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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]It sounds like this SIL has had some mental health and sensory issues for decades and you felt no need to do anything. Why you suddenly would get involved now seems bizarre. This woman likely needed feeding therapy as a kid. Pretty tough to do now that she is over 30 years old.[/b]

And how did her DH think they would raise a child to have good eating habits in this environment???

My hsuband and I are both overweight despite pretty healthy eating. It is way more complicated than people think. [/quote]

+1. I have a nephew who went through significant childhood trauma. He eats less variety than your SIL. He is getting feeding therapy now at 10 but it is so very difficult to change his ingrained behaviors. The idea that someone who has never had eating issues should be staging an intervention is ridiculous. [/quote]

My child with medical and digestive issues has been in feeding therapy for over 5 years now and does eat better than this but I can tell you every therapist we have worked with has told us feeding issues are among the hardest to over come. It’s unlikely she’s going to change if she doesn’t want to. I think you can support your BIL and he can get a healthy meal delivery service but there is probably something very deep seated going on with your SIL that you will never understand. I have read dozen of books about selective eating and feeding disorders and attended therapy with my child for years so still don’t really understand. I hope eventually they will fare better than this but we will have spent hundreds of hours in therapy and tens of thousands of dollars to get them there.[/quote]

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