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<blockquote data-quote="Lillyth" data-source="post: 199636" data-attributes="member: 5975"><p>There are two things to consider. It may be a texture/color/newness thing, as often can happen with kids on the autism spectrum.</p><p></p><p>It could also be a gluten/caesin thing. If your child is sensitive to (as are many kids on the autism spectrum) gluten (pasta) and caesin (dairy) then that is all they will want to eat.</p><p></p><p>Try giving the difficult child rice pasta for a month instead of regular pasta. You might see a whole new world open up.</p><p></p><p>My difficult child used to eat nothing but yogurt & goldfish (both HIGH in gluten/caesin). That and cereal.</p><p></p><p>We did have to fight for a while, but once I get it out of his system, we have had a <em>much</em> easier time.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes though, I found I just had to starve him in order to get him to eat. He ate what we put in front of him or he didn't eat at all. That seemed to work eventually, though we really had to stick to it because it seems like he would wait until smack dab in the middle of meals to have his huge "I'm hungry" meltdown. After he saw we weren't going to give in, he stopped throwing the tantrums.</p><p></p><p>But he DID throw them...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lillyth, post: 199636, member: 5975"] There are two things to consider. It may be a texture/color/newness thing, as often can happen with kids on the autism spectrum. It could also be a gluten/caesin thing. If your child is sensitive to (as are many kids on the autism spectrum) gluten (pasta) and caesin (dairy) then that is all they will want to eat. Try giving the difficult child rice pasta for a month instead of regular pasta. You might see a whole new world open up. My difficult child used to eat nothing but yogurt & goldfish (both HIGH in gluten/caesin). That and cereal. We did have to fight for a while, but once I get it out of his system, we have had a [I]much[/I] easier time. Sometimes though, I found I just had to starve him in order to get him to eat. He ate what we put in front of him or he didn't eat at all. That seemed to work eventually, though we really had to stick to it because it seems like he would wait until smack dab in the middle of meals to have his huge "I'm hungry" meltdown. After he saw we weren't going to give in, he stopped throwing the tantrums. But he DID throw them... [/QUOTE]
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