Reply to ADHD and Late Night Eating

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "ADHD and Late Night Eating - Teen Boy"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I noticed in your post that you ordered extra pasta because you wouldn't be around to make him lunch.
Is he not able to prepare his own lunch or snacks and that is why he is eating all your prepared food?
Maybe try teaching him some simple cooking skills and see if things improve.
[/quote]

Sounds like it’s time to involve him in planning, shopping, and food prepping. When OP is meal prepping, he can also prep hearty snacks. Maybe it’s bagel-and-egg sandwiches to freeze for later, mixed crudite with tasty dips or dressings (hummus, miso-carrot-ginger, tzatziki), well-seasoned frozen meat patties (hamburger, turkey, lamb). Are there quick prepared options that can work too—frozen spanakopita, smoothies, microwaveable bowls?

Have a talk about your expectations for prepared meals. If you son eats his lunch for the next day, he can be involved in prepping a new one, same thing if he eats the family meal. Talk also about eating one thing and then waiting 15-30 minutes after finishing before going in for more food. [/quote]

Not OP here. I don't disagree with this fundamentally. It's a good idea. However, I wonder if the PP has put this into practice with a kid with severe ADHD. As another full grown adult PP with ADHD suggested, this would be difficult at any age.

As someone with a child with ADHD and has had that discussion of waiting 15-30 minutes many many many times, it's a tough message to get across. If you have managed to get it across, did it just take time and repetition over years? How did it happen?[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics