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jsonContent[textycount] = [{"pk": 29512, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "My grandson is 4yrs old.. He would eat everything u gave him up to the age of 2yrs old. Then he just stopped. My grandson got lead poison at the age of 3yrs old. At the age of 4 his levels are at 9.. This has been along road. He will only eat chicken strips from sheetz or KFC.. Hotdogs- have to be plain and cut up into little pieces. Oodles of noodles.and 2 different kinds of chips. He will only drink water or powerade. He will smell his food before he will eat it. We have done everything the doctors have asked of us. The kid will not eat anything else. No matter what u try. We have seen 10 doctors over this. We have seen the health department. Im writing this because now my gandson is in the hospital with RSV.. Which no one in the city we live at has ever got this at the age 4. The doctors are at a wow with this. We are in the hospital now. The baby has not ate anything for 7 days now. What food he did eat he has now stopped. The doctors here are trying but no one knows just what to do.We need help... How can we get him to eat. ", "name": "melissa", "commenter": 25464, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2012-02-02 08:05:50", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 29464, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "My daughter is a very picky eater also. Something I've foud helpful is trying to make eating fun. Even making silly souns to show them hoe exciting there meal is. I've been searching creative toddler treats online too. I found some other great tips especially on yummy Breakfast Kabobs at http://drivenbydesign101.blogspot.com/.", "name": "Stacey", "commenter": 25436, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2012-01-06 18:55:09", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 28958, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "I care for children and have seen I I work with children for a living and I have seen food as the number one issue between parents and children. It is really quite simple, although it doesn't seem it at the time.
Picky children are not born, they are created by parents. When a child refuses to eat it is simply a control tactic even in toddlers. I see all sorts of children that have parents that will give them \"anything\" just so they will eat. That is what the child is counting on and pressuring for. Food is not appreciated, but manipulated. I have had each and every parent say that this is not the case with \"their child\" or situation. I have not yet found a case where it hasn't been. I am sure there are cases where medical intervention is required, I just haven't seen one. I would also estimate the real medical cases are few and far between.
I have used this no fail method many times. It works very well. Within a month children are eating pretty much everything and are grateful to have food. A preference for pizza over oranges is no longer perceived as a dislike of oranges for example.
Lots of positive encouragement is coupled with this method. Also adults around the children here encourage each other. My husband and I will often model inappropriate choices and then correct myself, or my husband will help guide me. :) He will also show verbal and physical encouragement when I make a positive choice.
1. Feed the child the same meals that the parents have. Parents don't make something very spicy that the child cannot eat. 2. Put a very tiny amount of each item on the child's plate for dinner. Put an amount you KNOW they can eat. 3.Do not give them anything else until they are done all the items on their plate. 4. Once those items are done allow them to choose what they will eat next from what is on the table. 5. What they don't finish, provide at the next meal. There needs to be a rule in the house that food is not thrown away by child or adults. 6. Have a time limit for meals and when the time is done, so is the meal. Wrap it up for next meal. 7. If the child starts a tantrum, mealtime is over for them. They are removed from the table to a place where they cannot interrupt the rest of the family enjoying their meal. 8. If the child wants a snack, offer them the meal they refused earlier. 9. If the child pretends to puke, remove them from the table and try again next meal. (This has been the most common tactic I have seen so far). 10. Be consistent, calm and quiet. This is not personal. The child is not trying to irritate you, but to gain what they want. Don't take it personal. 11. Remember not eating is a behavioral problem. Treat it as such and it will be gone. Your child will not starve. I realize that there are many that say \"you don't know my kid\". I have heard that many times. Each one of those parents that said that have been the ones that give in. They teach the child that if the protest long enough and hard enough, they will eventually get what they want.
I realize that many people may find this method harsh. I do know that if you have done what you have always done, you will get what you always have.
