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Less fruit = less tantrums!

Beck - posted on 04/18/2010 ( 3 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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Amy - posted on 09/03/2010

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I know this was posted a while ago but I just wanted to add my 2 cents here. My son can't tolerate apples, grapes, raisins, currents, oranges, bananas, blueberries among other things but that is the fruit section. It is because of the phenols in them. It is not only in fruits but veggies too. I can't eat tomatoes for the same reason. Phenols ladies, look it up. Interesting stuff.

Amy

Beck - posted on 07/29/2010

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No Probs Sarah, this was a while back now and this week I got a little slack and was giving him some dried fruit as snacks...guess what...behaviour issues again! Back to one to two pieces of fresh only. I read that pear is the best fruit for the least amount of behaviour changing nasties.

Sarah - posted on 07/29/2010

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thanks for posting this! my son has so many food allergies that I have been letting him eat as much fruit as he wants ( I figured it was good that he was eating something healthy) but now that I am thinking, he has been having major tantrums lately! I will cut it back and see what happens!!!

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