Feeding Guidelines for Kids with Selective Eating Disorder

1. Eat “new food” in your child’s presence without offering any.

• Casually mention that the food tastes good to capture his interest so that your child will ask for a bite.
• Offer small portions only.
• Do not praise or scold regardless of your child’s response.

2. Never force-feed your child, and never use food to reward or express affection.

3. Avoid distractions, such as TV or gadgets, during mealtimes.

4. Choose healthy food.

• Provide unprocessed food like fruits, vegetables, fortified cereals, or grains, nuts or seeds, meat, poultry, fish or legumes, and dairy products.

5. Create the “Family Table”.

• Sit together as a family as often as possible during mealtimes.
• Limit meals to 20-30 minutes unless your child is still actively eating.

6. Introduce new food through food chaining.

• Start with a food your child enjoys. Find food with similar characteristics (taste, texture, smell, color) and introduce gradually in a non-challenging way.

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