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Dawn <dawnyuro@...> wrote:anyone else have trouble getting their child to eat?

is also a terrible eater. She'll eat something one day and the very next day say she doesn't like it. I always have standbys that I am pretty sure she will eat. The best one is I try to give her breakfast before school and she sometimes won't eat it but when she gets to school she can't do her work because she is hungry. The teacher asked me to send in a box of breakfast bars so she can have one when she is hungry. I think it makes me look like I am not feeding her before she leaves and this is not true.

Carol, mom to

, 3/14/94

, 2/18/97

Lily, 9/7/04

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This happens with too. The teacher has even asked me to send snacks in for him when I already do!!

He is SO hard to get to eat breakfast!

-Charlotte

Re: awesome! and eating? and addictions...

Dawn <dawnyuro@...> wrote:anyone else have trouble getting their child to eat?

is also a terrible eater. She'll eat something one day and the very next day say she doesn't like it. I always have standbys that I am pretty sure she will eat. The best one is I try to give her breakfast before school and she sometimes won't eat it but when she gets to school she can't do her work because she is hungry. The teacher asked me to send in a box of breakfast bars so she can have one when she is hungry. I think it makes me look like I am not feeding her before she leaves and this is not true.

Carol, mom to

, 3/14/94

, 2/18/97

Lily, 9/7/04

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My son always has had problems eating. He is now 5 and in an all day

Autistic Support Kindergarten class and it seems that all 7 of his

classmates have the same problem and its to be expected for kids on

the spectrum. Certain smells and sounds bother just about all of

them. Austin's teacher and I both try to comprimise with the kids.

One thing we try to do is reward him the kids for eating. If Austin

eats three bites of something, he gets a gummy worm, or if he eats

his whole sandwich he gets to choose two stickers for his shirt. Now

granted my son is 5 and this works well for him... but I don't know

how old your son is. I hope that maybe this will help.

Jean

Mother of Austin, age 5 Aspergers & Bi-Polar 1

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My 13 year old with AS, Will never touch his lips to a piece of fruit or any vegetable (except Corn, of course). His diet includes alot of cereal, hamburgers and junk. He needs healthy foods, which I'm a big eater of. When he was a little one, I always fed him healthy foods and he ate them, but now he will have nothing to do with them. I am concerned about his health later on, if he continues to eat this way. I have stopped buying chips and cookies, and things of that sort, but the healthy stuff I buy he won't touch. We rarely ever go out to eat, I cook dinner at home every night but he will take one or two bites and he's done. I don't cook odd or different food than anyone else, but he always say things like "EEEWWWW GROSS!" What to do?

My son always has had problems eating. He is now 5 and in an all day Autistic Support Kindergarten class and it seems that all 7 of his classmates have the same problem and its to be expected for kids on the spectrum. Certain smells and sounds bother just about all of them. Austin's teacher and I both try to comprimise with the kids. One thing we try to do is reward him the kids for eating. If Austin eats three bites of something, he gets a gummy worm, or if he eats his whole sandwich he gets to choose two stickers for his shirt. Now granted my son is 5 and this works well for him... but I don't know how old your son is. I hope that maybe this will help.JeanMother of Austin, age 5 Aspergers & Bi-Polar 1

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My little guy is a hard kid to get to eat...unless he's hungry, it's on his

schedule, and it's one of his 9 favorite foods. We really have to work to

get him to try something else -- I served mixed veggies earlier this week,

and we had to tell him 'eat two of the baby carrots, that's all' and seeing

that he didn't have to eat a lot, he tried them, and successfully ate both!

I have to do the 'no Gameboy/Nintendo/Pokemon until you've eaten...' routine

and he'll begrudgingly eat. But even then, he makes it clear he's unhappy,

and he'll only eat 'ten bites' total. (Ten is his magic number this

week..everything was 100 for a while, now it's ten.)

awesome! and eating? and addictions...

> anyone else have trouble getting their child to eat?

> My eats breakfast cause the other children are gone...he doesn't

> seem

> to eat lunch too often at school...but he needs certain conditions to

> eat....no smells of any other food....

> I do best when he is allowed to go play and come back for bites then I do

> for having him sit at the table... (might be the ADHD?)

> He's addicted to runescape.com so I let him eat at the computer desk....I

> notice when his mind is somewhere else he does eat better!

> Now, I have to limit runescape.com because no lie...he would play it ALL

> day and night if we didnt'....but then again, he has no local friends...

