RE: Obsessions regarding food:To

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Hi all, I havent fully read it yet, but the latest update to

Maurice's " Behavioural Intervention " 1996 book, " Making a difference " has a

chapter in it called " Help, my child only eats macaroni cheese " . The director

of the company I work for said that the person who wrote this chapter is highly

qualified(well known in this area) and therefore its probably pretty good. You

may wish to have a read.

Xenia

Quoting sandi g :

>

>

>

>

> ,

>

>   I'm battling the same issues with Skylar.  His comment about things he

>

> doesn't want to eat are that they smell like " dirty diapers " , or worse taste

>

> like dirty diapers (no, he has never tasted a dirty diaper).  He will

>

> literally not eat at all if he doesn't like what I have.  I end up making

>

> lasagna more than I can count and it has to be like Mommom's. He will check

>

> to see that I have used the same brand of cheese and noodles too.   Last

>

> week he loved the Chicken soup I gave him for dinner,  now he hates it.   I

>

> can't win.  I tried the nutritional supplements with him and that was a

>

> major waste of $.  He will eat some fruit and loves manderin oranges in a

>

> can.   Sky gets these sores in his mouth a lot and that prevents him from

>

> eating too.  The Dr. says its a virus and we just have to wait for them to

>

> go away.  He's got 3 or 4 of them now so all he wants are soft things.

>

> Sorry I don't have any suggestions but just know that we understand.

>

>

>

>                   Sharon in So Jersey

>

>

>

>

>

> >

>

> >Reply-To: autism-aspergers

>

> >To: autism-aspergers

>

> >Subject: Obsessions regarding food

>

> >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:52:13 -0000

>

> >

>

> >I was wondering if anyone has any ideas about how to get a little

>

> >girl to eat. She has Asperger's Syndrome Disorder and is very

>

> >brilliant.

>

> >In the past she has virtually existed on a diet of mainly wheat and

>

> >dairy.

>

> >

>

> >We have been excluding all dairy and gluten from her diet to see if

>

> >it makes a difference for her, and to see if she will acquire a

>

> >desire to eat other things, for about the past six months.

>

> >At first she really liked drinking rice milk. But at some point

>

> >something about the rice milk put her off, and now she will only

>

> >drink soy milk.

>

> >

>

> >She won't eat any friut except seedless watermellon.

>

> >She will eat mashed potato at times, and cannned tuna. But only if

>

> >it's still in the can it came in, with the lid removed. Though

>

> >sometimes she will have the tuna mixed through the mashed potato.

>

> >

>

> >She won't eat anything she sees anyone touch. She will eat bannanas,

>

> >but if she finds the bannana is " imperfect " insde the skin once it's

>

> >pealed she won't even attempt to eat it, and you will hear her going

>

> >around he house " kindly " offering it to everyone else, to be rid of

>

> >it, rather than return to the kitchen with it to risk a scolding from

>

> >whoever just granted her request for it.

>

> >

>

> >I feel so sorry for her, because clearly she is hungry, and desiring

>

> >a banana, but feels for some reason she can't eat that one with a

>

> >mark on it. And the mark can't simply be cut off either. The whole

>

> >bannana is " defiled " !

>

> >

>

> >Also there are only certain cups or plates she will use.

>

> >She will eat corn, or popcon, at times, but these things too she will

>

> >prefer in " fads " , and then be put right off them. She is so thin and

>

> >bruises really easily with such little " bulk " to her.

>

> >

>

> >She won't take a vitamine supplement either, I have bought so many

>

> >for her to try, but all the ones designed for " children " are

>

> >flavoured, and she doesn't like he taste of them, (eg; the strawberry

>

> >ones, etc) and she spits out capsuals, after holding them in her

>

> >mouth, until they melt.

>

> >

>

> >For a while she was happy to have " frothy " egg milk shakes

>

> >(I'd " sneak in " two eggs) made with either rice or soy milk, and

>

> >flavour added, (banana added, until she noticed that there were

>

> >little " banana seeds " in it) but currently she has gone off that too.

>

> >I am so concerend about her nutrician.

>

> >By the way, she was breast fed until she was 5!

>

> >

>

> >She is rather obsessive about washing her hands and feet also, as

>

> >well as issues with noise, and bright light,and things against her

>

> >skin. Certain fabrics in clothing, or bracelets on her wrists.

