Cross posting this in Parenting as well...
Ok, here is my situation, and DH is part of the problem.
DS1 has developed a horrible issue with watching TV and eating. He gets into the TV so much he just wont eat. No matter how many times I have unplugged the TV in the kitchen (we have one there so I can watch the local news while cooking dinner), DH plugs it back in because he is addicted to it himself and sits at the table late at night or lunch eats a sandwich and reads a book while watching TV. then he just lets the kids watch TV all day long even during meals.
So, basically, they barely eat anything for breakfast, because they watch TV. (It has gotten to the point that they sneak into the living room with their plates, if the TV in the kitchen is not plugged in.) We pack lunch for DS1 (fruit, veggie, main dish, and then something for a morning snack like cheezits). He rarely eats much of his lunch - usually the snack and fruit and that is it.
Then, he gets out of school and is demanding McDonalds $1 chicken sandwich (which DH usually buys him every day, I don't when I pick him up). Then he is eating from the minute he gets in the door till almost meal time. He has started (along with his younger brother) taking the snack foods and hiding them, and when I refuse to give them anymore than I already have, they sneak off to their private stash.
At dinner, they wont eat, because they have been snacking for 2-3 hours and are now full.
Then right before bed they are screaming they are starving.
Help - how do I fix this, as I get no support from DH in changing their habits. I want the TV to stop, but I am always countered by DH. I have tried giving minimalistic lunch till he starts eating it (like PB Sandwich, some carrots and a few grapes), but DH will add more to his lunch in the mornings even though I have told him no (like the cheesitz, and more junk).
I have wanted to get rid of our white shelving in the kitchen for several years now, as it is just plain in the way but that is where we put a lot of the foods, because we lack cabinets and pantry space in the kitchen. But DH just wont do it, as there is no place else. I am for putting our canned and boxed goods from the one cabinet we have on something else, and then putting snack stuff in the cabinet (but the kids can still get into those too).
Ok, here is my situation, and DH is part of the problem.
DS1 has developed a horrible issue with watching TV and eating. He gets into the TV so much he just wont eat. No matter how many times I have unplugged the TV in the kitchen (we have one there so I can watch the local news while cooking dinner), DH plugs it back in because he is addicted to it himself and sits at the table late at night or lunch eats a sandwich and reads a book while watching TV. then he just lets the kids watch TV all day long even during meals.
So, basically, they barely eat anything for breakfast, because they watch TV. (It has gotten to the point that they sneak into the living room with their plates, if the TV in the kitchen is not plugged in.) We pack lunch for DS1 (fruit, veggie, main dish, and then something for a morning snack like cheezits). He rarely eats much of his lunch - usually the snack and fruit and that is it.
Then, he gets out of school and is demanding McDonalds $1 chicken sandwich (which DH usually buys him every day, I don't when I pick him up). Then he is eating from the minute he gets in the door till almost meal time. He has started (along with his younger brother) taking the snack foods and hiding them, and when I refuse to give them anymore than I already have, they sneak off to their private stash.
At dinner, they wont eat, because they have been snacking for 2-3 hours and are now full.
Then right before bed they are screaming they are starving.
Help - how do I fix this, as I get no support from DH in changing their habits. I want the TV to stop, but I am always countered by DH. I have tried giving minimalistic lunch till he starts eating it (like PB Sandwich, some carrots and a few grapes), but DH will add more to his lunch in the mornings even though I have told him no (like the cheesitz, and more junk).
I have wanted to get rid of our white shelving in the kitchen for several years now, as it is just plain in the way but that is where we put a lot of the foods, because we lack cabinets and pantry space in the kitchen. But DH just wont do it, as there is no place else. I am for putting our canned and boxed goods from the one cabinet we have on something else, and then putting snack stuff in the cabinet (but the kids can still get into those too).
