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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Drop the rope.  Don't bribe her, or make her sweets to get her to eat, or provide attention to what she's eating. Those types of pressure are very likely to backfire.

Serve three meals and two snacks a day.  Serve a variety of food, include something she likes at every meal and snack but it doesnm't have to be a favorite.  Choose slightly higher calorie options if you want, like whole milk yogurt instead of reduced fat.  And then at the meal, allow her to choose what she wants, from the options on the table, and talk about other things.  When she's done let her up from the table.

Kids weight at birth isn't predictive of where they'll be long term, and so they naturally adjust in the first few years. A 15%ile change is very very normal, it's not a sign that you need to do anything.  The fact that she's so tall makes it abundantly clear that she's getting the calories she needs, because vertical growth takes a lot of calories.  [/quote]

+1 I would also check out kids eat in color on instagram’s highlight on ways to use high calorie foods in situations like this, she had a kid like this and has some good content on it [/quote]

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