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I have a problem.....consists of food..?

I'm baby-sitting 2 ten year olds and 1 of them refuses to eat anything. No breakfast and now not even lunch. He says that everything he wants to eat we don't have and we cant go and get anything else. This is basically what we have in the kitchen: 1)Kraft Dinner 2)Pizza 3)Noodles 4)Chef Boy RD 5)Hot Stuff 6)Spagehtii 7)Tuna 8)Lettuce 9)Fruit (mixed) 10) Apples 11)Bluberries 12)Yogurt 13)Eggs 14)Bread 15)cereal He refuses to eat the meal type things which are #'s: 1-7 Does anyone have an idea of what i can make that consists of the food we have? Also until he eats we cant do anything! Go anywhere or see anyone. We also have things like milk so we can do like a smoothie type thing but he cant only eat that...grr....Please help me out....Please!!!!!♥

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1. why can't he have only a smoothie? It's got all good stuff in it. Eventually, he'll get hungry enough and eat what's given to him. After today, be sure to enlist the help of his parents for more guidance. I'm sure they'll appreciate your feelings of importance for him eating.
2. Most kids will eat mac & cheese, or Chef Boyardee, but 2-yr-olds can just be "ornery" too:) ..... Just put some cheese on a plate, with some fruit if he doesn't want anything else. And, if he won't eat at all, don't worry about it:) Kids that age may go a day or 2 refusing to eat, then eat everything in sight! .... perfectly normal for that "terrible two":)
3. make something that you and the other child will eat. At 10 years old he is acting like a brat trying to make you cook something special for him. Odds are his mother doesnt cook seperate meals for everyone in the house when she is there. Skipping a meal because he wont eat what is given wont hurt him at all. Worse comes to worse. Threaten to call his mom and ask her what to feed him since he wont eat whats there.
4. Unfortunatly he is 10 and this behavior has been ok'd by his parents for some time. so i think now he has a bit of an attitude problem. Kids wants candy and sweets and junk food. Hes 10, if he wants something, he'll eventually get hungry enough and have to eat something thats already in the house. And let his parents know of your concerns about this, maybe they will do something about his refusal to cooperate.
5. I say 10 years old is old enough to tell the little brat to eat his food or he cant leave the table! But since it isnt your kid you may want to call the parents and ask them what they do when he behaves this way. If you are lucky they will want to talk to him themselves and they will tell whats what and hopefully set him straight. What kind of 10 yr old wont eat pizza or chef boy rd??!!? did I miss something here? Toasted cheese sandwiches Toasted tuna salad sndwichs Scrambled egg & toast sandwichs Good luck with this. I would have told the little critter that he has to starve if he wont eat what you have, and no tv or video games either!
6. i agree with the answer above this- he IS benig a brat. kids do that a lot! he is just being difficult. it will not hurt him at all to miss a meal. don't give him a meal, ABSOLUTELY no sort of snack or dessert. by the time dinner rolls around he will be hungry and eat. but don't let him participate in normal fun activities until he eats his lunch. He also might just not be hungry. dont bend over backwards for a difficult 10 yr old who knows hes getting to you. but also you shouldnt stress over getting to go anywhere or see anyone- you are a babysitter not a professional entertainer- if the other kid is upset that you cant do anything fun, explain that it is because the other child refuses to eat and this is what happens when children dont do as they are told
7. He is holding everyone hostage by not eating and he knows it! I would say it is too bad you all can't go out and enjoy yourselves since he won't eat. Let him go hungry and stay home and be bored. He will decide to eat something soon enough. He is playing all the adults. I wouldn't bend over backwards to try and get him to eat....just offer him whatever you planned on making and if he doesn't eat it then say that is fine but he gets nothing else. Believe me he won't starve himself.
8. Just pick something that the other 10 yr old agrees on. Tell the ornery one that "this is what we are having" he can eat that or nothing else." Also inform the ornery one that there will be no fun stuff until he eats at least 3 bites of whatever you are having. Put the left overs in the fridge and when he gets hungry later the left overs are what he gets and you and the not so picky eater get a fun snack. When the left overs are finished then this child can also have a fun snack. Don't let them overrun you. If it happens once it will happen again and just get worse everytime you sit for him.
9. Get them involved with the preparing and cooking of the food. Also take the ordinary ingredients and make them more unique like when you make a sandwich have them use cookie cutters to change the shape of the bread and/or cheese,etc. I know you said they are ten but sometimes a 10 year old might like that still. If you can't get him to get involved somehow then make sure the other 10yr old is and make it look like a lot of fun. Maybe even award the other 10yr old in some way. Smoothies can be a meal as long as it's got a lot of good stuff in it. Yogurt, fruit of his choice and even cereal sprinkled on top to make it more fun and to get him some whole grain in there. Kids love to dip things in stuff so. Slice up some apples and get some peanut butter or whatever else you got around. You could make up a fruit dip with yogurt, cream cheese, whipped cream, add Cinnamon, and other seasonings. I was just listing some things that would go well with fruit you don't have to use it all together. The main thing is to make it interesting. Get them using there imagination. Good Luck and don't get discouraged. If you need more ideas check out different websites on kid stuff like.... http://family.go.com Don't put yourself out doing a bunch of stuff to please him!!! I just thought if he saw how much fun making the food was maybe he would "get over" whatever was making him picky in the first place and also get you some help in the kitchen.