My four year old son's father is getting married in August. Long ago I agreed to let the father take my son out of state for four days for the wedding. Now I'm not so sure it's a good idea. After his father had him for the day on Saturday he, the father, told me that he couldn't get my son to eat dinner and he implied that it's been an on-going problem. When I got my son home he ate like he hadn't eaten all day long.
My son is a very picky eater. He likes certain brands and won't eat any other. He chooses foods by sight, smell, color, texture ... who knows what. He'll eat one brand of chicken nuggets but won't eat another that looks exactly the same to me. He's like that with all foods and is hesitant to try new things. Slowly I'm getting him to taste little bits of new foods, but this is not really what I need advice on.
The father doesn't think he should give my son what ever it is he'll actually eat. He thinks my son should learn to eat what he's given. That's debatable but again not the issue that I'm asking for help with. I'm now worried about sending my son off for four days out of state with someone who isn't going to feed him. My son will choose to starve over eating something that he does not want to eat. I've been down that road with him - that is not debatable.
Do I press his father and hope that he feeds my son, or do I now tell him that I can not in good conscience let him take my son out of state when he isn't able to get him to eat?
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