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S/O of the milk post...drinks with food?
DH and I are in a battle over allowing drinks with food. He was raised that you don't get to drink until all of your food is finished. I have to have a drink with my food. My throat feels so dry otherwise. So him and his son sit and eat without a drink while my son and I have drinks with meals. Well we are expecting a child together and we keep coming back to this....he insists this child will NOT have a drink with his meals, that it makes it harder for them to finish their plates or they get full before they are done, something like that. But I can't stand not having one and I certainly don't want to sit there with a drink in front of my child while telling him he can't have one.
Does anyone else do this besides MH?
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Re: S/O of the milk post...drinks with food?
Why does he insist on not having a drink with a meal? That strikes me as very bizarre. I would not be able to finish a meal without at least a sip here and there.
I know!!!! I keep telling him it's crazy but he grew up that way so it's normal to him. He thinks that if he lets his son drink before he finishes his food that he will get full and not finish. I don't get it at all and he is being very stubborn about it.
I need a drink with my meals. I take a sip every few bites to help everything go down. I usually go through a large glass of water, sometimes two, with each meal and it would be torture to me to try to have a meal without a drink! So I would never withhold drinks from my kids with their meals. We only allow milk or water unless it's Sunday, when they get a cup of half juice half water as a treat.
I think you need to have something to drink when you eat.
I do remember not liking a meal once, and drinking all of my water instead. I did get my drink taken away until I had actually eaten something.
How does your DH do that?!?! I drink 2-3 glasses of water with each meal, and I'd never make it until the end of my meal.
I always have a drink with a meal, usually just water. Does he not speak? how does he rinse food down off his tongue and stuff? This is silly and baffling to me.
As a server I always make sure people get water before they order food. A beverage is the first course! It should be the last too but I'm not bringing you a fun drink if you don't order it.
Uhm that's a pretty crappy idea right there.
No. My kids have a drink with every meal. In the mornings and at lunch its milk. At dinner its water. Right before bed they drink milk. Any other time they get water.
I need drinks during dinner. I take a huge drink between different food types to get the previous flavor out of my mouth. Nothing worse than chicken flavored peas.
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I wish it was possible to fill up on water! I would not have 30 lbs of baby weight left if this were possible. Milk on the other hand just might do it.
The funny thing is that when his son isn't with us he WILL drink with his food!!! He is just trying to raise his son how he was raised I guess. I'm not giving in on this. I get if they are abusing it and intentionally drinking themselves full to take it away but as a general rule to have we definitely are not seeing eye to eye.
I always have water with meals, probably go through 2 or 3 glasses like PP said.
I've never heard of not having a drink with a meal.
If a child is guzzling a cup of milk and not wanting to eat, just keep it out of reach and have him ask for a sip or offer sips. Just monitor until he learns not to chug it all at once.
There are studies done that suggest a link but overall I don't think the evidence is strong enough, and still plenty of studies that suggest the opposite...so one of those things.
My roommate from college was told that by her doctor because she has a lot of digestive issues but for the average person it wouldn't make a difference.
Aw that is kind of mean! Just because they did it in the 80's (or whenever your DH grew up) Doesn't mean it still works today! Just because that is how you were raised doesn't mean it's right KWIM? Show him this thread
Yeah this, I think its a weird control freak move.
My husband doesn't drink until after he eats and I usually drink as I eat and then finish his if he hasn't. I couldn't eat without a drink close by and when we have kids they will be allowed the same.
If a kids is filling up on their milk/water then I would limit the amount they have but I couldn't deny them a drink.
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Isnt part of the idea with having water is that you can get that full feeling without overeating? And that is ridiculous insisting that all the food be finished before having a drink. Thats like forcing a kid to overeat. People eat more than they should if they are thirsty. I would be uber pissed if H told me C was not allowed a drink with his food. Then I would tell him that he can cook his own damned food.
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As kids we always drank milk with food. I cannot eat without having something to drink.
ETA: In consultation with a developmental therapist, it was recommended that we don't offer milk with a meal for DS so he is more inclined to eat the meal. But he's so used to it now that he asks for it.
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Personally, I don't drink while I eat dinner. I don't know why. I just don't. But I serve my children small drinks to sip on during dinner. If they finish their milk, I ask them to eat more food, and then refill them once they've had a good amount of dinner. If they finish their milk before dinner (which often happens because they are super thirsty or starving), I offer them water during the meal.
I can't imagine making them wait, particularly after their highly dramatic pea-related choking sessions because "UHMAHGODBECKYTHISDINNERISSOOOOOOOOGROSS"
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I'm sorry your DH was abused as a child.
Hyperbole aside, I *need* liquid to wash down all but the juiciest of foods. If anyone has ever done the saltine cracker stunt (trying to eat 6 saltine crackers without drinking anything), that's how most foods are for me.
I *do* recommend not giving your child juice with meals. But unless your child has a serious problem of low weight, there is absolutely nothing wrong with drinking water with food. In fact, it probably aids digestion.