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PLEASE IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP ME, MY SON HAS NOT EATEN ANYTHING BUT CHOCOLATE AND SKIPS WHICH ARE CRISPS FOR 10 WEEKS NOW NO PROFESSIONAL CAN HELP ME THEY SAY THAT HE WILL EAT WHEN HUNGRY, WE AS PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH AUTISM KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE CASE, IM SLOWLY LOOSING THE WILL TO LIVE IM REALLY SCARED, PLEASE PLEASE CAN SOMEONE HELP ME. HE HAS SERIOUS SENSORY ISSUES. HE NOW HAS AN AVERSION TO A SPOON FORK ETC SO IM REALLY STUCK. HIS DIET UP TILL 10 WEEEKS AGO WAS GREAT. Oh my, that is a hard one. The humor in me says well lets look at his diet, chocolate has dairy, fat, and is very yummy! The crisps have starch, salt, whatever yummy flavoring they are. lol, can't be all bad, I want to live on them too. But on a serious note, that is definately a sensory thing, he is liking the soft chocolate and the crunchy chips. How about trying to get him to have toast with nutella on it? Nutella here is a chocolate spread. Or nutella on crackers, and maybe you can move on to crackers and cheese (soft cheese of course, brown would be better lol) I think this is a choose your battles situation, he will move on to something else, they always do. As with anyone, we eventually get sick of eating the same thing. The other thing is you can try saying he can have that for dessert, but make sure his actual food is something he can truly deal with within his sensory state at the moment. Hope that helps, I so know what you are going through. [8( HI THANKS FOR REPLY BUT I HAVE TRIED EVERY FOOD YOU CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE, I HAVE TRIED TELLING HIM THAT IF HE EATS THIS THEN HE GETS THE TREAT THAT HE REALLY WANTS, IT JUST DOSNY WORK, IM A SINGLE PARENT AND IF THATS NOT HARD ENOUGH THIS IS KILLIN ME. ] I know how much this is killing you, so sorry. You may not like my answer but I think you should just let it play it's course. You are making yourself nuts over it. Chocolate and crisps aren't going to kill him and I swear he will get fed up of them. I swear!!! Try to redirect but if you can't don't sweat it. All kids do this, my supposed nt oldest ate nothing but peanut butter and crackers for 2 months. And his school was peanut free!!! ACK, he took plain crackers and had the peanut butter when he came home. I go the looks and the comments but there was not much I could do to convince him otherwise. He changed his eating obsession to something else and still does it to some extent. Right now all he wants for dinner is pizza and he is 12!! lol Hugs to you, I so know what you are going through.
I don't know how old he is or what services he's getting or what professionals are telling you he will eat when hungry. So forgive me if you are already doing these things. I would enlist the help of a psychologist and an OT since this is based on sensory issues. Hang in there, don't loose the will to live, you are a single parent and your son needs you! Vicki Don't give up yet our kids go through this mine for the longest time it was only chicken nuggets and peanut butter. Now they are back to eating fairly normal. It definelty seems like he has sensory issues with food. What about like chex mix you can make Moose Munch which is chex with peanut butter and chocolate. Or cheetos, veggie crisps, etc. I agree with the nutella if he likes chocolate or else trying like some chocolate chip bread or muffins. Give it time he will get bored of it and want to eat again. I agree...with the others...and most probably your mental state is giving him a pay off on some level...if he was eating normal up til 10 weeks ago...ask yourself what has changed...school situation, something at home, ect...I too think that you should let it run its course.I completely understand how you feel. When this has happened to me, I really just let it go. It does pass, eventually, and when you stop stressing about it, so will he, and he eventually will come around. Could you go ahead and put your childs age in your signature? Is he in school? If so, how is he eating there? I know for a fact that my son will eat things in school that he will not eat at home. I don't understand it, but it is what it is. He has never eaten a sandwich in my house, but will do so just fine at school. Same with Mac and Cheese. It's baffling to say the least. Hi, I just wanted to give you a little help too. Both of mine have serious sensory/feeding issues, we are constantly going to different therapies with my ds and yet he is still failure to thrive. Anyway, how old is your son? I agree, something might have triggered the change but in the mean time can you get a nutritional drink or bar into him? With ny dd, I drew a line on her cup at the top, filled it with the drink and told her she only had to drink to the line, then each week I moved the line towards the bottom. I don't know why, but it worked for her. You can also go to http://www.mypyramidtracker.gov/, set up an account and figure out exactly what he is getting in terms of daily recommended allowances. Maybe they have something similar in the UK. How does your ds do with brushing his teeth? Also, are there non-food items he likes to chew on? Finally, as asked above, what does he drink? There are some great products (like Pediasure) which provide all the nutrients a kid needs. I've been down this road too. Try making it as non stressful as possible. Does he have a favorite movie? let him watch it. If he likes crunchy, offer crunchy foods. My DS will not use a fork or spoon either. Also hide foods. I make DS french fries, and dip them in egg whites, then bake