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[quote=Anonymous]We took our daughter for an evaluation and while it is still too early for anything formal, psychologist said that she most likely will receive a diagnosis of ADHD over the next year or two. With that being said:

We were overly permissive for years and basically let her run the show at meals. As a result, she eats a very limited number of foods, some are healthy but almost all are snack type. The ONLY hot meals she will eat are fast food, and an alphabet pasta dish that a nanny was able to get her to start eating after a lot of tears.

This is becoming a big deal, both in terms of our day to day life and refusing to participate in meals, but it makes holidays awful and embarrassing, and I am sure that her poor nutrition is contributing to the ADHD symptoms. After gentler approaches have failed, I decided to go cold turkey and we have been forcing her to take a few bites of what the family eats. If she doesn't want any more, she can go hungry.

If it matters, I have noticed two big problems- she seems afraid to try foods that she hasn't eaten in a while, but what is more annoying is that she will wake up randomly and decide she is "done" with a certain food for no reason. This morning it was waffles- a totally normal food.

My question, is this the right approach? Sometimes we have a babysitter here for meal time. I'm not sure how I can avoid the challenge of sticking to what I have planned for her to eat, and the ensuing screaming match. With a babysitter here. No way to really get around he babysitter bc of our work. And I think this is how we ultimately got to this point, where PB sandwiches for dinner were fine and became the norm.[/quote]

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