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Help with Food-5 yo will not try any foods
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 199762" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>The difference here, though, is the Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) plus the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). The most we've been able to force things, is the insistence on having a taste of new foods. There is a HUGE difference between a picky eater in a kid who is otherwise fairly normal (although perhaps a bit indulged) and a kid on the autism spectrum who has real issues with the texture and/or taste of their food, as well as a desperate need to control things in their environment. If you try to force a kid like this, you run a very real risk of losing the war.</p><p></p><p>I had a picky eater in easy child. She was a real problem, but she did learn to eat what she was given. That's why I could really see the difference, when I hit the brick wall with easy child 2/difficult child 2 and especially difficult child 3. Then I remembered my sister's son who would always ask for Vegemite sandwiches. She tried aversion therapy, gave him nothing but Vegemite sandwiches and water. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Snacks. Nothing else at all. My sister was the first one to crack. I think it had lasted for several weeks at that stage and he was still contentedly munching his Vegemite sandwiches.</p><p></p><p>At least he didn't have a B Vitamin deficiency!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 199762, member: 1991"] The difference here, though, is the Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) plus the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). The most we've been able to force things, is the insistence on having a taste of new foods. There is a HUGE difference between a picky eater in a kid who is otherwise fairly normal (although perhaps a bit indulged) and a kid on the autism spectrum who has real issues with the texture and/or taste of their food, as well as a desperate need to control things in their environment. If you try to force a kid like this, you run a very real risk of losing the war. I had a picky eater in easy child. She was a real problem, but she did learn to eat what she was given. That's why I could really see the difference, when I hit the brick wall with easy child 2/difficult child 2 and especially difficult child 3. Then I remembered my sister's son who would always ask for Vegemite sandwiches. She tried aversion therapy, gave him nothing but Vegemite sandwiches and water. Breakfast, lunch, dinner. Snacks. Nothing else at all. My sister was the first one to crack. I think it had lasted for several weeks at that stage and he was still contentedly munching his Vegemite sandwiches. At least he didn't have a B Vitamin deficiency! Marg [/QUOTE]
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