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[quote=Anonymous]I was a picky water as a very young kid.  I hated to eat and hated even more being forced to eat.  It was a constant battle.  I hated everything associated with dinner time.  When I was in 1st grade, my pediatrician told me he'd have to hospitalize me and tube feed me if I wouldn't eat.

My dad, exasperated, once pointed to the entire kitchen and asked what I would eat, anything in the whole world I could have.  I didn't ask for candy; I pointed to a package of hamburger buns.  "a hamburger?" he asked.  No, just the bun.  So he let me eat a plain bun in peace.  It was great.  It was all I wanted. It was safe.  And it was a huge relief to not be yelled at over it.

Gradually, I increased my palette, but anytime it became a huge issue if regress to only wanting to eat flattened buns.  They were safe.  Everything else was riddled with anxiety-producing stuff.

Battling with control over kids about food only hurts the kid and makes the food relationship worse.  I have tried more foods in the last 5 years than I did my first 35, mostly because I am safe to eat or decline whatever I want now.  [/quote]

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