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Jul. 12th, 2007 11:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mynewplaceTHIS ARTICLE just makes me SO upset. You know, before Scarlett started taking Adderall, she was one of these children. Not morbidly obese, but quite overweight. She was solid, and large from birth on. I don't believe my parents fed her inappropriately when they cared for her while I was at work, but she was hungry ALL the time. Even when she was only taking a bottle. She was ALWAYS active, moving constantly and lifting, pulling, running playing. She got loads of exercise, and while she's a bit more sedentary now, she still dances, swims, swings and plays on jungle gyms and playground equipment when she has the opportunity. She isn't lazy, unless we're talking about housework or school work.
People just don't understand - most parents don't overfeed their children or give them candy and/or non-nutritious food. Some children JUST EAT MORE. My cousin's daughter is an example of that. While I agree that she is overweight, I KNOW that she eats when she's hungry, and doesn't eat when she's not and she's busy as a bee. I suspect her grandmother gives her some high-calorie food, but she's only three. Children need fat to develop properly, especially within their brain. It makes me angry to think some people judge a parent because they give their child whole milk as opposed to skim, especially before age five.
But still, the stigma is real. Scarlett didn't suffer TOO much from her peers, because her build was not blatantly "fat". Most of her life she had a flat tummy, but there was a LOT of meat between her tummy and her back. She did get to the point in the 6-8 months before the Adderall where she was starting to get a little pot belly and the fat was also accumulating in her chest. But with the Adderall she dropped those pounds in no time. And she's developing normally now, although she's still soft and squishy.
I worry about her weight. And I am trying to teach her better eating habits than I have learned. But I do encourage her to eat when she's hungry, because she's not hungry so often now. She's so beautiful. I don't want her to be "the fat girl".
People just don't understand - most parents don't overfeed their children or give them candy and/or non-nutritious food. Some children JUST EAT MORE. My cousin's daughter is an example of that. While I agree that she is overweight, I KNOW that she eats when she's hungry, and doesn't eat when she's not and she's busy as a bee. I suspect her grandmother gives her some high-calorie food, but she's only three. Children need fat to develop properly, especially within their brain. It makes me angry to think some people judge a parent because they give their child whole milk as opposed to skim, especially before age five.
But still, the stigma is real. Scarlett didn't suffer TOO much from her peers, because her build was not blatantly "fat". Most of her life she had a flat tummy, but there was a LOT of meat between her tummy and her back. She did get to the point in the 6-8 months before the Adderall where she was starting to get a little pot belly and the fat was also accumulating in her chest. But with the Adderall she dropped those pounds in no time. And she's developing normally now, although she's still soft and squishy.
I worry about her weight. And I am trying to teach her better eating habits than I have learned. But I do encourage her to eat when she's hungry, because she's not hungry so often now. She's so beautiful. I don't want her to be "the fat girl".
