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<blockquote data-quote="therese005us" data-source="post: 276439" data-attributes="member: 7416"><p>It does sound like a power struggle here. I had the same problem with DS (now 19) and it got to the stage where every meal was a stress zone. Eventually, we just put down the meal and if he didn't eat within a certain time (we gave him around 20 mins) of us all finishing, then he just lost the rest and went without. We didn't deliberately set out to give him foods he didn't like, but expected him to eat a little of everything on his plate. We did find that he sneaked foods and ate them in weird places (foods he wasn't supposed to eat due to coloring or preservatives) and eventually just stopped buying those altogether. Eventually, he ate within the parameters of the family and it all went smoothly. We found he would throw away lunches at school and then beg from other children, so to prevent this his teacher would elect a 'buddy' to sit with him. When I was really worried, I had his teacher give him a chocolate energy drink with his medication at lunchtime so that he at least had something in his tummy through the day. Good luck with this. As most doctors will tell you, children won't deliberately starve themselves, they are just testing the boundaries. mothers ALWAYS worry about their chidlren's eating habits.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="therese005us, post: 276439, member: 7416"] It does sound like a power struggle here. I had the same problem with DS (now 19) and it got to the stage where every meal was a stress zone. Eventually, we just put down the meal and if he didn't eat within a certain time (we gave him around 20 mins) of us all finishing, then he just lost the rest and went without. We didn't deliberately set out to give him foods he didn't like, but expected him to eat a little of everything on his plate. We did find that he sneaked foods and ate them in weird places (foods he wasn't supposed to eat due to coloring or preservatives) and eventually just stopped buying those altogether. Eventually, he ate within the parameters of the family and it all went smoothly. We found he would throw away lunches at school and then beg from other children, so to prevent this his teacher would elect a 'buddy' to sit with him. When I was really worried, I had his teacher give him a chocolate energy drink with his medication at lunchtime so that he at least had something in his tummy through the day. Good luck with this. As most doctors will tell you, children won't deliberately starve themselves, they are just testing the boundaries. mothers ALWAYS worry about their chidlren's eating habits. [/QUOTE]
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