Flexibility
My son is now 10 years old. He is the youngest of 6 children. When he was born - any given day - one child or another would forget a practice a party or other such nonsense - sending any schedule we had right out the window. My husband travels extensively - has for 14 years now - so inflexibility just was not an option for us.
Dinner is never at the same time - and neither is breakfast for that matter. We have never as a family been very good at adhering to a strict schedule. When they told me my son would be inflexible - I could do nothing more than cry. I could not imagine our family accommodating a chronically inflexible child.
Well here we are 10 years later and My son is not what they said he would be. Yes - we have PWS issues. There is food seeking, nothing we cant handle. An occasional meltdown when we put something to him in the wrong way. And persistent requests for meals that are delayed - but nothing like the inflexible, tantruming, demanding child we were told we would have. Do I think some of it may have to do with our schedules - perhaps.
We still have a crazy schedule, and meals are never on time, and plans change at a heart beat, but this crazy family has learned to adjust - and my son right along with us.
So I am not telling you that you will or won't have issues. Your child has genetic predisposition not only to PWS but to the behavior of you and his father. Nurture also plays a great deal in this. So, the best you can do is just what you are thinking. Preventative measures now and hope that they work in the future. And if they don't - you can't blame yourself. Its just part of the package.
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