RE: New here with a question about dietary problems and Asperger's

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Up to the time my daughter was 9 she had a menu of about 11 things, she has always taken vitamins. As she has gotten older, she is trying different things and has expanded her menu. She did eat some fruits however. But she has never had a hotdog, mac & cheese or a taco. But she will eat spaghetti and raw green peppers. She just doesn't show a pattern.

My son is worse than that now at five, and he's NT. So just hang in there and keep offering and encouraging(bribing them,lol) to try something new. As long as he is normal weight and healthy, I wouldn't worry too much:).

Jonimbkempner <charlie.kempner@...> wrote:

I am new to this group. I have a 9 year old son who was diagnosed with Asperger's and Bipolar in January of this year. He is stable and doing really well, but we are having alot of trouble with his diet. He has always rejected fruits, vegetables and most meat. He will eat a Mc's hamburger, but anything I cook at home will be rejected. Much to my disapointment,, he will only eat carbs, carrots, and the occasional hamburger. If I make him eat what we eat at dinnertime he will scream, cry and fall apart. I have done everything short of shoving food into his mouth. I worry about his health, and also his emotional state as well. He'd love to get asked over to a friend's house for a sleepover, but he wont eat the food there. If we take him to a relative's house for dinner, he wont eat the food. It's almost like he has an eating

disorder. His Psychiatrist has passed this problem on to his Pediatrician, but that doctor thinks he's fine because height and weight are fine.Am I worrying over nothing? Is this normal for kids? His siblings eat a far wider selection of food. My husband thinks I should be a short order cook just to keep him the peace, but I am not willing to make 2 different dinners.Any advice would be gratefully appreciated. I guess after all we have been through I should be grateful he is still alive. We had a rough year last year with his depression. Things are never easy I guess! AnnDS and DD 9 year old twinsDS 3 years old"and in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make"__________________________________________________

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I gave in to my daughter...who is now 15 (as, bipolar, social

anxiety)....she fixes some of her own food now and eats some of ours

too....plus fast food which is sooooooo convenient to us......she

doesn't have the same degree of problem as your son though....she eats a

bigger variety but not new things.....just the usual stuff.....

Maralee

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**** New here with a question about

****dietary problems and Asperger's

****

****

****I am new to this group. I have a 9 year old son who was diagnosed

****with Asperger's and Bipolar in January of this year. He is stable

****and doing really well, but we are having alot of trouble with his

****diet. He has always rejected fruits, vegetables and most meat. He

****will eat a Mc's hamburger, but anything I cook at

****home will be

****rejected. Much to my disapointment,, he will only eat carbs,

****carrots, and the occasional hamburger. If I make him eat

****what we eat

****at dinnertime he will scream, cry and fall apart. I have done

****everything short of shoving food into his mouth. I worry about his

****health, and also his emotional state as well. He'd love to

****get asked

****over to a friend's house for a sleepover, but he wont eat the food

****there. If we take him to a relative's house for dinner, he wont eat

****the food. It's almost like he has an eating disorder. His

****Psychiatrist has passed this problem on to his Pediatrician, but

****that doctor thinks he's fine because height and weight are fine.

****

****Am I worrying over nothing? Is this normal for kids? His siblings

****eat a far wider selection of food. My husband thinks I should be a

****short order cook just to keep him the peace, but I am not

****willing to

****make 2 different dinners.

****

****Any advice would be gratefully appreciated. I guess after all we

****have been through I should be grateful he is still alive. We had a

****rough year last year with his depression. Things are never easy I

****guess!

****

**** Ann

****DS and DD 9 year old twins

****DS 3 years old

****

****

****

****

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I give my daughter vitamins too--for about 3 years now. She is average to 10 pounds overweight (only 5 foot tall) and is very very rarely sick....

Maralee

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and her three kitties!

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Much to my disapointment,,

he will only eat carbs,

carrots, and

the occasional hamburger. If I make him eat what we eat

at

dinnertime he will scream, cry and fall apart.

Am I

worrying over nothing? Is this normal for kids?

Ann, I guess I would have to suggest

you make small amounts of what he likes while you are making dinner for the

others. I do this and it really doesn’t take a lot of time. My son, 12,As.

eats the same thing for months on end. A few food items he has liked are

grapefruit, pears, rice chex, chicken noodle soup, ’s veg.

soup(mash vegetables), haddock(not as expensive as you might think, as he eats

very small amounts at a time…he eats it with nothing on it, just fried in

small amount of oil) any white fish, Tilapia(fish), tortillas with small amount

of salsa rolled up in them, sourdough bread, cinnamon bread, ruby red juice,

orange juice, pancakes(I freeze them), the whites of hard boiled eggs with salt,

and a multiple vitamin….those are a few ideas. I know it can be

frustrating. gets annoyed about “nothing to eat”, but it’s

him. Life did start really falling apart for my son at 9, it is a tough time. Take

care, Gail