Not again

We had a busy weekend, the last of our family birthday parties till fall. Ben did great with the whole cake thing yesterday --- but today much to my dismay he got into the toothpaste again. I was distracted and forgot to put it away after the am brushing! I caught him amid the act. He "had to go potty" I let him go, but I failed to tail him right there, I was in the middle of a diaper change and he said he "could not wait" When I was done he I went to check on him and he was not expecting to see me. I found him red handed, toothpaste all over his face.....
SO SAD!!!

Friday =====another day========

We were very busy today. Yet another day where Ben had no opportunity because we were so busy! Maybe that's the the ticket?! LOL Keep him so busy he cant steal. Another thing I am worried about is him leaving the class room and getting into trouble. I personally think he needs an aid who can keep eyes on him the entire time he is at school. He lies, manipulates and cons people. What if he goes to the bathroom alone? His MO right now is to steal food, and go hide in the bathroom and eat it. What if he cons his classmates out of pieces of their lunch. What if the teacher is to busy to eyeball every bite he takes. If you don't he inhales his food.

Thursday

Today was ok. Course I didn't take my eyes off him LOL. He didn't have an opportunity to eat anything he shouldn't. I am worried about Kindergarten in the fall. Steeling other's lunches and what not......goodnight blog world! Jenn

Another Birthday

M oldest turned 10 years old the day after his sisters 4th birthday. Every food episode that involves Ben has an undercurrent of being ruined by Ben. He shoves food down his face. I have to constantly remind him to slow down. He is always the first one to get done eating even tho he is eating slow.... slow for him that is. His rules for eating -- he repeats to me 1. eat slow 2. chew. 3. take little bites, 4. put IT down (whatever it is, between bites, (i.e. fork, sandwich) Today I made him stop eating and wait a bit. He was half done with his pizza while everyone else was on bite one or two. We had ice cream cake and I gave him a tiny slice. I didn't let him finish because he was twitching, and chattering, and licking his lips a million times a minute.

I have two foodies -- Kate acts just like Ben, I don't understand, but I have been told that often siblings of PWS kids absorb their behaviors. Kate is already obsessive compulsive and this last year she is a foodie..along with the FAS and obsesive thumb sucking

Sigh.........

Birthday Celebration ??? !!!

Today is my little girls birthday -- she is 4 years old today. I feel like I do now at every birthday--bittersweet. I feel like we as a family can't enjoy things like birthday cake. All birthday cake and sweets do is make Ben "jones" like a drug addict. He gets happy, chatters, and talks your ear off. This behavior only comes out when there is food or the prospect of food, or when he has stolen food Then if he does get some, soon as it is gone he is mad, sullen and sulking for more. When he doesn't get any and he know there is some (like birthday cake) he gets upset. So I don't know what to do! We have pretty much just stopped buying birthday cake because that is the worst of all his triggers -- why that? I don't know....

Update: So we can raisen bran carrot muffins for Kate's birthday. As per usually Ben's face was a total food fest. Jonesing on everyones muffins including his own. At one point he even leaned over and said "Happy Birthday Kate, let me give you a hug" The entire time his eyes didnt even look at her, he was looking at her muffin. Makes me so sad.

The Catalyst -- Toothpaste

What has spurred me on to make this blog?! Toothpaste!!!! My son Ben ate 1/2 a tube of toothpaste. I never thot he would go THAT far...... but of course WHY should have I of thought that!!! I am not surprised really.....but how gross!!!! It doesn't even taste good! There isn't a day that goes by that I am not having to deal with this, from steeling to obsessing about food or him scarfing food down so fast it amazes me!