>

> >

>

> >  She won't allow her hair to be tied up either. Though she loves

>

> >to " collect " pretty hair ornements. And would never permit anything

>

> >like " face painting " at fairs etc. She also hates clowns or people in

>

> >costumes that cover their faces, animal suits, etc. She is one

>

> >unamused child when she is faced with such childrens " entertainment " .

>

> >

>

> >Can anyone suggest anything?

>

> >

>

> >~

>

> >

>

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

I do that, except I pick out all the avocado and fetta cheese, and I dont

have an ASD!

Xenia

At 12:19 AM 1/27/04, you wrote:

That's funny my son is the same

way. I make this salad Mandarin Orange

Almond and my son won't eat the lettuce but picks out all the oranges

when

someone isn't looking.

>

>Reply-To: autism-aspergers

>To: autism-aspergers

>Subject: Re: Obsessions regarding food:To

>Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 15:57:28 -0000

>

>I love manderin oranges, but only when they're canned. :-)

>

>

> > ,

> > I'm battling the same issues with Skylar. His

comment about

>things he

> > doesn't want to eat are that they smell like " dirty

diapers " , or

>worse taste

> > like dirty diapers (no, he has never tasted a dirty

diaper). He

>will

> > literally not eat at all if he doesn't like what I have.

I end up

>making

> > lasagna more than I can count and it has to be like Mommom's.

He

>will check

> > to see that I have used the same brand of cheese and

noodles

>too. Last

> > week he loved the Chicken soup I gave him for dinner, now

he

>hates it. I

> > can't win. I tried the nutritional supplements with him

and that

>was a

> > major waste of $. He will eat some fruit and loves

manderin

>oranges in a

> > can. Sky gets these sores in his mouth a lot and

that prevents

>him from

> > eating too. The Dr. says its a virus and we just have to

wait for

>them to

> > go away. He's got 3 or 4 of them now so all he wants are

soft

>things.

> > Sorry I don't have any suggestions but just know that we

>understand.

> >

>

>

Sharon in So Jersey

>

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[Guest guest]

Xenia,

I am looking for anything at this point just to get started with somehting.

Thanks,

in Ajax

>

>Reply-To: autism-aspergers

>To: autism-aspergers

>Subject: RE: Obsessions regarding food:To

>Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 17:54:01 +0800

>

>Are you looking for programming stuff?

>

>At 12:16 AM 1/27/04, you wrote:

> >Xenia,

> >

> >I would like to do some ABA work with my son who is 5 and diagnosed HFA,

> >PDD-NOS at home. The reason that I would like to do this on my own is

> >because the other intervention that I was paying for was a complete waste

>of

> >money and it didn't work.

> >

> >

> >I feel that he response well to me when we work on other areas that he

>needs

> >help with. Any suggestions that you have would be greatful. I would

>like

> >to get started right away as I feel this will help us when the baby is

>born

> >in May.

> >

> >Your help is greatly appreciated.

> >

> > In Ajax

> >

> >

> > >From: xeenies@...

> > >Reply-To: autism-aspergers

> > >To: " autism-aspergers "

><autism-aspergers >

> > >Subject: RE: Obsessions regarding food:To

> > >Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 14:03:27 +0800

> > >

> > >Hi all, I havent fully read it yet, but the latest update to

> > >Maurice's " Behavioural Intervention " 1996 book, " Making a difference "

>has a

> > >chapter in it called " Help, my child only eats macaroni cheese " . The

> > >director

> > >of the company I work for said that the person who wrote this chapter

>is

> > >highly

> > >qualified(well known in this area) and therefore its probably pretty

>good.

> > >You

> > >may wish to have a read.

> > >

> > >Xenia

> > >

> > >Quoting sandi g :

> > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > ,

> > > >

> > > > I'm battling the same issues with Skylar. His comment about

>things he

> > > >

> > > > doesn't want to eat are that they smell like " dirty diapers " , or

>worse

> > >taste

> > > >

> > > > like dirty diapers (no, he has never tasted a dirty diaper). He

>will

> > > >

> > > > literally not eat at all if he doesn't like what I have. I end up

> > >making

> > > >

> > > > lasagna more than I can count and it has to be like Mommom's. He

>will

> > >check

> > > >

> > > > to see that I have used the same brand of cheese and noodles too.

