Newbie1!
20-03-2012, 08:07 AM
Im not sure how to tackle this one - to start with I laughed it off a bit but its getting a bit beyond a joke now!!
I have a mindee who is 4 1/2, hes very hard work, mum believes to be ADHD but doesnt want to take for proper testing...anyway.....a few weeks ago mum called me after they had left to ask whether I had fed him as he was saying he hadnt had anything to eat. I have him 12noon to 5.30 so he has lunch 12.30, afternoon snack about 3 and hot main meal at 5pm.
Anyway on a few occasions now she has questionned what he has eaten as he has been making comments at home and then twice in the last week when mum has collected I have opened the door and he has run to her and said "mummy im hungry".
Last night was the prime example, he had eaten all of his lunch (offered a little more but refused) eaten his snack - same again, then ate his tea. He finished this at 5.10 and mum came at 5.20. He was puffing and blowing all the way through his tea saying he was full up, he had one mouthful left so I asked whether he was too full to finish and he said he would manage that mouthful but didnt want any more or any fruit/dessert....he then came into the playroom and collapsed on the sofa puffing and blowing at being full up! The second I open the door to mum he runs to the door and in a whining voice tells her how hungry he is....I was not impressed and asked him directly how he could be hungry when seven minutes earlier he had refused food because he was too full :angry::angry:
Mum then does this...."awww, are you sweetie" and puts her arms around him and sort of gives me a half look. I explain what hes eaten and the fact that he literally finished his dinner five mins earlier with lots of puffing and blowing but she never acknowledges what Im saying.....flipping it over - if that happened to me I would then say to my DD "why are you saying you are hungry when you have just said you were full and refused food" and see what her reply was but mum almost looks at me like Im starving him!!
Any ideas please!!! :panic::panic:
I have a mindee who is 4 1/2, hes very hard work, mum believes to be ADHD but doesnt want to take for proper testing...anyway.....a few weeks ago mum called me after they had left to ask whether I had fed him as he was saying he hadnt had anything to eat. I have him 12noon to 5.30 so he has lunch 12.30, afternoon snack about 3 and hot main meal at 5pm.
Anyway on a few occasions now she has questionned what he has eaten as he has been making comments at home and then twice in the last week when mum has collected I have opened the door and he has run to her and said "mummy im hungry".
Last night was the prime example, he had eaten all of his lunch (offered a little more but refused) eaten his snack - same again, then ate his tea. He finished this at 5.10 and mum came at 5.20. He was puffing and blowing all the way through his tea saying he was full up, he had one mouthful left so I asked whether he was too full to finish and he said he would manage that mouthful but didnt want any more or any fruit/dessert....he then came into the playroom and collapsed on the sofa puffing and blowing at being full up! The second I open the door to mum he runs to the door and in a whining voice tells her how hungry he is....I was not impressed and asked him directly how he could be hungry when seven minutes earlier he had refused food because he was too full :angry::angry:
Mum then does this...."awww, are you sweetie" and puts her arms around him and sort of gives me a half look. I explain what hes eaten and the fact that he literally finished his dinner five mins earlier with lots of puffing and blowing but she never acknowledges what Im saying.....flipping it over - if that happened to me I would then say to my DD "why are you saying you are hungry when you have just said you were full and refused food" and see what her reply was but mum almost looks at me like Im starving him!!
Any ideas please!!! :panic::panic: