Hungry
"My body is telling me I am hungry" Matt tells me after a big bowl of cereal I gave him not even an hour ago.
"That is not what you body is saying I am sure after that big bowl of cereal, if it is your tummy growling it is just digesting your food." I explain to him again. Yes again we have talked about this before.
When will my son not be hungry any more, when will he stop thinking of food all the time, I feel sometimes I am not doing enough, I know I do everything I can and I know he gets enough food but why is he always thininking he is hungry? Why is he so concerned with food?
I know he would eat till he was ill, I know he doesnt really know when he is hungry and just loves the thought of eating and I know this is just part of his disability and I know that some times all this thought brings on the idea to sneak food and yes I know I can not do anything about any of it except keep doing the best I can.
That is all I can just keep doing the best I can remind him that he isnt hungry and that he just ate and that he gets lots of food and remind him to drink more water. I can remind myself not to take it personally and remind myself yes I am doing the best I can and he will be okay and this too will pass and he wont focus so much on food in a few days as this goes in cycles.
Just keep doing the best you can that is all you can do.
<3 Joan Nielsen
