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[quote=Anonymous]OP again. Thanks again for both the advice (well, the advice from people who understand the issue) and the commiseration. Today was a better day -- yesterday was just particularly rough and I was kind of at my wits end by bedtime. The PP who noted that this stuff is worse in the summer because kids get bored was spot on -- we are transitioning between vacation and camp this week (and I am off work a few days) and I think she's still getting used to not being on her school schedule. Today I went hard on structure and we were out of the house most of the day and that seemed to help a lot.

Also, reading through the thread reminded me that in previous summers she has really liked those no-bake energy ball things (you make them with stuff like dates, peanut butter, nuts, and seeds in a food processor). I made a bunch last night and threw them in the freezer, and she had two with a smoothy this morning for breakfast and it was a good way to start the day because she ate everything with no complaints (actually excited about the energy ball things because she hadn't had them in a while). And a great hit of protein and fruit first thing, which has helped me relax when she refused any fruits/veggies at lunch and just at the bread off her sandwich and some goldfish crackers. This afternoon I took her to the grocery store and she helped me pick out some of the Annie's mac and cheese that come in fun shapes and seems genuinely excited to eat it for dinner. I processed some white beans into a paste that I'm going to add to the sauce as someone suggested here and see how that goes.

I think I just needed to vent and get some ideas. We'll discuss with the pediatrician still, but I'm feeling a little less frustrated and have a bunch of good suggestions from this thread and some googling last night for camp lunches and summer dinners. Poking around for carrot and zucchini bread recipes now.

Thanks all! Sometimes DCUM really comes through.[/quote]

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