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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Only eats 1 type of yogurt (the one with the orios, which can't have much protein). [/quote]

That's fine for right now.  Buy the Oreo Yogurt and let her eat it!  She probably likes the sensation of a little crunch in the yogurt -- later when she has regained her historic weight percentiles, you can experiment with other crunchy thngs in yogurt or maybe ice cream.  That is called Food Chaining.

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She does eat all or most of her vegetables, so she will eat the side dishes during a meal and leave the main dish (meat). [/quote]

That's great !  Which vegetables?  You can drizzle them with some olive oil or butter if she will enjoy that for some extra calories.   Later, if she enjoys the crunch of Oreos in yogurt, she might enjoy some crunch on her veggies.  Place some sliced or chopped nuts, toasted or not, in a side dish and invite her to try topping her veggies with nuts for a new taste.  But let her be in control of adding them or not, as she wishes.  That's how you gently nudge a severe selective eater into trying new things -- no pressure, just invite.

[quote]Won't touch eggs without gagging.[/quote]

If it helps at all, my son would run from the smell of eggs cooking, crying bitterly about the horrible smell in the house.  He didn't eat an egg for about 10 years.  But over time, and food chaining, was gradually reintroduced to eggs  in different forms and now really enjoys scrambled eggs and some cooked egg dishes like omelettes.

[quote]She doesn't like fruit, so smoothies with egg/yogurt hidden in them are a no.  
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You could try Italian Hot Chocolate -- rich hot chocolate with an egg yolk only mixed in.  That was the first egg I got my son to eat (yolk has less taste that the white.)

[quote]Here is the protein she will eat: Chicken, beans, chickpeas and most legumes.[/quote]

Again, that is great.  Add as much fat into these meals as you can.  For meals, make sure she has some of these to eat.  You don't mention rice or pasta or potatoes or bread.  Will she eat starches??

[quote]She drinks 3 cups of milk a day, she likes milk. [/quote]

Serve whole milk if you can.  You can even add 1T or heavy cream to milk and mix it in well, or add some chocolate or strawberry powder if she likes that.  Keep upping the calories.  You want her to be back to her historic percentiles.

[quote]I make Banza pasta for school because she loves pasta, and it has tons of protein since it is made with chickpeas.  I mix it with a bit of regular pasta so that it makes a complete protein. [/quote]

Again, I don't think you need to worry so much about the protein.   Just make sure she's getting enough calories.  And then once she has more weight on her, research strategies for severe picky eaters to start expanding her reparatoire of foods.

Good resources:

https://www.amazon.com/Helping-Child-Extreme-Picky-Eating/dp/162625110X

https://www.facebook.com/MealtimeHostage/[/quote]

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