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[quote=Anonymous]My son used to be a terribly fussy eater.  I stressed and stressed and stressed about it and caused so many arguments with my son.  My doctor and nutritionist and therapist (I consulted them all) stressed to be that I was causing my kid a lot of anxiety about meals and ruining a perfectly good opportunity to connect with my otherwise stellar kid.  I took their advice. (Shocker). De-escalated the meal time drama - had him help cook, which he loved regardless of what we were making because we had fun together, and let me him opt out of any meal.  If he wanted to make himself a PBJ or turkey sandwich, I let him and did not comment.  He is tall and healthy so I wasn’t worried about his growth.  Finally, after much patience, love and biting my tongue until I almost cried, he slowly came around and eats almost everything now.  He was as stressed out about meal times as I was and it colored our relationship in a very negative way,  he wanted to please me, he wanted to go out to eat with us, he wanted to love vegetables but literally could not/would not eat them.   Over the summer, he developed a different palate and voila - he is trying new things daily with vigor.  He is so much more relaxed and happier now and I truly regret the stress I caused him about food and glad that I finally llistened.   Please don’t do that to your grandson in the limited time he is with you.    It will be so hard, but don’t fuss, strike a deal that he can make himself a obj, show him how you would like it made, and let it go.  And enjoy Him.  There is limited time you have left that he will want to spend summers with you.

Good luck![/quote]

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