> so I hate taking away the one thing he enjoys...

> where do you draw the line?

> thanks everyone!

> Dawn in NJ

> will be 10 in August!

[Guest guest]

> My little guy is a hard kid to get to eat...unless he's hungry, it's on

> his

> schedule, and it's one of his 9 favorite foods. We really have to work to

> get him to try something else -- I served mixed veggies earlier this week,

> and we had to tell him 'eat two of the baby carrots, that's all' and

> seeing

> that he didn't have to eat a lot, he tried them, and successfully ate

> both!

My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed separately on the

plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it. (Except

if he's decided that he no longer likes it).

No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he doesn't want

to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he hated baby

mush), and he's 17 now.

in England

[Guest guest]

sounds like almost all of us have these eating issues with

kiddos...anyone had any success with sensory integration therapy? We are

going to start it in April

At 11:03 AM 3/3/2005, Rowell wrote:

> My little guy is a hard

kid to get to eat...unless he's hungry, it's on

> his

> schedule, and it's one of his 9 favorite foods. We really have to

work to

> get him to try something else -- I served mixed veggies earlier this

week,

> and we had to tell him 'eat two of the baby carrots, that's all' and

> seeing

> that he didn't have to eat a lot, he tried them, and successfully

ate

> both!

My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed separately on

the

plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it.

(Except

if he's decided that he no longer likes it).

No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he doesn't

want

to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he hated

baby

mush), and he's 17 now.

in England

[Guest guest]

My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed separately on the plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it. (Except if he's decided that he no longer likes it).No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he doesn't want to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he hated baby mush), and he's 17 now. in England

This is exactly the way is too!

-Charlotte

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In a weird way, I feel better now Ds doesn't like his food touching each other either! And now that you mention it, no mixed food either..the mixed veggies, we basically did the 'you must eat two baby carrots...' if you want any dessert...doesn't always work, but I was so glad to see it did! He doesn't like salads, or entrees that are mixed either, though he will eat pasta with sauce..mac 'n cheese, etc. We tried to give him 'masagna' last week...wow, that didn't go over well lol

Re: awesome! and eating? and addictions...

My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed separately on the plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it. (Except if he's decided that he no longer likes it).No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he doesn't want to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he hated baby mush), and he's 17 now. in England

This is exactly the way is too!

-Charlotte

[Guest guest]

Boy, I sure can connect with that. My son will only eat one thing at a time. Nothing can touch each other, or you can't cut anything up. He is so ritualistic with this. He also has certain cups he will not drink from or plates he can't eat off of. designs <scottdesigns@...> wrote:

My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed separately on the plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it. (Except if he's decided that he no longer likes it).No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he doesn't want to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he hated baby mush), and he's 17 now. in England

This is exactly the way is too!

-Charlotte

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The closest thing my son eats to "mixed" food is pizza and hummus and crackers....Thats it!

-Charlotte

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My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed separately on the plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it. (Except if he's decided that he no longer likes it).No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he doesn't want to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he hated baby mush), and he's 17 now. in England

This is exactly the way is too!

-Charlotte

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Louie couldn't stand having food servings touch each other either, so we

got him a picnic plate with compartments. He used that till he was

maybe 9, and then we phased it out. He still makes sure that he can see

plate between his servings though. He didn't like stews or casseroles

when he was little either, so when I did stew I'd separate the

ingredients on his picnic plate and institute the " 3 human sized bites

of everything on the plate or no dessert " rule. Did the same thing

with casseroles. Little by little, I mixed in one ingredient at a time.

When he was used to 2 ingredients together, then I took it to 3, and

so on. Now he eats just about everything (and particular faves are

stew, enchiladas & guacamole, and eggplant parmesan!). He even finally

tried broccoli and black olives last year and discovered he really likes

both. So for us anyway, it was a years-long process to get him to a

varied diet.

BTW, guys, Louie had his 25th birthday on Monday. Can you believe it???

Annie, who loves ya annie@...

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D. Marie Ralstin- wrote:

> sounds like almost all of us have these eating issues with

> kiddos...anyone had any success with sensory integration therapy? We

> are going to start it in April

>

Louie did this, but for aural and visual sensitivities. Worked like

a charm! Crowds and confusion don't send him into meltdown anymore!

Annie, who loves ya annie@...

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[Guest guest]

My son has a very limited variety of things he'll eat.

