Reply to DH gives 2 year old ice cream every night.

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "DH gives 2 year old ice cream every night. "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]WTH?  I can't believe people are saying this is fine.  It is not okay to eat an ice cream cone every single night.  That's absurd.  He doesn't need an ice cream cone every night, and neither does your DH (although if he wants to, it's his life, and he's an adult who can choose).

My eldest kid is 5 and very small for his age.  He's also an extremely picky eater.  We could give him ice cream every night, and he probably would eat it happily and gain more weight, but I don't feel that this is the point.  He needs to learn healthy eating habits, and the amount of sugar in ice cream is not something I want him having every night.  How large are these cones?

DH does not need to have a special bonding thing with his kid that involves food.  That sets up food issues for the future, in my opinion -- especially if it's the only way that they really bond and spend special time together.  If they want to have a dessert, serve fruit or freeze bananas and make into a "banana ice cream" (just frozen bananas, peanut butter, and maybe some mini chocolate chips in the blender).[/quote]

You are setting up your kid for food issues. Your kid is "very small for his age", yet you freak out about ice cream. Your tiny, picky eater needs the fat and calcium in ice cream.[/quote]

Agree. Also, you should seek professional help for your child. I also had/have a very picky eater and let me tell you the specialists are not sitting around talking about getting these kids to "eat healthy". They are talking about getting them to eat. Ice cream could be a easy gateway for other foods (frozen yogurt, yogurt, milk shakes, milk) for your DS to try. And a great source of calcium and calories by itself.

I was so happy the first time my picky kid ate ice cream. It took years to get him to try it. It has lead him to eat other foods. Every new food is a step in the right direction. You are quite possibly doing your child a disservice with your current attitude.

[/quote]

PP here.  Neither of you know the situation with my kid, and you are both completely wrong.  My kid is 100% healthy, active, smart, and happy but small and picky.  Doctors say that there is no reason for concern.

My picky kid LOVES sugar and could literally eat chocolate and ice cream and cookies all day long.  He also likes yogurt and milk and smoothies -- a lot.  Getting him to branch out to other things beyond this is what the challenge is.  We put veggies and fruits into his smoothies, and he's happy to drink them like that.  I don't need to go into more details about his eating, but there would be zero benefit to giving him ice cream daily.  The more sugar he gets, the more he wants -- it truly is an addiction.

And the main reason why we don't give him lots of sweets is that he does not typically eat very much in quantity, and if we give him junk food, that's all he will eat.  It means that then we have zero chance of getting him to eat chicken or toast or apples -- which are a few things he's not thrilled about but will eat if truly hungry and has no other options.

My point is that kids do not need ice cream every day.  It's too much.  I'm not freaking out about giving my kid ice cream -- he had some today.  But he's not going to have some tomorrow.  Ice cream is not something you need to get into the habit of having daily.  The reason why I said I think it's setting the OP's kid up for food issues is if it's the only way the kid and dad connect.  If they are doing other things together, then fine (and then my question would be, "Why do they need ice cream together every day?").  If they aren't, then this kid is going to think the only way Daddy shows love is through junk food, and that's not okay.[/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