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[quote=Anonymous]All I will say is that whatever choices you make, don't get to smug.

I did baby led weaning, whole foods, no processed snacks except the occasional bowl of cheerios to occupy kids on an airplane. I even made my own purees and put them in reusable pouches. I thought I was some kind of genius.

I now have a 7 year old with ARFID and food texture sensitivities. I still work very hard to feed her whole foods, but it's really hard with the texture issues -- there are many foods she won't eat unless processed (whether I do it at home or we buy something packaged). Like she won't eat beans but she will eat a paste made of beans. And when I say "won't eat," I mean she will sometimes cry at the sight of foods that seem overwhelming to her, which might just mean "are green" or "are cooked."

Anyway, I now have a bin in the pantry that is literally just these kinds of packaged snacks. Fruit pouches (I do not have time to make our own at this point), granola bars, goldfish. We did dried fruit until the dentist told us to stop. I hate how much processed, pre-packaged food my kid eats. But I hate watching her not eat at all more, so oh well.

Just a bit of perspective.[/quote]

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