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Poor Eaters: Helping Children Who Refuse To Eat

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Very, very helpful. I've been having problems with my son's eating for 3,5 years and was thinking abour seeing a children's psychologist, but decided to give this book a try. I am glad I did because now my son eats peaches, eggs, meat, vegetables - and used to he would eat only pasta and rice. Dr.Macht has done a great job studying children with eating problems and finding the way to help them. This book not only helped my 4-year old, but it made me feel better because now eating is not a battle, it is time which the whole family enjoys.

I have struggled for eighteen months with the eating habits of my twenty month daughter. We have visited doctors, speech thearapists and dietitians without hearing anything that made any impact on our limited success with a child who appears to have no appetite and who spat out or vomited most solid food provided. At last this book has provided an upbeat approach which we have put into practice and benefited from positive results within days! I feel eternally indebted to the author for sharing his experiences.

My daughter is very limited in what she likes and she eats very small amounts. She's never refused to eat so I wondered if it would be the right book for us. I was looking for strategies to increase her diet variety besides the usual "try it over and over because it takes 15 tries". I have been down that road and I end up frustrated, and dd ends up still eating only cheerios and yoghurt. The book was a little difficult to follow, and as I suspected was not for our situation. I think if you have an extreme feeding situation with your baby or child, this may work for you. For less drastic situations, I liked Ellyn Satter's "How to get your child to eat..but not too much".

This is hands down the best book around for parents who have children with feeding problems. It is practical and precise. It was a lifesaver for me and I have seen a big difference in my son's feeding since I implemented the strategies in the book.

He uses a behavioral approach to getting children to eat. After medical problems have been diagnosed and treated, the author shares many case studies on how to get kids to eat. I have a child with autism, and his advice works!

This book has helped my 15 month old who has not eaten any food with the help of a SLP, G.I specialist and O.T. The book gives clear directions and started my child eating some solids for the first time.

If you child is not eating by mouth but by tube installed in his(her) body usually tummy then this book is just right for you. I have a 4 yr old food refuser and bought this book , first to make her eat , second to widen her food choice. Author used so difficult language mostly related to feeding tubed children.
Not worth to buy , if you child has no physical problems.

I have been searching for so long for a book like this one. I have received the best and most useful information from this book than any of the other books I have tried. I recommend this book for anyone who is having eating issues with their children. A must have!

I am so intrigued by this book and i can't put it down! As a mother of a child who has been tube fed 3yrs (since birth), i feel like this book will help me feel more confident and gives me new ideas when it comes to trying to feed my daughter by mouth!

This book was very helpful in getting my tube-fed son to eat. Dr. Macht has wonderful ideas to help families encourage their children to eat. The case studies gave great tips. You must be prepared to have an aggressive, consistent plan to encourage eating and this books offers great ideas.