He eats no fruits or vegatables. The only meat he'll

eat is oscar meyer fat free bologna. (I accidentally

bought " lite " once and he took one bite and got mad!)

He basically lives on saltines, gogurt, pretzels,

fruit snacks, rice krispy treats, chips, and chicken

nuggets from Burger King or 's only! He does

like to eat the cheese and pepperoni off some pizza

but never the crust. And, like you said, no amount of

forcing, bribery, punishing or anything will make him

eat something new.

My husband however, is the one who can't stand for his

food to touch! I have to give him his food on

seperate plates if it's juicy or liquidy.

Sara

--- designs <scottdesigns@...> wrote:

>

> My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all

> placed separately on the

> plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else

> he will eat it. (Except

> if he's decided that he no longer likes it).

>

> No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat

> it if he doesn't want

> to. That has always been the case, ever since he was

> weaned (he hated baby

> mush), and he's 17 now.

>

> in England

>

> This is exactly the way is too!

> -Charlotte

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My son wont eat meat at all either, with the exception of the occasional peice of bologna or hot dog (and I DO mean occasional). He has never tasted hamburger, steak or red meat in any form, and knowing him probably never will.

I have tried to explain to other parents of kids without an ASD that there is no "forcing" my child to try something. That is just not possible with him, he will NOT do it and he will have a full fledged mental breakdown still at 11 if you so much as "put" something he doesn't eat on his plate.

I made one more attempt at this last year with corn and peas (eats NO veggies in veggie form, other than potatoes) He was screaming and crying, and hyper-ventilating over the one bite I was insisting he take (just to "try" them) (he was still un-diagnosed at the time) that's when I decided that was the last time I will ever "force" the issue. If he's still reacting this way to it now at 11, it's not something that is going to change until he decides to change it. It seems to cause him pain to even think of trying something new. Bummer because he only eats a handful of things, same things for most of his life. He could live on green apples, tortilla chips, chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes.

-Charlotte

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My son has a very limited variety of things he'll eat.He eats no fruits or vegatables. The only meat he'lleat is oscar meyer fat free bologna. (I accidentallybought "lite" once and he took one bite and got mad!) He basically lives on saltines, gogurt, pretzels,fruit snacks, rice krispy treats, chips, and chickennuggets from Burger King or 's only! He doeslike to eat the cheese and pepperoni off some pizzabut never the crust. And, like you said, no amount offorcing, bribery, punishing or anything will make himeat something new.My husband however, is the one who can't stand for hisfood to touch! I have to give him his food onseperate plates if it's juicy or liquidy.Sara--- designs <scottdesigns@...> wrote:> > My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all> placed separately on the > plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else> he will eat it. (Except > if he's decided that he no longer likes it).> > No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat> it if he doesn't want > to. That has always been the case, ever since he was> weaned (he hated baby > mush), and he's 17 now.> > in England > > This is exactly the way is too!> -Charlotte __________________________________ Celebrate 's 10th Birthday! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday./netrospective/

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My son will only eat crunchy foods- pizza, pop tarts, eggos, dry cereal, fish sticks, chicken nuggets... won't touch cooked veggies, mac & cheese, spaghettio's...

Anne

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My son wont eat meat at all either, with the exception of the occasional peice of bologna or hot dog (and I DO mean occasional). He has never tasted hamburger, steak or red meat in any form, and knowing him probably never will.

I have tried to explain to other parents of kids without an ASD that there is no "forcing" my child to try something. That is just not possible with him, he will NOT do it and he will have a full fledged mental breakdown still at 11 if you so much as "put" something he doesn't eat on his plate.

I made one more attempt at this last year with corn and peas (eats NO veggies in veggie form, other than potatoes) He was screaming and crying, and hyper-ventilating over the one bite I was insisting he take (just to "try" them) (he was still un-diagnosed at the time) that's when I decided that was the last time I will ever "force" the issue. If he's still reacting this way to it now at 11, it's not something that is going to change until he decides to change it. It seems to cause him pain to even think of trying something new. Bummer because he only eats a handful of things, same things for most of his life. He could live on green apples, tortilla chips, chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes.

-Charlotte

Re: awesome! and eating? and addictions...

