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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s one thing to take a firm stand and not cater to pickiness.

BUT, [b]you have a child who’s growth seems to be impaired by not eating enough[/b], so I think you’re well beyond the advice to not give into pickiness.

You need to figure out what is going on—is it some kind of eating disorder or food aversion?  Go to a doctor and figure it out.  Beyond that, I’m not sure why you wouldn’t cater to her preferences at this point.  Why can’t you give her some beans or chicken or lentils or Oreo yogurt or more vegetables?  If she will consistently eat that, give it to her.  Are you winning some parenting prize by remaining firm and watching her starve bc she won’t eat the ribs you put in front of her?[/quote]

What is the evidence of this? OP says her child is 15th percentile, but doesn't make clear if that is height, weight, both? 15th percentile in anything is not by itself considered any kind of a red flag--there is a lot more info one needs to know to to put this in context. Is this a recent development or has weight stopped progressing or dropped in the past year or so? What is the child's height? Has the child been growing steadily in height? It doesn't really matter what the kid was at 3, nor does it matter really what her siblings look like. OP also doesn't say whether a medical professional is concerned about this child's growth. Maybe OP can provide more details.

OP also seems to be concerned about protein, but then lists several high protein foods that her child eats happily (chicken, milk, yogurt, beans), and also says she likes veggies! Many people would be thrilled with a kid who eats like this. So it's not really clear to me what the problem is here, other than this child doesn't eat as wide a variety of foods and isn't as adventurous an eater as her siblings. Again, this might be annoying, but it's not a problem. [/quote]

The evidence is that the OP who is the mother of this child who would know all the circumstances you lay out above thinks it is so.[/quote]

THIS [b]she said she has dropped to 15% [/b]and meanwhile OP is not giving her leftover chicken that she will eat on days OP makes pork ribs. OP, what you are cooking is fine, just cook MORE on the nights you cook the things she likes.  Buy the oreo yogurt. My ds is a teen and has LOST weight recently.  When we are having he doesn't particularly like for dinner, I will buy a tray of lasagna from trader joe's for him.  If he gets up at 10 pm to eat some of it, that is fine. If he gets up and eats ice cream in the middle of the night, that is fine!  [/quote]

What she said is:

[i]My 12 year old DD is in the 15% and I know it has to be in part due to her diet and lack of protein. She was 90% until she turned 3 or so and started getting pickier and pickier. [/i]

According to this, she's dropped to 15% OVER NINE YEARS. Nothing in OP's post suggests this is a recent development. Perhaps it is, but we don't know.[/quote]

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