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[quote=Anonymous]OP— my kid has been like this he whole life. We did a full workup at CMC when she was 6, including a dietician and child psych.  And I got great advice that has mostly worked. Although I was not happy at the time. I had been in the You eat what is put on the table camp. But she really couldn’t and was getting panicky about mealtime. Even I could see we were headed for an eating disorder.

She’s now 15.  And since she was 6, she has give the parent who was shopping her shopping list, we stock what she asks for.  And if she doesn’t like what we are eating as a family, she can make herself whatever she wants. Reheat from a previous night. Make a sandwich. Cook a simple meal. Have scrambled eggs and cantaloupe for dinner.  We also let her eat when she is hungry. She needs to sit at the table for a while at dinner and talk to the family. But if she wants to eat earlier or later, that’s fine.

BTW, she is 5’4’’ and probably close to her adult height. Very normal for our family.  Only 89 pounds though.  She has always been underweight. But eats a lot of food and probably has the healthiest diet in the family— a lot of fresh fruit, plain chicken, milk and cheese and whole grains and has decent calorie intake.  Not much highly refined.   Definitely not anorexic— although she looks like she could be.  She is first in line for pizza and ice cream, but given the choice wants a small ice cream or 1-2 pieces of pizza, not 4. . She self regulates her diet very well.

So for us, backing off and giving her the control— and the responsibility to prepare food— helped. By preparing, she knows exactly what is in it. That seems to be a piece of the puzzle. [/quote]

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