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[quote=Anonymous]My kid was super skinny as a small child and we had to do anything to get him to eat enough calories to grow properly. By the time he was 10 he was no longer so skinny but he was super picky. He also had (and still has) the gag reflex and vomiting. He is 20 and will vomit (still!) if he eat something with a texture he can’t tolerate, especially if it was unexpected. He hates it, works on expanding his palate, and is getting better slowly. But it is a long road, so pace yourself. What I hard a hard time doing was moving from “I must get the child to eat or he won’t grow!” to “I must offer healthy food and my child can decide whether to eat or not.” The early fear about lack of calories and nutrition lingers. But your child is over that now, and so you need to get beyond it too so that you can help him develop healthier habits. I imagine the feeding clinic he attended would have some good guidance on this new (and haelthier!) life stage.[/quote]
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