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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he’s hungry he will eat.  Seriously.  When he’s hungry enough he will eat.[/quote]

That doesn't solve anything though. My 10 year is more than willing to skip dinner knowing that preferred foods will be available for breakfast and lunch. She's fine with just those two meals. [/quote]

My husband said when he was a kid if he refused dinner, they would serve it for breakfast. And if he refused it for breakfast, he would get it for lunch. 
Not saying you should do this, but what would happen if breakfast also wasn't a preferred food? [/quote]

My normal picky eater is a very strong willed human being. When she was younger she would wake up in the middle of the night with a stomach ache from being too hungry, and now as an elementary student gets HANGRY and very irritable when she skips too many meals. It's a balance between not catering to her pickiness and not letting her get so hungry she can't function effectively at school and home.

OP, for us it was a combination of control and fear. Letting her be in control (i.e., not forcing or threatening) helped her overcome the fear and convince herself she could try the thing she was rejecting. We talked a lot about food being energy and fuel, and needing to eat different kinds of foods to help different parts of your body grow. We also worked on making the connection between how when she let her body get too hungry, it made her brain feel bad too. She is not an adventurous eater by any means, but it did get us to the point where she would eat different shapes or versions of the same foods. If yours won't try cakes and treats, then I think you have to work on the mental block that's holding them back. Kids Eat in Color or Satter will just have them eating the same familiar foods for years until they grow out of it.[/quote]

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