them. They come out really crisp, and he loves them and I get protein in him. He has an aversion to the texture of meat, I think. I also got this recipe for muffins, I'm going to make, you put ground veggies in it. Hide the veggies then Angela - I love that idea with the fries! Do you do this with bought fries or ones you make yourself? VickieB - I've been down this road too. It's not easy. If it is just a recent thing, then it may revert back just as quickly as it came on. In the meantime, I'd go for a vitamin drink or tablets if your child will take them. We have ongoing food issues here - I just take it one day at a time. Mysh This is the one I use. The reviews say it is mediciny, it is not mediciny to me, it has almost berry taste and it taste like the vitamin C chewables but without the sourness. I put a 1/4 teaspoon in an 8 oz bottle of apple juice twice a day and they drink it right down. You can taste it ever so slightly but its not a medicine taste, believe me if my boys even detected a hint of medicine they would not drink it. I do split it up though to dilute the taste as much as possible. It blends well with juice with the almost berry taste, it wouldn't blend with rice milk I don't think and it is a dark brown color. Here is one that has reviews of being tasteless. I found this after I purchased the one I did and was going to try it if mine didn't work. It works though so no need but I might try this one when I need to buy again. The reviews are all good as this one being undetectable. ETA: because they are derived from plants you can give them to infants. My 4.5 year olds and my 2.4 year old takes them. I think that is always why they don't taste mediciney. Angela - I love that idea with the fries! Do you do this with bought fries or ones you make yourself? VickieB - I've been down this road too. It's not easy. If it is just a recent thing, then it may revert back just as quickly as it came on. In the meantime, I'd go for a vitamin drink or tablets if your child will take them. We have ongoing food issues here - I just take it one day at a time. Mysh [/QUOTE] I take 2 potatoe and slice them up, 2 egg whites and beat them to a froth, I then take a pan and line it with foil, and spray with organic pam. Dip the fries in the egg white and then cook at 400 in the oven for 15 minutes, turn the fries and bake about 5 to 8 more minutes. This is Conner's favorite, I've tasted them and like them too. I also put seasoning salt on them sometimes for taste. i dont know anything about your child, age, previous diet, etc. if youd like feel free to message me if your child is hmmm, under 5? im not sure i could help beyond that age. i have a 3 year old that has had extremely severe (minus feeding tube) feeding issues since birth, especially 1 yr when we started solids. its been insane waiting for feeding clinic and once we got in, the insurance co changed their mind and wouldnt pay. so long story short.....ive made amazing strides with my son at this point. he has severe sensory impairments. id be happy to share my experiences that could relate. out of curiosity, did anything change before the food change, stesss, something new, was he sick, or does the child often change like the wind? OH, NOT ALL KIDS EAT WHEN THEYRE HUNGRY. MINE WILL STARVE HIMSELF TO HOSPITAL STAY AND DOESNT EVEN 'KNOW' HUNGER. I HATE WHEN DOCS/PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW SAY THAT! ITS BEEN 10 WEEKS, HELL BLUDGEION HIMSELF WITH THE CHOCO, AND SKIPS BEFORE HE STARVES TO DEATH! :) It disgusts me that experts have been dismissive of your concerns, saying he will eat when he's hungry. The fact is that people with autism don't always recognize their body's signals -- including the hunger signal. My youngest son has almost never said "I'm hungry" and taken initiative to a meal. Is there anything that happened 10 weeks ago that could have triggered this food crisis? Has your child been seen by a pediatrician? (particularly important if your child doesn't recognize pain signals or communicate them well). Kids under the age of 5 are often picky eaters, autistic or not. But what you are experiencing goes beyond "picky eater" into the realm of "resistant eater" and professional help is warranted. A speech pathologist, feeding specialist, or occupational therapist can do an evaluation, but I have no idea how you would go about this in the UK. If you have no choice but to go it alone, here are at least some online resources related to pickiness/resistant eating, including some articles that focus on the sensory aspects. You might want to try plastic utensils, in case it's the metallic noise or feel that's causing the aversion. http://www.autism-pdd.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18317&am p;KW=pickiness I wish you luck with this with all my heart. Please let us know how things go. Hi vickib, I see that you are a newbie and I wanted to say welcome. It’s nice to have another Brit on the message board. I’m from Surrey but live in I’m sorry you are going through this and wish I had some good advice but nothing I have tried with my son has worked either and I have just given up. I have been told by his drs. to pick my battles carefully. He is in the 5th percentile for his growth (tall but thin) eats only crispy bacon, chocolate milk, salt’n’vinegar crisps/chips and white meat chicken. He’s almost 7 and I thought that as he got older he’d be a little more open to foods but he’s not. Do they have PediaSure in the My son has never eaten chocolate. No matter how I try to get him to taste it he won’t. . He doesn’t like any food that is dark in color. Hang in there. |
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