Good luck parents. :)", "name": "Clep", "commenter": 25123, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-07-14 06:37:33", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 28451, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "my 22months old daughter hardly eats anything she loves juice only help!!!", "name": "razna begum", "commenter": 24890, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-06-04 12:10:12", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 28027, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "I am worried about my 3yrs old daughter. She loves to go to school but only during lunch or snacks time she will start crying and will not eat anything. She will not eat but she likes similar kind of foods which gets served in School like fruits, veggies etc. One day I tried and visited her in lunch time. She cried as well but then she eat her lunch. Otherwise everyday same problem. She stays in pre-school for 11 hrs without eating anything. What should I do?", "name": "Indrani", "commenter": 24669, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-05-06 14:15:57", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 27767, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "my toddler of two years wont eat anything i just give him milk but i tell doctors or his pedatriac? and tell me his fine but im worry now he wont eat or drink his milk WHAT CAN I DO????", "name": "jocelyn martinez", "commenter": 24509, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-04-21 14:01:16", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 27695, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "I'm worried about my 15 month son. I practically have to force feed him at every meal. The nutritionist says he's doing great, and the nutritionist says take his milk away and he'll eat. I've tried...nothing works. I offer all his favorite foods (foods he used to seem to like), and new things too. He cries and spits it out, it's really frustrating. Today for example he has only had about seven bites of ramon soup, 1/2 frozen juice pop, and 2 8oz milk bottles...it's ten o'clock. If you have any other suggestions.", "name": "Nadia", "commenter": 24461, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-04-11 18:45:33", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 27579, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "I hope this works for me. my daughter who is about to be 2in june doesn't eat anything unless it is milk, juce or snacks such as all the baby snacks you find in the baby isle. Her doc said to just give it to her. so i'll try this again and hope it works. the article i just read. hope it works. I also allow my child to sit at the table like a big girl with no buster strap. should i go back to that?", "name": "Naomi", "commenter": 24405, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-03-31 13:12:53", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 27472, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "my 2 yr old daughter wont eat anything and hasnt for 2 weeks i am really worried help please ", "name": "kelly", "commenter": 24333, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-03-16 09:17:16", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 27453, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "My daughter wont eat a bite of food most days, she will eat a bowl of dry cereal some days but other than that all she wants are cookies or candy. And I've done the treat thing! No treat till you eat some dinner or lunch. But still no eatting occurs! I need to take her to a doctor but we have no insureance. Do you think it can wait till i get her on the medical card?", "name": "Kyllan", "commenter": 24320, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-03-10 16:56:56", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 27120, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "For the parents that have toddlers that really do not eat, I have learned a lot about our son's problems and will share those soon. For the people that don't understand the difference between not eating, and picky eaters, you are only making an extremely frustrating situation more frustrating. This isn't about parenting, there is a real problem.
To recap, our son has been below 0% on the growth charts since his third month. After having a sit down with our pediatrician that says she doesn't want to take action until his development is impaired, I decided that doctors are completely useless. Wait until our son is already harmed?!?!!!! We went to a Pediatric GI without a reference. He immediately took charge and tested for tons of things that could cause slow or no weight gain, and no desire to eat. There are tons of things that it can be so I don't want to suggest our son's troubles are the same troubles you are having. But for reference, he was diagnosed as having the H. Pylori bacteria in his stomach and after being scoped they found his stomach.
However, these tests took a long time and he started us on a tasty weight gain shake called ScandiShake. The only time our son would consider eating anything was a bottle of milk just before bed time. We started this, but that's not enough and on a follow up visit the GI put him on an appetite stimulant to encourage him to desire to eat. This works, but he still doesn't want to eat, but he is gaining weight at a nice pace now.
I have spoken to several parents with children in the same situation. In each case the parents are just as frustrated with the pediatricians. I found very little information on the Internet for failure to thrive, but have learned lot from the GI. Another parents in town with the same story to tell found there son had a sensory disorder and is going through lengthy therapy to address it. Essentially their son gets freaked out by the food and doesn't eat because of it.
If you have a toddler that is not eating, I mean.. really is not eating, take your child to a Pediatric Gastroenterologist.", "name": "Scott", "commenter": 23971, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-01-20 04:19:35", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 27096, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "My son is 20 months and won't eat a thing. \r \r He has had many food intolerances in the past; lactose, egg, sulphites which has made him very scared at trying anything new, his tolerances have improved slightly however he still won't try anything different as he seems to be scared of food. He dislikes textured foods, and will gag which eventually makes him vomit when anything textured enters his mouth. He use to eat baby food but now won't let anything enter his mouth.\r \r He is also in the bottom 6 percentile for his weight based on his age, however his height is spot on. He use to drink two full bottles of Special formula milk (neocate) but now just has 4oz of milk three times a day. He has recently taken a liking to sweet things, Cherries, pomegranate, grapes however in small amounts. He also likes the odd yogurt pot (Soya) and that helps a little but the sugar gets him a little hyper.