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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here's a really good blog post on the subject of selective eating, OP.  It's written by the director of a highly regarded eating disorder clinic.

https://www.kartiniclinic.com/blog/post/selective-eating/[/quote]

Wow this is great stuff and just like my dd who I posted about who likes crab legs but won't eat fruits and veggies.  I particularly like these lines.  It describes it perfectly.

Rarely will such a child eat just any old white bread or any old peanut butter—no, it has to be from a certain place and cannot be altered or improved in any way.

Selective eaters may “burn out” on certain foods they formerly favored and find new (equally appalling) substitutes

“just make her sit there, she’ll eat when she gets hungry enough”.  Oh no she/he won’t. Absolutely not.

At the risk of having to be quite graphic, I need to leave those of you who believe such children can “branch out” if they “have to”, with this thought: what would it take to convince you to eat dog excrement?  See what I mean?  Likely if you were forced to, you would gag and vomit—exactly what many of these children do when presented with food outside their range.[/quote]

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