Michaela, thanks for starting this thread. I was going to comment on the other thread but felt like that would be hijacking the op's thread. DD is a preemie, 4lbs when we brought her home. She is between 5-10% at age 3. It is NOT EASY to feed her. She knew how to use a spoon properly at 14 months but refuses to self feed except ice cream. We use distractions as well- books, or she does an activity ( painting, lego, stickers, etc) while we shove food into her as quickly as we can. We hired a nanny and decided to send her to part time preschool because I worry that if she misses even one meal, we would have a skin hanging on a skeleton child. I make sure everything she eats is high calorie but not unhealthy. Veggies are stir fried in almond or olive oil, lots of full fat yogurt (no milk due to allergies), all kinds of nuts. The only "bad" food she eats is ice cream twice a week. I have decided to ignore all studies on ill effect of eating while distracted bcos at this time my top priority is a kid that stays healthy. I will worry about the other stuff later.
