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Every child we have had, came with food issues. The stuffing food is normal for most foster kids. Even the one that was only mildly neglected has issues. This develops because they come from homes where food is not there on a regular basis and the body learns to gorge when there is food. In other words, the brain is saying "eat all you can now because you don't know when there will be food again". It can take a long time to relearn how to eat without stuffing and making themselves sick.
Our DD, who has been here 14 months is just now learning to take bites of things like cookies and bread instead of shoving it all in. She was 18 months old when she came to us and was 9 months old when she was first taken into care. She learned by the age of 9 months to eat like this.
I think almost every foster parent on these forums can say the same thing. it's just what happens when the kids are neglected;food is a huge issue.