SORRY, MY SON 9, EATS SO FAST WE HAVE TO SLOW HIM DOWN LOL!
GOOD LUCK

1 of my granddaughters eats incredibly slowly...she can make a biscuit last half an hour! we do the same as you with her, we wait a reasonable time, then clean up around her. no other solution, we don't seem to be able to speed her up and she's skinny as a rail, so we're not about to have her skip anything she wants to eat.

Does your child eat slowly even if he has something he really wants to do..or someplace he wants to be?
I am a slow eater...lol I am always the last one at the table....lol That being said...I'm not picky...I just can't seem to 'gulp' my food down! I would rather chew and enjoy!! If I try to eat faster I don't seem to eat as much...and I need all my calories!! :o) If I try to eat fast...I get heartburn and feel discusting! Maybe your kiddies are the same!
I know some people don't like to snack...but I have too! I have to eat something before lunch and before dinner....or I'm so hungry I don't want to eat at all!!
And I've also found that if I eat something small for breakfast I have more appetite during the day!! :o)
(Oh AND...my youngest is now 13 and has finally started to eat with some gusto!! He's a skinny mini too!! :o)) Cyn

My son will eat a little faster when it is something he likes. He is very thin.

My son either eats really slow, or so fast that he stuffs it in his mouth all at once lol. He is also a tall skinny guy.

My son takes forever to eat any of his meals. I also have tried the time limit and it never works. I end up sitting at the table forever waiting for him to finish eating. And it doesn't matter if it is something that he likes or not.

Your son eats?? :-) Mine could go days without anything at all! I manage to get breakfast down him, usually a small bowl of cereal (he eats slow, too!) and a small dinner, a few bite of meat and pasta, some veggies. His big meal is hot lunch at school. He will eat all his lunch there. I am not sure why or what dynamics are at play there. Maybe it's because he doesn't eat much at other times OR that I'm not there over his shoulder, "eat, eat, eat!"

There are a few foods he will always eat, spaghetti, chicken nuggets from McD's, beef stoganoff, meatloaf with mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and quesadilla's. I tend to go overboard on the favorites, if he's not eating I will make spaghetti 3 days in a row so he'll eat. The he won't want it again for a month, so I have to be careful to not over do it!
I let him take as long as he needs to eat, if we dont' have time constraints (like waiting for the bus!)

My son eats very at breakfast (this am 1hr 45 minutes and still not done), he rarely finished his lunch at school, but the ritalin has an impact on that. He usually eats a good dinner if i can catch it before he has a sugar low. I have tried keeping food with us where ever we are and just getting it in him in small amount through out the day. On the weekends that works best.

My son is as thin as a postage stamp, he won't eat after his medicine kicks in so I make him eat as much as he can beforehand at breakfast. Then after it wears off he's tearing the kitchen apart trying to find something to eat but I don't mind, that is if he would just finish one thing before running me to death to find something else he wants more. I would love to give him a break from the medicine but you can't stand him if you don't give it. He's one of the most aggrivating kids I've ever dealt with and I've watched plenty. I feel so guilty, because before it kicks in he's got me so mad I just say some of the most awlful things to him and he just laughs when I'm mad, and it makes it worse for him then after he turns back into the kid I like I'm dragging from guilt and I try to begin everyday on a good note, and he will do it to me all over again. I'm so sick of this kind of life day after day I can't stand it.

I can't imagine having a slow eater...my son eats so fast that I had to start portioning food and refusing to give him seconds if he ate all of his food before at least one of his siblings was finished. He was gaining weight at an alarming rate. Fortunately my tactic has worked to a degree however he now takes food from the kitchen and gorges on it, I have to take care in what I purchase and keep in the house. I keep lots of apples and carrots and try not to have junk on hand. It is very frustrating. Good luck with your slow eaters!

I've been blessed with a kid that will eat anything, and likes it mostly. I have to serve a lg. breakfast before meds kick in, and let him graze all night after finishing his dinner. Still skinny as a "rail".
All in due time.
LOL
J