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<blockquote data-quote="meowbunny" data-source="post: 199836" data-attributes="member: 3626"><p>Having sensory issues does make it much different from being a picky eater. Some foods just won't go down. The second they hit the mouth, the whole body rebels. For me, eatng mashed potatoes would be like you having to eat dog dung. If you had to, you could do it but you'd be ill long before it hit your stomach. There is something in the texture -- lumpy, smooth, with or without gravy -- that just makes it awful to me.</p><p> </p><p>Mexican food nauseates me. It's an odor issue with it. I really can't get it beyond my nose to hit my mouth and, believe me, I've tried.</p><p> </p><p>Picky eaters don't want to try to eat -- they're afraid it won't taste good and sometimes it's a control issue with them. Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) eaters can't eat the food. It is painful in one way or another to get the food down. </p><p> </p><p>These food aversions in me are not a loathing of the foods. They are a body revulsion. I have no control over the fact that my mouth hates the texture of mashed potatoes, puddings, jello -- anything soft and mushy (and, no, I don't like soups, either but I can eat them if I have to). I don't care how yummy you think they are, my mouth says no way. If my nose doesn't like the smell of something, it tells my mouth to stay shut and the only I can truly open my mouth is to hold my breath while I put the food in. Not a very pleasant way to eat, quite honestly.</p><p> </p><p>So, to force him to eat if it is sensory, is downright cruel in my opinion. I like the idea of fixing microwavable meals in bulk for him. Wished my mother could have done that when I was little. I didn't mind that if I didn't eat the meal in front of me I couldn't get anything else. Better to be a little hungry than to try to force these foods down my throat. Fortunately, my mother would usually have at least one thing on the plate I could eat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="meowbunny, post: 199836, member: 3626"] Having sensory issues does make it much different from being a picky eater. Some foods just won't go down. The second they hit the mouth, the whole body rebels. For me, eatng mashed potatoes would be like you having to eat dog dung. If you had to, you could do it but you'd be ill long before it hit your stomach. There is something in the texture -- lumpy, smooth, with or without gravy -- that just makes it awful to me. Mexican food nauseates me. It's an odor issue with it. I really can't get it beyond my nose to hit my mouth and, believe me, I've tried. Picky eaters don't want to try to eat -- they're afraid it won't taste good and sometimes it's a control issue with them. Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) eaters can't eat the food. It is painful in one way or another to get the food down. These food aversions in me are not a loathing of the foods. They are a body revulsion. I have no control over the fact that my mouth hates the texture of mashed potatoes, puddings, jello -- anything soft and mushy (and, no, I don't like soups, either but I can eat them if I have to). I don't care how yummy you think they are, my mouth says no way. If my nose doesn't like the smell of something, it tells my mouth to stay shut and the only I can truly open my mouth is to hold my breath while I put the food in. Not a very pleasant way to eat, quite honestly. So, to force him to eat if it is sensory, is downright cruel in my opinion. I like the idea of fixing microwavable meals in bulk for him. Wished my mother could have done that when I was little. I didn't mind that if I didn't eat the meal in front of me I couldn't get anything else. Better to be a little hungry than to try to force these foods down my throat. Fortunately, my mother would usually have at least one thing on the plate I could eat. [/QUOTE]
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