How would you react if you didn't know when you were getting
food next? I believe most of us can understand that this would have been a
difficult position to be in, but very hard to 100% understand if you haven’t
been in the situation.
Our three children lived their first years not knowing when
their next meal was going to be served. “I can remember when I climbed up on
the kitchen bench to get some food for my two other brothers. I thought it was
a tin of food, but when I was able to open it I got paint all over me and the
kitchen” my oldest son told me. They can remember that they sometimes got a bar
of chocolate for dinner. Normally they didn't have any food in the cupboards
and in the fridge. Other times their birth parents were not able to remember
their basic needs, as they were too busy with their own unhealthy lifestyle.
What we realised was that they didn't have any understanding
of when to stop eating, they would eat themselves sick. We started to give them
a healthy portion of food, and after they had the opportunity to each as much
healthy food as they wanted e.g. fruit.
The anxiety around food was greater when we were outside of
the house, if this was a day out or going to a birthday party. They would grab
food like they had never seen it before, all because they were afraid that it
was not enough food. This was the same at school. I’m many situations like this
we also realised that they did steal food.
In this vlog I’m sharing some of our thoughts and how we are
managing this. I also asked my son why this is going on, to get an insight and
understanding.
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