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My son is so picky with all the GF/CF and yeast and egg free food. Any suggestions to get him to accept repalcements.What are you offering him for food? Start slooooowly. Instead of trying to replace everything at once, do it very gradually. For example, you could start adding a little rice milk to his regular milk and do a little more every day until it's pure rice milk. I have used several products from the health food store like crackers,cookies,chips and mixes for muffins and cakes. I find these things almost always have something he isnt suppose to have according to allergy tests. He takes a non dairy milk and GF cereal no problem. He tends to not like the cookies or crackers though. I have also done some baking but with 3 kids I find I dont have the time or energy for that. Any recipe suggestions? He is non dairy,GF,egg free,yeast free and peanut..... Right now we have had to cut back on spending so there goes the organics and special foods.I forgot to add that he does not eat any veggies(unless hidden) and only beef and chicken in the last 6 months. Does he eat any fruit at all? My boys were also very picky at first and I sneaked in some mashed apples in those bought-from-the-store baking mixes to change the taste and texture enough for them to have a wee try. They also were willing to try certain meats if served with applesauce on top. I also had a container with the proper flour mix (whatever your son is allowed as far as flour, go to the library, get yourself a gfcf cookbook, use their basic flour mix recipe and have it already mixed in a large container, saves time and effort) which you can use for coating certain meats (like chicken nuggets type foods). Like your own already made Shake and Bake mixture! Best of luck to you. Claire in Canada Yes he loves fruit.He won't eat any dips or sauces with food just ketchup.I will try keeping a mix ready made.He smells everything before he will try it.Kinda cute! How do you get your husband to agree to help your kid to stick to the diet? My husband sees it makes some difference but thinks it is too expensive and that he will starve. Getting husbands on board is a tough issue for some of us. I know I'm still struggling with that one too. I have found that by keeping a very detailed budget of what I now buy, compared to what I used to buy (groceries, vitamins, etc.), it gives him a better view overall. My husband thought that all gfcf prices were outrageous until I showed him the prices of regular flour, regular sugar, etc. I have also joined a natural food co-op in my area and I can buy most basic gfcf staples in large bulk quantities (I'm talking 100 pounds of stuff here!) and even though it is very expensive 3 times a year, I then have everything I need to cook, bake and my boys are much healthier from eating this. Getting my husband involved in the day-to-day cooking/food prep was also a tough issue for me. I am a stay-at-home homeschooling mom, who teaches French to others from our home, so naturally, hubby assumed I would always be the one doing all the cooking/baking. I have had to make him understand that with 4 children, 2 of whom are non-verbal autistic (and one is still working on the toilet-training thing), plus my teaching, there was simply not enough time to do it all anymore and remain sane. So we now have weekend baking sessions, where all children plus both parents get involved, assembly-line style, in making the coming week's supply (muffins, desserts, giant batches of meat casseroles, etc. which are then frozen in family-sized portions, ready to cook during our busy week) Our children really enjoy this. Also, take your husband shopping with you when you get the gfcf supplies. He can compare labels (I showed him that the rice milk we use now actually has more vitamins and minerals then the cow's milk we grew up drinking!) and feel like he is more involved. I know my husband was afraid/reticent mainly because this was so new to him. He grew up on typical meals and although I had been studying this gfcf stuff for quite some time, it was all new to him. The more he knows, the more comfortable he gets. (he still doesn't like high prices but we're working on that as he sees the benefits on our boys) Hope this helps. Best of luck to you. Claire in Canada
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