My son has a very limited variety of things he'll eat.He eats no fruits or vegatables. The only meat he'lleat is oscar meyer fat free bologna. (I accidentallybought "lite" once and he took one bite and got mad!) He basically lives on saltines, gogurt, pretzels,fruit snacks, rice krispy treats, chips, and chickennuggets from Burger King or 's only! He doeslike to eat the cheese and pepperoni off some pizzabut never the crust. And, like you said, no amount offorcing, bribery, punishing or anything will make himeat something new.My husband however, is the one who can't stand for hisfood to touch! I have to give him his food onseperate plates if it's juicy or liquidy.Sara--- designs <scottdesigns@...> wrote:> > My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all> placed separately on the > plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else> he will eat it. (Except > if he's decided that he no longer likes it).> > No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat> it if he doesn't want > to. That has always been the case, ever since he was> weaned (he hated baby > mush), and he's 17 now.> > in England > > This is exactly the way is too!> -Charlotte __________________________________ Celebrate 's 10th Birthday! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday./netrospective/

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My son will only eat crunchy foods- pizza, pop tarts, eggos, dry cereal, fish sticks, chicken nuggets... won't touch cooked veggies, mac & cheese, spaghettio's...

Anne

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My son wont eat meat at all either, with the exception of the occasional peice of bologna or hot dog (and I DO mean occasional). He has never tasted hamburger, steak or red meat in any form, and knowing him probably never will.

I have tried to explain to other parents of kids without an ASD that there is no "forcing" my child to try something. That is just not possible with him, he will NOT do it and he will have a full fledged mental breakdown still at 11 if you so much as "put" something he doesn't eat on his plate.

I made one more attempt at this last year with corn and peas (eats NO veggies in veggie form, other than potatoes) He was screaming and crying, and hyper-ventilating over the one bite I was insisting he take (just to "try" them) (he was still un-diagnosed at the time) that's when I decided that was the last time I will ever "force" the issue. If he's still reacting this way to it now at 11, it's not something that is going to change until he decides to change it. It seems to cause him pain to even think of trying something new. Bummer because he only eats a handful of things, same things for most of his life. He could live on green apples, tortilla chips, chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes.

-Charlotte

Re: awesome! and eating? and addictions...

My son has a very limited variety of things he'll eat.He eats no fruits or vegatables. The only meat he'lleat is oscar meyer fat free bologna. (I accidentallybought "lite" once and he took one bite and got mad!) He basically lives on saltines, gogurt, pretzels,fruit snacks, rice krispy treats, chips, and chickennuggets from Burger King or 's only! He doeslike to eat the cheese and pepperoni off some pizzabut never the crust. And, like you said, no amount offorcing, bribery, punishing or anything will make himeat something new.My husband however, is the one who can't stand for hisfood to touch! I have to give him his food onseperate plates if it's juicy or liquidy.Sara--- designs <scottdesigns@...> wrote:> > My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all> placed separately on the > plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else> he will eat it. (Except > if he's decided that he no longer likes it).> > No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat> it if he doesn't want > to. That has always been the case, ever since he was> weaned (he hated baby > mush), and he's 17 now.> > in England > > This is exactly the way is too!> -Charlotte __________________________________ Celebrate 's 10th Birthday! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday./netrospective/

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Anne wrote:

> My son will only eat crunchy foods- pizza, pop tarts, eggos, dry

> cereal, fish sticks, chicken nuggets... won't touch cooked veggies,

> mac & cheese, spaghettio's...

>

> Anne

>

Have you tried crunchy vegetables? When Louie was very small, he was a

fiend for breaded & fried eggplant cutlets! And raw carrots and celery!

With a little salt for the celery. He was into chicken nuggets when

he was little, but then he discovered fried chicken legs and never

looked back. LOL His latest thing, at 25, is buffalo wings. And

he's always been crazy about salads. All that crunchy lettuce and

croutons and stuff.....

Annie, who loves ya annie@...

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[Guest guest]

Anne wrote:

> My son will only eat crunchy foods- pizza, pop tarts, eggos, dry

> cereal, fish sticks, chicken nuggets... won't touch cooked veggies,

> mac & cheese, spaghettio's...

>

> Anne

>

Have you tried crunchy vegetables? When Louie was very small, he was a

fiend for breaded & fried eggplant cutlets! And raw carrots and celery!

With a little salt for the celery. He was into chicken nuggets when

he was little, but then he discovered fried chicken legs and never

looked back. LOL His latest thing, at 25, is buffalo wings. And

he's always been crazy about salads. All that crunchy lettuce and

croutons and stuff.....

Annie, who loves ya annie@...

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I am here to live out loud. -- Emile Zola

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Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the group--been reading posts for a couple of weeks. I've

found this group to be so helpful!!

