Going with the theory that feeding kids what they want will generally be OK, the problem is clear: Alex isn't getting enough coffee.
Seriously, I can see how keeping a food diary might feel like the more painful way of documenting failure. But you're doing the right thing.
Being 99th-percentile thin all my life, I'm still perplexed by how my appetite is so strongly internally determined. Frequently I'd just rather not bothering to eat if I don't really need to. I hate it when people try to acribe other causes to this trend, though, so part of me wants you to put on your parent armor and defend her right to be on the left side of curve if that is how it's going to work out. Even if it's just for a few months, which seems likely.
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Seriously, I can see how keeping a food diary might feel like the more painful way of documenting failure. But you're doing the right thing.
Being 99th-percentile thin all my life, I'm still perplexed by how my appetite is so strongly internally determined. Frequently I'd just rather not bothering to eat if I don't really need to. I hate it when people try to acribe other causes to this trend, though, so part of me wants you to put on your parent armor and defend her right to be on the left side of curve if that is how it's going to work out. Even if it's just for a few months, which seems likely.