Have you had a feeding therapy evaluation? When my oldest was refusing to eat meat they suggested food chaining. (Basically building off foods he already eats to expand his diet) so if ate pasta sauce, put small bits of meat in the pasta sauce, gradually increase until he would do a small meatball etc. If it’s a texture thing, I used something called a beaba babycook when I made my boys’ baby food and brought it back out. I would purée things until it was super smooth and gradually increase the texture. i had to go super slow with all this though, once my kiddo figured out I was trying to trick him he would be suspicious of everything I offered for weeks 😅 You might be able to build off her ramen with other types of noodles or different flavors. For the cold hot dogs… maybe different types of sausages? Not sure about that one. Guess it would depend on how she eats them though, if it’s cut up and with any condiments could get super creative. (Deconstructed chili dog? Mix a ketchup/chili dipping sauce and then slowly keep adding more chili to work to a whole bowl of chili with cut up hot dogs in it?) Picky eaters are tough!

Sometimes its crunchy texture they like and my son likes a little burnt nan tandoori roti or toast or then they like smooth like soup or curry plenty of choices there. Then small finger fruit or vegetables carrots cucumber raspberries blue berries. Then they might also like sugary or salty or chilli. Plenty if sauces. Ready meals or soft foods sausages peas beans. But keep trying different methods of cooking boiled grilled fried microwave

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That’s tough and frustrating. Maybe other salty things- other cold meats like salami or bologna, spam, and chips like lays or Pringle’s, McDonalds fries (anything from McDonalds really), Mac n cheese, peanut butter, peanuts, any nuts. I would also suggest junk food if she will eat it- chocolate bars, chocolate chips, chocolate chip cookies, cake, cupcakes, cheese puffs, all the “bad” foods because those foods are high in fat and calories and have a different texture that you can branch out to other foods from. They also sell powdered milk packets in the store- like you could pour nonfat powdered milk into the ensure if she can tolerate it and that would add protein and calories she’s taking in. Cheerios? Could also try real milk, or lactaid milk- those would be easy to pour the carnation packets in without much taste difference. What flavor ensure? Vanilla- try milk, chocolate- try chocolate things and chocolate milk it taste better than ensure, strawberry- strawberry flavored milk. I’m sure you’ve tried all this - hope something works soon, you can call the doctor and ask sometimes they have ideas. Also, does she watch tv or YouTube- be on the lookout for foods they talk about in the shows (it’s always junk food) and get her that to try. That’s how my kid gets curious about foods. He started eating gingerbread when watching Christmas specials- I modified it at first to take the ginger out or half the spice and now he will eat it either way. He has also been doing really well in occupational feeding therapy. Maybe the doctor can prescribe occupational therapy for her if you think it might help. My kid has been doing it for five years, has changed through a bunch of therapists and it’s been slow but this year I feel like we got a really good therapist and there’s been a breakthrough. I am enjoying that until my health insurance ends in February as they only take two insurances and I won’t have it after Feb. Or- a referral to a dietician who can try to match the texture profiles of what she’s eating now to other similar foods.