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[quote=Anonymous]PP here, answering the question of where we are on the journey:

My child started in the feeding clinic at age 14 months and we went monthly until about age 3.5.  After that things got much easier ... but my child had adenoid surgery at age 3.25, and that made a huge difference in his eating.

My child is now almost 7, we still follow the strict eating schedule that Dr. Chatoor suggested (it changes over time), but pretty much all meals are scheduled as well as snacks.  So the child is sufficiently hungry when snack or meals are offered.

My schedule now is: 7:30 breakfast
                              8:00 am 4 oz of milk with Miralax
                            11:30 lunch
                              3:30 snack
                              5:45 dinner
                              7:15 4 oz of milk (with Miralax ) before bed
                             at 7:15 if our child is still hungry, rather than send him to bed hungry, which is one of the suggestions, he has one last chance before teeth brushing to ask for food.  If he didn't eat well at dinner, his plate has been saved and he can have his cold food.  If he ate well at dinner and we just didn't offer enough (like we should have offered another dish besides pizza), then he gets some protein before bed.. salami, cheese, yogurt or something like that.

The 2 different cups of milk are to get Miralax in my child due to constipation, but also offer a little more calories after meals.  We used to do it all at night but that was too much liquid before going to bed. 
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