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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had one of these, except he is more like 60%. He is eight years old and still eats only 6-7 foods, all a brown-yellow color.  He once threw up after trying Mac and cheese.  He takes a vitamin, and gets enough calcium/iron/fat, so I just leave it. We did a year of OT and saw no sustained improvement.  His two brothers eat everything so I know it isn’t my cooking!

My advice: 1. Try OT if you want. 2. If ped isn’t worried, don’t worry. 3. Don’t compare to sister because you risk having him self-identify as a Picky Eater and he will only lean into it. Make it easy for him to decide he wants to try food - some kids are picky for life and some just have a picky phase. [/quote]

What is OT? Thanks for the tips.. how do i make it easy for him to decide he wants to try food?

Relatedly, because of his pickiness i am still spoon feeding him to try to jam as much different food as possible into him. If i let him feed himself he'll have a couple bites of carbs and then run off. But i hate that i have to do that. [/quote]

Occupational Therapy[/quote]

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