My name is Patti and I live in the St. Louis area. My son who

is 9 was diagnosed in October with Asperger's. I have two other sons,

--8 and -- almost 2, both typically developing.

We are struggling with several issues right now -- anger, anxiety and

eating. Life with DS is a rocky road--right now the bumps seem to be

HUGE!!

Responding the to posts about eating--DS used to eat quite a

variety of food. Now he will only eat a few things--apples, yogurt,

pbj sandwiches, pears, applesauce. My husband and I are puzzled

about this. Why would he eat a variety before and as time goes on he

has become so picky? Is this part of Aspergers?

Any input would be appreciated.

Anybody else in the St. Louis area?

Patti in St. Louis, Mom to

-- 9, dx Aspergers (Adderall and Zyprexa)

-- 8

-- 23 months

-- 39 (sometimes he counts as a kid, too!)

>

> > My little guy is a hard kid to get to eat...unless he's hungry,

it's on

> > his

> > schedule, and it's one of his 9 favorite foods. We really have to

work to

> > get him to try something else -- I served mixed veggies earlier

this week,

> > and we had to tell him 'eat two of the baby carrots, that's all'

and

> > seeing

> > that he didn't have to eat a lot, he tried them, and successfully

ate

> > both!

>

> My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed

separately on the

> plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it.

(Except

> if he's decided that he no longer likes it).

>

> No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he

doesn't want

> to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he

hated baby

> mush), and he's 17 now.

>

> in England

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Re:

awesome! and eating? and addictions...

My name is Patti and I live in the St. Louis area. My son

who

is 9 was diagnosed in October with Asperger's. I

have two other sons,

--8 and -- almost 2, both typically

developing.

We are struggling with several issues right now --

anger, anxiety and

eating. Life with DS is a rocky road--right

now the bumps seem to be

HUGE!!

***********Hi Patty welcome to the group.

9 is a tough age, it is when my now 12 year old came crashing down. He was

diagnosed at almost 10 with Asperger’s. He was diagnosed with OCD,

clinical depression and anxiety at 9. He would say things like “nothing

seems fun anymore”, “I feel like a lumpy toad”…these

were all signs of clinical depression. I am telling you this as it can be very

subtle indications of a very big problem.

Responding the to posts about eating--DS used to

eat quite a

variety of food. Now he will only eat a few things--apples,

yogurt,

pbj sandwiches, pears, applesauce. My

husband and I are puzzled

about this. Why would he eat a variety

before and as time goes on he

has become so picky? Is this part of

Aspergers?

************It does seem to go hand in

hand with As., a sensory issue. We are having a hard time right now finding much

of anything will eat. He will eat a banana each day, OJ and fish sticks

for lunch and dinner. I have never made him anything he didn’t want to.

In the past he will eat certain foods for months and then not touch them. Foods

that he has eaten ’s Chicken Noodle Soup, flout tortillas with

small amount of salsa, pears, grapefruit, haddock fried in a little oil, any

white fish fried, grapes, watermelon, shredded wheat, dried cranberry/raisins,

chex, pancakes, plain homemade muffins, ’s alphabet/veg.

soup(squish the vegetables), sourdough bread, corn, pumpkin pie, he went

through months of haddock and grapefruit for dinner which I was happy

with…..oh ruby red juice, the white part of a hardboiled egg with salt,

hot beef jerky, wild rice (small amount, get at co-op, very

expensive)………I wouldn’t worry about what your son is

eating as it sounds ok. The only thing is with some kids apples can make them

more aggressive. We didn’t find this but I have read it a number of

times………good luck, Gail

Any input would be appreciated.

Anybody else in the St. Louis area?

Patti in St. Louis, Mom to

-- 9, dx Aspergers (Adderall and Zyprexa)

-- 8

-- 23 months

-- 39 (sometimes he counts as a kid, too!)

>

> > My little guy is a hard kid to get to

eat...unless he's hungry,

it's on

> > his

> > schedule, and it's one of his 9 favorite

foods. We really have to

work to

> > get him to try something else -- I

served mixed veggies earlier

this week,

> > and we had to tell him 'eat two of the

baby carrots, that's all'

and

> > seeing

> > that he didn't have to eat a lot, he

tried them, and successfully

ate

> > both!

>

> My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes

it all placed

separately on the

> plate. As long as it hasn't touched something

else he will eat it.

(Except

> if he's decided that he no longer likes it).

