Anonymous wrote:I made homemade baby food when my kids were babies. My daughter ate fresh veggies and fruits and anything you put in front of her until she was 3. Then she slowly started dropping foods and then food groups.
At age 8, she is still an extremely picky eater. For fruit, she only eats apples without skins and an occasional smoothie. However, these can’t be packed in a lunch because she only eats or drinks them fresh, not after they have been sitting for a few hours. In early elementary, her school didn’t have a cafeteria so you had to bring a lunch. She likes hot foods like pasta which are hard to pack in a lunch. I used to pack healthy foods in her lunch but she refused to eat and the teacher said she was starving. After a while, I gave up. She was basically drinking milk and eating snack foods everyday because it was the only thing she would eat. I made sure to give her a more substantive dinner and get her to eat breakfast but lunch was junk. I decided calories to get her through the day was more important. Sometimes we packed lunchables.
My house is filled with fresh fruits and vegetables. I don’t eat any junk food. But I have a kid that will starve herself if she doesn’t have preferred foods. I have to pick my battles. Don’t judge.
+1000 I have the problem eater as well. It is an extreme aversion to textures due to sensory issues. I can’t count the doctors, psychologists, nurses, GI specialists, nutritionists, allergists, and OT specialists that we’ve been to in multiple states and hospitals. They would be happy if DC ate a lunchable for lunch! Problem eaters are out there! Please don’t judge. It’s a sad, harsh thing to deal with. Your Op smacks of ignorance and judgement.
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