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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Adding to my post above, for my medical kid, I'd do pretty much the same thing, except that I would have calculated what he needed to eat, and anything that didn't get eaten, I would have blended up and fed him through his feeding tube.

I say that, in part, because I get the fear that your kid won't eat enough and will be hungry.  Not, "it's time for dinner" hungry but malnourished.  I want to say that first of all, that's pretty rare.  If you aren't seeing signs of trouble, like failure to grow, then I would try really hard to let go of the idea that the kid being hungry is either a bad thing, or your problem to solve.  Your job is to provide healthy food within a structure, and their job is to problem solve their own hunger within that structure.  It's really OK for a kid to go a few hours without food because they are pushing against the structure.  Over time, the more consistent you are with the structure, the more they'll learn to anticipate their own hunger and eat accordingly, and the less often they'll be significantly hungry.  [/quote]

I am the PP and I just want to thank you for this and your last post -- really helpful. Admittedly we struggle with consistency at times especially on sort of the auxiliary issues of snacks and dessert (so much effort goes into being consistent and adopting the right attitude with regards to meals). But this is a good guide -- I really appreciate you taking the time to write it out.[/quote]

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