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[quote=Anonymous]I feel your pain!  I really do.. my now 7 year old was a very picky eater at 4.  Even now she is a very plain eater, no sauces or strong flavors, but she eats just about everything.

Others have been giving you great suggestions about increasing protein, but I'll tell you what I eventually had to do...  I got tired of trying to sneak in protein, and just stopped catering to her tastes.  After I determined that it was [b]not a true sensitivity issue,[/b] for example if she just hated the texture of strawberries, I just decided it had to change.  Our meals were revolving around her...  also if you do require her to eat a certain amount, say it once and then don't continue to focus on her for the meal.  Make a big deal out of her eating well, but take the dynamic of her pickiness out of the center of your family meal.

I had to go old school, she had to eat at least half of what everyone else ate or she lost TV or a playdate.  I don't make her eat liver or brie but she can eat the same beans or ham that everyone else is eating.

She also had to try new foods..  For example she always refused to eat peanut butter, she tried almond butter and loved it and now eats peanut butter.

She has tried blackberries and raspberries a few times and really does not like them so she doesn't have to eat them, she's not crazy about chocolate either or sauces, but she now eats pretty much every meat, fruit, grain and veg we eat.

At a dinner party recently a couple told me that they order extra pizza sunday night because the only thing that their 9 year old son will eat for lschool unch is a slice of cold pizza, so all week they fish out a piece of cold pizza out of a cardboard box.  He also has a limited menu he will eat in addition to pizza.  You don't want to end up in this situation, if it is not extreme dislike you need to get her to eat regular foods.  Real life gets in the way and eventually you won't have the time to be soaking millet and grinding up cottage cheese for her eggs while you are getting ready for work.  The kids I know that are older and who are allowed to be picky just end of living off of granola bars for breakfast and snacks, which are not that great of a substitute for real food.

I do realize that she is young and that you need to get her to gain weight, so a two pronged approach is probably best, where you are supplementing and doing SMALL behavior modifications to get her to eat.  [/quote]

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