Guest guest Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 Feed them in the bathtub? My kids think that is a great adventure. Can you eat outside where you live? Picnics are also a big favorite, or a meal on the balcony. We have a large kid's rug (the kind they can play cars on, with roads etc.) where they sit while eating. We cover the furniture with sheets which can be washed easily. For your sanity, if you can prepare the room they like to eat in just for them (and they will grow, and it will get easier) you may be able to handle it better. But your Jenna does need to eat, because our daughter was just like that, and now at age nine, does eat a few more things, and will use a spoon or fork mostly. But sometimes you have to put up with things you wouldn't if all was normal. Hang in there! You are not alone. Kathy Valeri Dugan wrote: > > My girls are the biggest mess makers around. Jenna (3.5/ASD) and > (2.5/NT) make such huge messes that I have no time to do anything but > clean up after them. > > Does anyone have ANY suggestions for ease of clean up? Jenna eats > very > few things, is tactile defensive and very thin. I haven't insisted on > her using a spoon or fork just so she would get some food in her. Now > when sees Jenna eat with her hands she does it too. By the time > they are done with dinner there is spaghetti and chocolate pudding > EVERYWHERE! Since these are the only real foods Jenna eats (coke and > French fries are the others) I don't want to take them away from her. > But I am sick of scrubbing the walls, tables, high chairs and trays. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Valeri > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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