Before we started to be absolutely rigorous about mealtimes and meals offered, DS7 might have such a bad freak out he'd just be raging at the table, unable to put even a bite in his mouth. I have put chocolate in front of him, yelling at him until he had a bite, then watched the transformation happen.

I kept thinking " if anyone saw me doing this..." LOL!

I still keep chocolate in the house at all times for emergencies. These days it might be DD3 who needs it to find her way out if an uncontrollable meltdown. People would tell me I'm training her to throw tantrums to get that chocolate, but I can so tell when they are completely out of control that chocolate us the last thing on their minds...