to identify a child a risk, and so they don't send them for proper treatment. The longer your daughter struggles with these issues, the more ingrained the behaviour will become, so act quickly. Be truthful with her. I know of girls whose bones have just "snapped"--in their mouth, their ribs and so on, from lack of nutrition. But be warned that a girl who is not nutritionally sound is also not going to be thinking clearly. In other words, their brain is affected by lack of nutrients and so reasoning with them often gets you nowhere. If you can provide more details I would love to try to help you further. I feel for you very much. 

Name: sagacious | Date: Jan 31st, 2008 6:46 AM
Hello,

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link states that nearly 2,100 school student across the United States and Canada, are consuming less fish and fruits, which can cause weaker lungs. As a result, nearly 20 percent of teenagers were reported to have been suffering from respiratory disorders, such as cough, wheezing, asthma, and bronchitis. 

Name: Pandora | Date: Feb 15th, 2008 2:03 PM
Well I'm not a mother but I am in recovery from an eating disorder. However ED (that's what we called it in Renfrew) ended up having me put in treatment. That's not always the way to go but, one thing that helped me get through was MST, meal support therapy. after or meals, whether we ate or ended up having a suppliment we sat down as a group (you can also do it one-on-one) with a councelor and talk about what we were feeling and why, avoiding what we didn't like about the meal. Another thing that used to help me in another hospital was to go for a walk, nothing more, after eating with someone (i had to go with a therapist) but the fresh air is relaxing and talking about things that didn't pertain to my eating helped to calm me. So those are the main things that got me through. Good luck, and neither of you are alone. 

Name: sweetballet | Date: Feb 29th, 2008 9:13 PM
taking the first step is the hardest, simply sitting her down a forcing a little every meal time. Get her school to do lunch and tell them she can't go to class until she's eaten an a mmount.

Once you've got that, change what she is eating to the higher calorie variety, she won't be expecting it and as long as she doesn't see the packaging, you're winning.

As for the exercise... all I can say is make her do more homework and this gives her less time to exercise. Cancel any gym memberships and only let her keep one extra curriculm sports club.

GOOD LUCK! xxx 


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