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[quote=Anonymous]I had an underweight 4 and 5 year old. He gradually became less underweight as he grew older, and he is now slim but not underweight at 11. He ate so little it alarmed friends and family. Doctors were concerned, and so what they told me
Was to feed him favored foods. As much as he wanted of whatever he would eat. We still offered a balanced, normal dinner but there were snacks offered many times a day, and always a big bowl of ice cream for dessert. We were advised not to push, not to force, and never get angry. Meal times were to be fun and caring, whether or not kid ate. That set the stage for kid someday wanting to eat a family meal. Because he knew he would get ice cream no matter what the stress of dinner fell for all of us - no more bribing and threatening. He now isn’t a big eater, but he eats when he is hungry. He eats a wide-enough variety of healthy food, and is able to eat and be polite when out. It’s all fine now. OP, stop forcing your child to eat. Make dinner relaxed. Get calories into her at other times. Get the yelling under control. That’s your job. Your daughter’s job is to eat when she is hungry.[/quote]

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