\r \r My wife has tried colourful vegetables, making his food look like a picture, leaving him on the hire chair. Even my 3 year old has tried feeding him and we often try to get them to eat together but with no joy. Both my wife and I and the nursery are at our wits end, so if any one has any advice, we'll give it a try\r ", "name": "Azhar", "commenter": 24137, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2011-01-13 06:00:09", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 26779, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "Your article does not address the topic of toddlers not eating anything. You talk about picky eaters. My son does not eat a thing from when he wakes up until just before bed time. Then he'll get all of his calories for an entire day, and only from a bottle. He's 21 months old. Sure, from time to time we can convince him to eat 100 calories of solid foods throughout the day but typically he just doesn't care. According to our pediatrician he's well below 0% percentile on the growth charts. All advice and articles online are about picky eaters even though they pretend to be about children that actually do not eat like our son. There doesn't appear to be anything out there for children that actually will not eat anything. Please help us by giving us information on children that apparently have no appetite.", "name": "Scott", "commenter": 23971, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2010-11-26 18:09:57", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 26706, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "the heading states, \"My Toddler Won\u2019t Eat Anything!\" However your suggestions are more for picky eaters. There are babies, like my one year old, that don't eat anything! I mean no junk food, nothing with sugar, and not even whole milk or formula. What is your suggestion??", "name": "raina", "commenter": 23943, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2010-11-14 11:47:54", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 25452, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "I threw out / stopped buying any junk food for the house. Kids will eat when they are hungry. I used to make separate meals for my 3 year old (now 5 years old) and I decided to stop because she started to expect it. She eats what her dad and I eat. Fruits / veggies we have problems with, but I steam and puree them and sneak them in tacos/mac & cheese/hamburgers/muffins. She is only allowed milk, water or V8 juice in our house. We stopped telling her what the different proteins at dinner time and now she loves swordfish, pulled pork, chicken of any kind, and beef of any sort. If she doesn't want to eat it, she goes to bed. Plain and simple. Dessert is something that we only have 1-2 a week, which is usually low fat Jello pudding. I'm not a health freak but I don't want her favorite foods to be chips, fries or fast food. If they are hungry enough they will try anything.", "name": "Rachel", "commenter": 23214, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2010-06-16 12:51:40", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 24270, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "my 2 year old daugther would not eat anything and when i say anything i mean nothing atall. this has stressed me out alot, i cant take it sometimes that i sometimes feel like crying. i feel like i need a specialist help beacause every pedetrician i have taken her say the same over n over \" that this is normal \" i need help can anyone help me ?", "name": "victor ", "commenter": 22571, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2010-04-12 06:17:59", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 22580, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "Okay....so what do you do when your 2yrs old was a really good eater and out of nowhere don't want to eat anything at all?? I'm so fustrated and stress out because he dont want anything but milk not even his favorites, I have cryed with him because I just mention food and here comes the biggers cry ever like I'm going to kill him!! I dont know what to do the doctor said he's just a picky eater but really how can he just become a picky eater in a matter of hours??? yesterday he was hungry and now he's not??? He refuses everything !!!", "name": "wendy", "commenter": 21537, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2009-11-15 13:45:05", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 22325, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "All I hear is my child will not starve himself, but when I say he refuses to eat, I mean it. he will not even try foods to see if he like or dislikes them. I would not care if he tried it and came to the conclusion that he likes nothing. He has always been this way. I nursed for a year+, that is all he would take then too. Now at 4 and only 27 pounds, I am scared that he will never try new things. PLease help, there has to be something I can do. Can I seriously serve cereal forever?????", "name": "Natalie", "commenter": 21372, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2009-09-08 14:59:43", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 21314, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "I have a 4 yr old grandson that only eats toast, water, chocolate milk, \"Chicken McNuggets\" and fries. He gets sick easily,and has excema. He was with us this weekend and ate 3 bites of toast in the a.m. He wouldn't eat lunch but ate 4 fries. The next day he ate a small muffin and then his mother gave him chips because she knows he'll eat chips as a substitute for toast. I don't make an issue of it to the child, but it seems like he is malnourished. \r This has been going on for more than a year. Our daughter assures us the pediatrician said he would grow out of it but he's now on meds because there is no fiber in his diet. The last two visits he's been listless on one of the days and throws up bile. Am I over acting or is this the norm for some 4 year olds?", "name": "DB", "commenter": 21111, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2009-06-01 19:14:16", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 18690, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "I think a key thing is to try as many different foods as you can possibly think of! When you find something that your child likes (as long as it's not 'junk food') try to introduce the food in combinations with other foods (if possible)... like if he/she likes beans, introduce hotdogs or turkeydogs with beans... or beans over mashed potatoes... and ABOVE all don't make an issue out of it!", "name": "John", "commenter": 20789, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2009-02-20 19:36:38", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 14639, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "my lil boy is 14 months old!! he used to be a great eater from the beginning, would eat anything and loads of it. Now he barely eats a thing!! hel barely open his mouth for me to get a spoon in", "name": "megan", "commenter": 20420, "avatar": "photos/noavailable.png", "created_date": "2008-11-14 12:04:33", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 13875, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "My 13 month old daughter from the age of 6 months started to enjoy her baths, since playing with her and splashing her face with little water,or to even washing her hair she now screams blue murder prior to entering the bathroom.", "name": "April", "commenter": 20191, "avatar": "photos/noavailable.png", "created_date": "2008-09-29 08:48:20", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 12943, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "my son is 17 months old and i cant seem to get him to eat anything not even veg.sometimes he will eat watermellon and a potatochip and because of that he remaines on formula.this makes me crazy how do i get my son to eat?", "name": "karen", "commenter": 19754, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2008-07-20 11:56:53", "texty": 7262}}, {"pk": 7665, "model": "cms.comment", "fields": {"comment": "Great article - I was a picky eater as a child... and hyperactive. I survived on about 6 different things I had over and over again. I agree with you that \"Your child has managed to make it this far\"...", "name": "Clay", "commenter": 18508, "avatar": "", "created_date": "2008-03-17 17:24:00", "texty": 7262}}] ;
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