>

> No amount of bribery or punishment will make

him eat it if he

doesn't want

> to. That has always been the case, ever since

he was weaned (he

hated baby

> mush), and he's 17 now.

>

> in England

[Guest guest]

still does OT and sensory integration therapy. It does really help her but only for short periods of time. If she gets upset in class she has a sensory box with things in it that she can use, like a squishy ball and rice and other things. She goes to the back of the class and uses what she needs. The OT put it there for her. Also, she is terrified of school concerts. So, before each concert she goes with the OT and runs around. Besides helping her, she loves it.

D. Marie Ralstin- wrote:anyone had any success with sensory integration therapy? We> are going to start it in April

Carol, mom to

, 3/14/94

, 2/18/97

Lily, 9/7/04__________________________________________________

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I think many kids are like that, not just aspies. My older NT kid doesn't like her food touching and also doesn't like mixed foods. I have several cookbooks geared toward children. Several of them have recipes for adults and talk about breaking things down into constituent parts for kids. Like if your having something with potatoes, carrots and meat (in my house it would be tofu) before you mix it all together take some of each part out for the kids. It seems to be kids in general. I also know lots of kids who will only eat a few things. My pediatrician says it's ok because they will change what they eat every once in a while. They need to get a balanced diet over time, not all at once. I do still find it frustrating at times, though.designs <scottdesigns@...> wrote:

The closest thing my son eats to "mixed" food is pizza and hummus and crackers....Thats it!

-Charlotte

Re: awesome! and eating? and addictions...

My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed separately on the plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it. (Except if he's decided that he no longer likes it).No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he doesn't want to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he hated baby mush), and he's 17 now. in England

This is exactly the way is too!

-Charlotte

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Lily, 9/7/04

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I think the difference between average kids and ASD kids may be in the department of "trying" things. I know most parents of kids I know can "make" their child take at least one "no thank you bite" of something they don't want or like. With us that would get the same reaction as if you were coming at him with a gun.

-Charlotte

Re: awesome! and eating? and addictions...

My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed separately on the plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it. (Except if he's decided that he no longer likes it).No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he doesn't want to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he hated baby mush), and he's 17 now. in England

This is exactly the way is too!

-Charlotte

Carol, mom to

, 3/14/94

, 2/18/97

Lily, 9/7/04

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Hi Patti, and welcome to the group. I have a thirteen year old son, , who was diagnose with Asperger's when he was 11. He also has a very select diet, has for awhile now. At least your son is eating fruits. My son won't touch any fruit or vegetables. Well, He does eat applesauce and corn but that's about it. Not very healthy. It's a hard road but we all make it through somehow and I have found this group to be very supportive and helpful, I am new to this site as of last week also, I really enjoy everyone on here. Your all a blessing to me!!!! bagelwife <bagelwife@...> wrote:

Hi Everyone,I'm new to the group--been reading posts for a couple of weeks. I've found this group to be so helpful!!My name is Patti and I live in the St. Louis area. My son who is 9 was diagnosed in October with Asperger's. I have two other sons, --8 and -- almost 2, both typically developing. We are struggling with several issues right now -- anger, anxiety and eating. Life with DS is a rocky road--right now the bumps seem to be HUGE!!Responding the to posts about eating--DS used to eat quite a variety of food. Now he will only eat a few things--apples, yogurt, pbj sandwiches, pears, applesauce. My husband and I are puzzled about this. Why would he eat a variety before and as time goes on he has become so picky? Is this part of

Aspergers?Any input would be appreciated. Anybody else in the St. Louis area?Patti in St. Louis, Mom to -- 9, dx Aspergers (Adderall and Zyprexa) -- 8 -- 23 months -- 39 (sometimes he counts as a kid, too!)> > > My little guy is a hard kid to get to eat...unless he's hungry, it's on > > his> > schedule, and it's one of his 9 favorite foods. We really have to work to> > get him to try something else -- I served mixed veggies earlier this week,> > and we had to tell him 'eat two of the baby carrots, that's all' and > > seeing> > that he didn't have to eat a lot, he tried them, and successfully ate > > both!> > My son will not eat mixed up food, he likes it all placed separately on the >

plate. As long as it hasn't touched something else he will eat it. (Except > if he's decided that he no longer likes it).> > No amount of bribery or punishment will make him eat it if he doesn't want > to. That has always been the case, ever since he was weaned (he hated baby > mush), and he's 17 now.> > in England