Hi! My name is Linda. I have a daughter who is an extreme picky eater. Her only foods are oatmeal -- she mixes peanut butter and cocoa into that. She eats it twice a day. She only has one peanut butter sandwhich for lunch when she gets home from school. She also may have a Lara Bar.

Recently her dad told her that he is going to take her allowance away if she doesn't start eating better when he found out that she hasn't been taking anything for lunch and won't eat until she gets home. He also said that he would take her out of public school and make her homeschool. She did homeschool during the middle school years.

He blames her eating problems on her looking things up on the computer i.e. diets I guess, and people at school, etc. However, she has always had this way of eating.

As a child, she would never finish a whole jar of baby food. She wouldn't eat dinner. I would have my husband to get her a Happy Meal from McDonald's which was chicken nuggets and french fries. But now she won't eat any "processed foods". She won't eat dairy either.

She has recently been seeing a therapist about anxiety. It was suppose to be for her food aversions too; however, that hasn't panned out as well. The therapist even said she isn't trained in that area but would do research to help. At her next appt., I am going to bring it up again with the therapist.

I have tried over the years to encourage her to try different foods. My husband then tells me that I am going to make her grow up to hate me. I guess he couldn't stand to hear her whining.

So, here I am... just venting a little. I hope I can learn more and more to help her; however, in the car she told me that she isn't going to try any foods until she is away from me and her dad...

I have bribed, chased in a kidding sort of way, made smoothies, bought special types of food i.e. non-dairy cheese, etc., but all to no avail. I really worry about her health and really wonder about what a CBC (complete blood count) would look like although she takes vitamins.

If anyone wants to comment, feel free.