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Originally Posted by toodles
we have discussed the food smacking many times and he has asked me to just let him know when he is doing it and he will stop. but dinner time is alwas fun time for us and I hate to ruin it with "honey, you're smacking". just seems like it would ruin his mood. make sense? tonight, at the dinner table, I said "from now on, I'm eating in the living room". He said "why??" I said "because between you and my 6 year old smacking your food, it sounds like a barn in here". he just laughed...but he stopped smacking 
i made it like a joke but i was totally serious. I want to say "i will eat in the living room and when the 2 of you learn to eat with your mouth closed, I will come and join you". but that might be a bit harsh, ya think???
it is just so gross to me. and he is the world's worst about shoveling a ton of food in his mouth before he talks. it's like he can't talk without food in his mouth. we will be carrying on a conversation and in the middle of his sentences, he has to take a break to shovel in the food. UGH!!!!!!!!!!! he says he was just raised to "hurry up and eat" but he is 32 years old...he should realize by now that there is no rush...take your time. i think this has a lot to do with why he gaines so much weight...i find if I take my time eating, I get full faster and with less food. he eats so incredibly fast that it is like his body doesn't have the time to realize that food is being taken in. and by the time he is finished, he is so overly stuffed.
ok...i keep going off in 15 directions....sorry thanks for letting me vent |
I've read several articles that state if you eat fast you will not realize your full & overeat. Try to find one of these articles on the internet & print it out for him. As far as the talking with his mouth full & smacking is food. I'm sure these are habits you would rather your six year old did not pick up. Tell him when he does this he's setting a bad example for the 6-year old. Make him a deal that you will give him a nudge under the table when he's doing these things (not a kick) that way you don't make a sceen in front of your child. And of course you have every right to tell your child not to do it, once you get your husband under control.
I'm not confrontational so when something bothers me I try to address it in a joking fashion also. If he knows you at all he should get that you are very serious.