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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As an adult picky eater, please know your son doesn't WANT to be this way. I'm sure he wishes he liked more, that he didn't worry when going to restaurants, or to people's homes, etc.

I was just somehow born like this, and although I eat more than the four things I ate at age 2 (yogurt, grilled cheese, pb&j, and I forget the other), I am still distinctly picky. Wish I weren't, but I truly hate a lot of foods.

Unless your son is a brilliant psychopath, he's NOT doing this to drive you crazy.[/quote]

This is exactly my experience with my very picky 10yo.  Child has been picky since the first time she was fed solid food!  I will never forget the look of disgust on her face at 6 months.  A decade later she remains a very selective eater.  She tries really hard, she is great at tasting food (this improved with age), she just doesn’t like most (almost all) of what she tries.  Our other kid is a wide-ranging eater.

We found the Ellen Slater book helpful and it alleviated a lot of stress at dinner time.  We offer her foods we know she likes and do the best we can to get a nutritional balance in.  We do not tie dessert to how much she eats.  We do not even praise her for trying food or eating a lot when that happens.  We make clear we accept her for who she is and we know she is trying her best.  She also eats a lot of (healthy) snacks through the day which has helped with her weight gain.  [/quote]

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