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My 3 kids vary in age. Elementary would be the average.

They're not "picky," as I have seen other kids be picky. They try lots of stuff..but the question is do they *like* the stuff to fill themselves up?

Fortunately I got a lot of good advice from a family member from when my oldest was age 3. This relative did intense food therapy for one of her kids. It was a medical issue, and she had the best feeding therapists to teach how to eat! Really applicable to all kids. We've used this advice well.

So, we've had a really good foundation (I'll post some of the "rules" from food therapy later.)

My middle and youngest are giving me more trouble lately. Sometimes they try a bite of our meal. And they like it! Win! But they won't eat much, and they're hungry again and again before bedtime. Sometimes they try a bite of our meal, and they don't like it. They eat the alternative--cereal. Then they're hungry again because that's not really filling.

After not caring for a while, DH and I are getting more frustrated about this second-dinner they need. I try to keep it to dry snacks, but they want something more. We tell them, fine, go get it, but don't bother us. *the youngest can't help himself though.

A few other notes:
-As I said, they like a lot of foods. Middle kid generally doesn't like food mixed together like a casserole or skillet meal. He also likes one thing one day "I love sausage!" and then the next week, he won't eat the same meal
-We are thinking about moving dinner later, so even if there are double meals, it doesn't feel like a surprise second meal juuuust before we thought they were falling asleep.
-oldest kid doesn't like typical kid foods like mac and cheese. will eat what we eat. Chicken / veggies / one pot meals / one sheet baked meals / soup and bread, etc.
-middle kid is so skinny. No danger in filling his stomach. We notice he snacks all day, but like a bird. I just want that kid to have a huge meal one day out of the week. Lol.[/quote]

What is your kids current schedule? We have dinner at 5 and my kid chowsssss. If it's later than 600 it's an uphill battle because he's honestly ready for bed. 
My kid eats bfast 645-715am
Snack at school 915/930
Lunch 12/1230
Snack 230/3
If he is hungry again before dinner at 530 he gets a veggie and fruit plate with some type of cracker or muffin (this only happens when he is really hungry and doesn't seem to change dinner intake. Sometimes it's because he didn't eat a lot of lunch or he's growing)
Dinner must be between 515-545 or it's a sunken ship 
We tried later like right before bed and it went abysmally. Randomly had dinner earlier and it was magic. Kept doing it and it's been stressful but necessary [/quote]

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