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[quote=Anonymous]Op here, to clarify, DS is skinny, 40 lbs at 6 yrs, smallest in his peer group, 5th percentile for weight, 25th percentile for height. Recently diagnosed with celiac, which had caused lot of gagging, reflux and food aversions in the past, just getting over it. Now eating out is limited to once a week as tough to find gluten free foods he likes, before it was school lunches and 2 to 3 times per week of meat exposure, now only once on the weekend. So DH grills once a week as well, but agreed DS likes my vegetarian food better, he is more used to it. Yes sure he leaves his foods sometimes, not always. 
 He says he likes burger, eats half, then says he is full, but has room for my food if we give him the choice. Happened past few weeks. he has food jags, loved hot dogs straight for a year, then stopped it completely.  So was wondering if he is slowly phasing out of burgers as well, anyways I will know soon from him.

We are making sure he gets enough to grow stronger and taller, but is also exposed to different kinds of foods and can hold on to what he has eaten. Obviously he will eat less of his less favorite food and more of his most favorite foods, so I have to balance between variety and growth.

Thanks for all the helpful comments, I guess I will do bits and pieces of fruits and veggies with burger like the other days, as well as keep a backup food or let him compensate at other meals.

I know some of you are averse to calorie discussions, but curious, how many calories would a 40 lb, 6 yr old need. Maybe I should call ped, but sites/books vary between 800 to 1400, what is a general guideline to follow to make sure he does not go off the charts?[/quote]

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