Ask Me Help Desk - Why does my child vomit during dinner time when she doesn't like what were having

Whenever I make something for dinner that my 6yr old daughter doesn't like she will go to the bathroom and make herself vomit then I will make her something else that she like and she will eat with no problem what should I do please help very concern parents

You need to talk to your child. It's possible she has allergies or intolerances to some of the food you are cooking. My eldest still vomits if there are mushrooms in anything she eats, and she can taste the tiniest trace of it.

Or it could be pyschologicial reasons.

How about getting her to help with preparing the dinner? If she helps make it, she'll see what goes in, and is more likely to eat it.

What are the foods that make her vomit?

Allergies are definitely something to look at. And having her help cook is a great idea too. If it's neither of those, it may just be an attention getting thing. When I was little, I knew if I refused to eat the food I didn't like, my mother would get tired of trying to get me to eat and I'd get cereal (which I did like) for dinner. Your daughter might just be doing the same thing if she knows you'll give in.

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You need to talk to your child. It's possible she has allergies or intolerances to some of the food you are cooking. My eldest still vomits if there are mushrooms in anything she eats, and she can taste the tiniest trace of it.

Or it could be pyschologicial reasons.

How about getting her to help with preparing the dinner? If she helps make it, she'll see what goes in, and is more likely to eat it.

What are the foods that make her vomit?

I really don't think it is allergies because I will make fried chicken or chicken patties and she will love it but then I will make bake chicken and she will then run to the bathroom and make herself vomit without even taking a bite of it.. also when we have pizza for dinner she will eat it but then other days she will act like her stomach hurts as soon as I say were having pizza for dinner. I really think she she is just trying to get her way during dinner time and I feel like I'm running a restaurant for her

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I really don't think it is allergies because i will make fried chicken or chicken patties and she will love it but then i will make bake chicken and she will then run to the bathroom and make herself vomit without even taking a bite of it.. also when we have pizza for dinner she will eat it but then other days she will act like her stomach hurts as soon as i say were having pizza for dinner. i really think she she is just trying to get her way during dinner time and i feel like im running a restraunt for her

Tell her that if she doesn't eat what is made then she can go without food, and stick to it until she changes her mind. I'd make her sit at the dinner table making her watch everyone eat until she decided she was hungry. They usually change their minds when they realize you're serious. That's what my mom did and it worked. She said that the food that she made is the food that we're having and that she wasn't just going to make me something special because I didn't want to eat it.
She might not even have a problem with the food you're making, but she knows you'll make her something different, so she does it as a means of control. It sounds harsh but usually the child will cave and deal with it. If not you tell her that there is food on the table and if she chooses not to eat it, it is her decision and not to blame anyone else if she goes hungry.

My mom did the "You don't have to eat it, but you have to taste it".

Now I'll eat just about anything except pickled pigs feet (anything with lots of vinegar - headache) feet, caviar (too salty), Creamed onions and oysters.

Rabbit, escargot (snails), goat (served at a wedding) cow;s tongue, squid, turtle, alligator are just fine.

I've seen Octopus at a local restaurant buffet, but I haven't figured out how to eat it yet

Yep, ask if she is done and take her plate. No making something special unless it's an allergy.

In that case, I'd just go with the "This is dinner. If you don't eat it, there is nothing else" approach. Let her go hungry a couple of times, and she will stop rejecting food unless she really really hates it.

Don't make an issue out of it, it's not a power struggle, it is her choice to eat or not. But if she choses not to, she has to take the consequences.

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I've seen Octopus at a local restauraunt buffet, but I haven't figured out how to eat it yet

Knife and fork, squeeze of lemon, then chew. It's fine, a little rubbery if badly cooked, but not weird or nasty. My kids love it.

The goat's good. I have some frieds of Trinidad decent and they are the ones that had the goat. There is a restaurant about a mile away that has it on the menu. This was basically cut up.

Here are some goat recipies: Open Directory - Home: Cooking: Meat: Goat

The alligator and turtle soup came from a restaurant too. Alligator is better than turtle.

One restauraut I ate at had SMOKED PIG EARS on the menu. Appetizers

These guys have alligator soup on the menu. Coopers Seafood House Restaurant and Pub - Scranton & Pittston PA

They will store their seafood on ice only. These guys have woring trains that run along the wall.

Now for a real elegant experience like no other: Le Bec Fin | Philadelphia

Now a nice elegant not priced out of line is this restauraunt: The Franklinville Inn - Welcome
They had about 5 varieties of sugar including liquif sugar ti choose from and it was the first time I ran into the use of a "crumber". Neat place to visit.

When I was little my mother had to literally pay me to eat so I would gain weight. I never ended up throwing up my food as I would just refuse to eat. I was very stubborn. Never tasted cranberry sauce until I was 18. I was 18 when I first ate Chinese food (love it now). Never ate macaroni or potato salad until I was 50. I hate most vegetables to this day and would starve to death if I had to be a vegetarian. I was a very picky eater to put it mildly.

So, if your little princess decides to just not eat supper when given the choice of eating what everyone else is eating - don't be alarmed. She'll live. She may or may not go along with the program. BUT you need to tell her she will be punished for eating the food and then throwing it up. You pick the punishment on this one. She needs to understand that she is wasting the food and it would be better for her to not eat the food and then upchuck it but to rather not eat it at all. You will understand her not eating but you will not understand (or tolerate) her throwing up perfectly good food that another member of the family could have eaten.

Now I wish I had tried more things to eat when I was younger but I'm set in my ways (sort of) and just eat the same things over and over again.

My late husband loved snake and alligator tail and living in South Florida there were a lot of snakes and alligators to be had in the Everglades. I'd cook it for him on the stove - like you would fish and he and my adventurous son would gobble it down.

Certain veggies like broccoli I can't eat as it gives me gas. I hate spinich. But I'll eat escargot. So go figure.