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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 545824"><p>Sounds like you're making progress in the "talking to an Aspie" thing. Yes, you almost need to be an encyclopedia sometimes. I hear you there. You are also learning to think very differently than you usually do in order to communicate effectively with your son. Until they learn our "language" so to speak, we need to learn how to speak theirs, Know what I mean?? How does he do in school?</p><p></p><p>As for the eating, I have to make difficult child 1 eat. He's only 70 lbs at 14 years old but he is a very fussy eater (textures). He goes in spurts as to the food he eats and I gladly keep him supplied as long as he's eating. My thinking is that as an adult, who's really gonna care what he eats. My job is to teach him to make sure he gets the vitamins and calories he needs. That's why he takes a multivitamin with the highest percentages of all the nutrients I can find. For example, he went through a month or two where only broccoli with cheese sauce tasted good to him. I gladly kept it on hand and he would eat that 2-3 times a day but hey, he was eating. I frequently have to remind him that even if he's not hungry, his body will die without food (yea, I know, not 100% true). Food gives his body the energy it needs to keep his heart pumping and organs working. It's like adding wood to a fire to keep it going. Stop putting wood in and the fire goes out. The wood is the fuel for the fire and food is the fuel for our body.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 545824"] Sounds like you're making progress in the "talking to an Aspie" thing. Yes, you almost need to be an encyclopedia sometimes. I hear you there. You are also learning to think very differently than you usually do in order to communicate effectively with your son. Until they learn our "language" so to speak, we need to learn how to speak theirs, Know what I mean?? How does he do in school? As for the eating, I have to make difficult child 1 eat. He's only 70 lbs at 14 years old but he is a very fussy eater (textures). He goes in spurts as to the food he eats and I gladly keep him supplied as long as he's eating. My thinking is that as an adult, who's really gonna care what he eats. My job is to teach him to make sure he gets the vitamins and calories he needs. That's why he takes a multivitamin with the highest percentages of all the nutrients I can find. For example, he went through a month or two where only broccoli with cheese sauce tasted good to him. I gladly kept it on hand and he would eat that 2-3 times a day but hey, he was eating. I frequently have to remind him that even if he's not hungry, his body will die without food (yea, I know, not 100% true). Food gives his body the energy it needs to keep his heart pumping and organs working. It's like adding wood to a fire to keep it going. Stop putting wood in and the fire goes out. The wood is the fuel for the fire and food is the fuel for our body. [/QUOTE]
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