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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 172399" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>A friend of mine who desperately needed to fatten up her daughter, used to follow her around with food. She bought a popcorn machine. This woman was very Earth Mother, made her own bread from scratch etc but the popcorn machine was justified, she was so desperate.</p><p>She would make big bowls of popcorn for her daughter and all the neighbourhood kids who came round to play. Endless popcorn with lots of butter.</p><p>The little girl would get too tired to eat because her muscles were weak. She would be too tired to chew and was often too tired to walk.</p><p></p><p>I would make meals for your son that are as concentrated nourishment as possible (stews, if he will eat them - maybe he would eat them as filling in a pie?) and just keep feeding him. Do what my friend did and follow him around with a spoon if you have to, to get him to eat while he's distracted watching TV or playing a game, maybe.</p><p></p><p>I will put a bowl of food down in front of difficult child 3 while he is doing schoolwork for example, or reading a book. He will eat more than he realises when he's distracted.</p><p></p><p>Another thing that might help - since he seems motivated to gain weight, teach him how to interpret the nutrition information labels, so he can learn how to give his body the best fuel possible.</p><p></p><p>Good luck! It's not easy.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 172399, member: 1991"] A friend of mine who desperately needed to fatten up her daughter, used to follow her around with food. She bought a popcorn machine. This woman was very Earth Mother, made her own bread from scratch etc but the popcorn machine was justified, she was so desperate. She would make big bowls of popcorn for her daughter and all the neighbourhood kids who came round to play. Endless popcorn with lots of butter. The little girl would get too tired to eat because her muscles were weak. She would be too tired to chew and was often too tired to walk. I would make meals for your son that are as concentrated nourishment as possible (stews, if he will eat them - maybe he would eat them as filling in a pie?) and just keep feeding him. Do what my friend did and follow him around with a spoon if you have to, to get him to eat while he's distracted watching TV or playing a game, maybe. I will put a bowl of food down in front of difficult child 3 while he is doing schoolwork for example, or reading a book. He will eat more than he realises when he's distracted. Another thing that might help - since he seems motivated to gain weight, teach him how to interpret the nutrition information labels, so he can learn how to give his body the best fuel possible. Good luck! It's not easy. Marg [/QUOTE]
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