>Last

> > > >

> > > > week he loved the Chicken soup I gave him for dinner, now he hates

> > >it. I

> > > >

> > > > can't win. I tried the nutritional supplements with him and that

>was a

> > > >

> > > > major waste of $. He will eat some fruit and loves manderin oranges

>in

> > >a

> > > >

> > > > can. Sky gets these sores in his mouth a lot and that prevents him

> > >from

> > > >

> > > > eating too. The Dr. says its a virus and we just have to wait for

>them

> > >to

> > > >

> > > > go away. He's got 3 or 4 of them now so all he wants are soft

>things.

> > > >

> > > > Sorry I don't have any suggestions but just know that we understand.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Sharon in So Jersey

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >Reply-To: autism-aspergers

> > > >

> > > > >To: autism-aspergers

> > > >

> > > > >Subject: Obsessions regarding food

> > > >

> > > > >Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:52:13 -0000

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >I was wondering if anyone has any ideas about how to get a little

> > > >

> > > > >girl to eat. She has Asperger's Syndrome Disorder and is very

> > > >

> > > > >brilliant.

> > > >

> > > > >In the past she has virtually existed on a diet of mainly wheat and

> > > >

> > > > >dairy.

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >We have been excluding all dairy and gluten from her diet to see if

> > > >

> > > > >it makes a difference for her, and to see if she will acquire a

> > > >

> > > > >desire to eat other things, for about the past six months.

> > > >

> > > > >At first she really liked drinking rice milk. But at some point

> > > >

> > > > >something about the rice milk put her off, and now she will only

> > > >

> > > > >drink soy milk.

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >She won't eat any friut except seedless watermellon.

> > > >

> > > > >She will eat mashed potato at times, and cannned tuna. But only if

> > > >

> > > > >it's still in the can it came in, with the lid removed. Though

> > > >

> > > > >sometimes she will have the tuna mixed through the mashed potato.

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >She won't eat anything she sees anyone touch. She will eat

>bannanas,

> > > >

> > > > >but if she finds the bannana is " imperfect " insde the skin once

>it's

> > > >

> > > > >pealed she won't even attempt to eat it, and you will hear her

>going

> > > >

> > > > >around he house " kindly " offering it to everyone else, to be rid of

> > > >

> > > > >it, rather than return to the kitchen with it to risk a scolding

>from

> > > >

> > > > >whoever just granted her request for it.

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >I feel so sorry for her, because clearly she is hungry, and

>desiring

> > > >

> > > > >a banana, but feels for some reason she can't eat that one with a

> > > >

> > > > >mark on it. And the mark can't simply be cut off either. The whole

> > > >

> > > > >bannana is " defiled " !

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >Also there are only certain cups or plates she will use.

> > > >

> > > > >She will eat corn, or popcon, at times, but these things too she

>will

> > > >

> > > > >prefer in " fads " , and then be put right off them. She is so thin

>and

> > > >

> > > > >bruises really easily with such little " bulk " to her.

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >She won't take a vitamine supplement either, I have bought so many

> > > >

> > > > >for her to try, but all the ones designed for " children " are

> > > >

> > > > >flavoured, and she doesn't like he taste of them, (eg; the

>strawberry

> > > >

> > > > >ones, etc) and she spits out capsuals, after holding them in her

> > > >

> > > > >mouth, until they melt.

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >For a while she was happy to have " frothy " egg milk shakes

> > > >

> > > > >(I'd " sneak in " two eggs) made with either rice or soy milk, and

> > > >

> > > > >flavour added, (banana added, until she noticed that there were

> > > >

> > > > >little " banana seeds " in it) but currently she has gone off that

>too.

> > > >

> > > > >I am so concerend about her nutrician.

> > > >

> > > > >By the way, she was breast fed until she was 5!

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >She is rather obsessive about washing her hands and feet also, as

> > > >

> > > > >well as issues with noise, and bright light,and things against her

> > > >

> > > > >skin. Certain fabrics in clothing, or bracelets on her wrists.

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > > She won't allow her hair to be tied up either. Though she loves

> > > >

> > > > >to " collect " pretty hair ornements. And would never permit anything

> > > >

> > > > >like " face painting " at fairs etc. She also hates clowns or people

>in

> > > >

> > > > >costumes that cover their faces, animal suits, etc. She is one

> > > >

> > > > >unamused child when she is faced with such childrens

> " entertainment " .

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >Can anyone suggest anything?

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >~

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > _________________________________________________________________

> > > >

> > > > Rethink your business approach for the new year with the helpful

>tips

> > >here.

> > > >

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