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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he is normal weight but doesn't eat in social situations because he is too stimulated that sounds age related to me.  There's not necessarily a diagnosis called for here.  Many young children are too stimulated outside the home to talk much, to eat, to interact and do the things they might normally do.  It's a matter of age and stimulation level.  This is not a syndrome or diagnosis.

What is strange is your relatives telling her to "toughen up and make the boy eat."  What is their investment in this?  Controlling him?

As long as he is hydrated, this is so not a big deal.[/quote]

I think it is a big deal a kid won't eat for over a day or 2.[/quote]

She said he hasn't eaten more than a bite.  This is such typical toddler/little kid behavior.  I can't count the number of times my kids, when small, just nibbled something or ate one bite when at parties, at the beach, in public.  It's frustrating but it's not abnormal.  You don't force them to eat.  [/quote]

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