my son(5 yrs)has had a restricted diet since he was young and as hes got older he
s self restricted it and has very sensitive issues regarding food..wont sit at the table with us if the food were eating is too smelly etc and only eats weetabix , toast with marmite(cut into fours only and no ragged bits!) plain certain bread rolls, certain yogs ,apple and banana plus up till recently we got chips into him which was our life line at eating out but he has told us he doesnt eat chips anymore and that usually means ..is that!! and he WILL NOT eat them for love nor money..and hes been talking about his toast being funny and he
s going off his bananas,, god knows how hes going to manage as he
s getting very hungry and all he wants to eat when he comes home from school is weetabix and toast..and more toast ..and more toast!! imagine the looks we get from people when and if we ever invite people back for tea which upsets my son as they notice of course and ask questions.. holidays are a nightmare as we have to take supplies of weetabix and marmite and always make sure we can access a microwave to warm the milk up for his weetabix.. its hell.. how does everyone deal with restricted diets( hes asd by the way .) please any advice on ways around it would be brill..GOSH couldnt help after we went on their feeding program for 3 months!!i just get so stressed at every mealtime , he doesnt keep still. takes ages to get to the table, and then wants to go down the minute hes eaten anything..restaurants are a nightmare but my daughter loves chinese which is no go for my son as he doesnt like the smell and they dont have the food he wants so we have to take packed lunch which restaurants frown upon and then there
s the behaviour when we are out ..loud , hiding under tables ,anything so he can get out of there!! but how can we get him to eat or even try without major meltdowns..or should we just give him what he likes and leave it at that?
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bambi06 · 09/02/2005 21:30
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