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Less fruit = less tantrums

Beck - posted on 04/18/2010 ( 2 moms have responded )

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Now not everyone will agree with me but I thought I would share my story.

My son is a healthy, happy, content 13.5mth old. He is a delight, but in the past couple of months I had noticed he was having tantrums - often! I spoke to my friends with bubs the same age and they said that their bubs were not doing the same! I just thought it was cos he was frustrated cos he wasn't walking then cos he couldn't verbalise what he wanted or that he had my firey temper!! I have a short fuse and are known for a tantrum or two! lol
So, I was SO happy that Corey was such a healthy boy, he loved his fruit and would often have;
1/2 cup stewed apple with his cereal for breakfast
one or two pieces of fruit for morning tea ( eg a pear and 6 grapes)
1/2 cup stewed apple with his yoghurt after lunch then some
dried fruit with afternoon tea or as a snack.

I was pleased he was eating so much healthy fruit. I forgot how high in natural sugar fruit is (I often reccomend people stick to the 2 recomended pieces a day for weight loss at the gym I manage).

When speaking to my Alternative Therapist I asked him whether too much fruit was not good, he said "yes, it will lead to tantrums, crankiness etc" Well, thats Corey (at times) I thought. So the next day I cut him back to one piece a day (one pear or 6-10 grapes etc) and have kept it up for the past 4 days.

Guess what, first day, one tantrum...
next day...and the day after... and yesterday... NO TANTRUMS!!
He still will have a quick grizzle if he doesn't want to get dressed or something BUT no throwing himself on the floor in a full blown tantrum.

So, for us, we will keep it up for a while. I think that every thing is worth a trial for a week that I feel wont cause harm to me or my bub and the results I have seen so far is great. I may add that this improvement has been even with the fact that he has had an ear infection and a few nights of interupted sleep!

I have since been reading a book called 'Fed Up' by Sue Dengate and she states the same.

I hope this has been some 'food for thought' for you.

Enjoy your precious bubs!

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Beck - posted on 04/19/2010

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Thanks Pamela, I am glad you have had good results too. Yes, we are still looking at different things but as he eats all home made food with fresh produce I didn't think we needed to watch his diet much... My childcare background had always told me that a lot of children's behaviour was linked to food but fruit...I never would have thought!

Pamela - posted on 04/19/2010

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Additives = bad news for Mums,and the family. I love Sue Dengate and have found some great answers to my children's problems. But i do have to say i don't totally agree with everything she says about food but i do agree with this main point that not everyone reacts the same to food and working out what works for you is the key to a happy family. We aim for fresh is best and cook and eat to this rule and it's what works for us.

I'm happy that life is a few less tantrums for you - but can i just say - wait untill he sleeps better, eats better, doesn't get as sick and starts to learn more. All these things happened to me with my son who when i started my fresh is best rule went up 18 levels of reading in one year - yes he did have extra help at the school but his teacher said that he has never seen him so focused and ready to learn.

Good luck and keep up with learning about food and it's effects!

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