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You Freaking Cry Baby Toddlers
These children are sugar-sensitive. Drinking juice all day was like drinking liquid sugar. Usually Nanny Deb picks up on that, but she must not know that drinking juice sets off the insulin reaction just like candy bars. THe Mom should start adding water to juice watering it down gradually over weeks until it is 10% juice and 90% water. SHe needs to give the childrne protein snacks before their bedtime. THis poor little girl was like a mean drunk. Desperate for the juice hit because she had a severe blood sugar drop. Please read Katleen Maissons Little Sugar Addicts. Also the older girl may well understand war, maybe she saw something on the news. SHe talked about "killing" and"die' so much. what if she overheard her Mom confiding fears to someone, and what if she understands her Dad is at war. That would freak out any child. THis may make her afraid to sleep at night. Nanny Deb missed two biggies here. Probably Nanny Deb and the Mom both process sugar normally. They would not understand that juice works temporarily but then causes a feedback issue. Believe me, I know. This dynamic happened to me as a child I would be DESPARATE for sweets and steal them from the kitchen!. THe anxiety you feel when you need the next sweet is real and caused by a biological syndrome. When I learned how to eat in a zone way (proteins balance carbs) I was able to eat the occassional sweet without going crazy. Until I discovered this, I was a weepy disaster from the time I was a child up to about 10 years ago! I did not get violent like the older daughter I got weepy and whiny. Please if your kids drink juice nonstop, consider this as a cause!
