To give my dd Innocent smoothies?

[Dancergirl]

Dd2 is 12 and has dyspraxia and sensory issues which makes eating very difficult for her. She eats no fruit or veg other than a small piece of broccoli and/or apple or cucumber which I insist on but it's difficult for her.

She does like the individual Innocent smoothies so I buy those for her, she might have one or two a day certainly no more.

But then I start to worry about the sugar and how we are supposed to be cutting down on fruit juice etc.

So good or bad in these circumstances? I give her vitamin tablets too btw.

I think as long as she is having the smoothie with a meal it is fine. The sugar is only a problem for her teeth if she has it on it's own as there is less saliva produced to neutralise the acid.

If it's texture that is the problem, could you use a hand blender to make vegetable sauces smooth? It works well with DD who is getting a bit fussy about veg, we make Pasta sauce with carrots, tomatoes, courgette, whatever and blend it smooth. She thinks it is just tomato and eats it with plain pasta.

Also, how about soup? Tomato soup is usually smooth, or make your own if you have a blender with veg she does like and then hide a few extra.

If she is not constipated and her weight is ok then don't worry too much. I think I lived on white bread jam sandwiches and macaroni cheese for half my childhood but I enjoy veg now

I made some banana chocolate chip cookies that went down a storm even with DS2 who doesn't like bananas :)

it's fine

Yeah it's trial and error really OP i have two fussy kids, one of which has proper issues and they like different things and then like things and change their mind - maybe we just have strong teeth, but avoiding sweets and fizzy juice seem to have been enough in our house. Mine are 15 and nearly 14 and never had any treatment, didn't need fissure sealants or anything and they love smoothies and fruit juice and fruit in general but would recoil in horror at a pea appearing on their plate :o

wipe the chocolate/black bean muffin recipe looks good, thanks. Is it American? What the hell are chia seeds??

And I presume I could use butter instead of coconut oil if I'm not fussed about being vegan?

Oh and DS1 doesn't eat potatoes either and would kill for macaroni cheese, so they do sound similar :)

here is the site I took the recipe from:

greatist.com/eat/healthy-muffin-recipes

• chia seeds seem to be replacing eggs so yes I think you could use butter or vegetable oil/sunflower oil instead of the coconut oil

oh and btw - i've managed to give mine sainsbo's own smoothies with no reaction to the change - cheaper alternative :)

itsonlysubterfuge is right I think. It's a smoothie so the whole fruit is blended, no fibre taken out unlike juices.

The sugar is probably fine too with regards to her teeth. I've heard it's things like raisins and crisps that stick to teeth that do the most damage with eroding enamel.

ynbu. my child with CP likes them, they can't eat fruit so at least it is something(they can eat cooked fruit)

your digestion is designed to start with the enzymes in saliva, released by chewing, and works from there. Mushing up food before eating breaks down the fibre in fruit and veg. In some cases (not all) this can make it behave differently in your digestion. Sometimes better, sometimes worse.

teeth are easier to clean than blenders, I find.

the other issue with mushing up food is that you can guzzle too much. Oh, and if anyone sells smoothies as 'detox' file them in the 'waste of good oxygen' department. There's an ex-toilet-cleaner (aka fizzy drink) salesman doing just that.

none of this applies to the OP who has good reason for blending the food to get nutrition into her child, whose condition prevents it otherwise. But as mentioned, not the horrific commercial stuff sold as 'healthy'.

Oh soup lol, so it's the colour that matters??

Lots of the innocent smoothies are also, surprisingly, GREEN! Just like a veg smoothie minus most of the fruit!

OPs daughter likes the cartons so will not really be seeing the colour other than fleetingly through an opaque straw - some flavours go down better than other in our house - pink and orange = good, green = bad!

Could you try replacing rice with whizzed cauliflower? When I was a kid I ate barely anything but by age 13 or so I started eating more, now eat pretty much everything. I have no official diagnosis but several people have commented that I seem dyspraxic (I am getting this checked soon) if that's any comfort.

Waves at Special You're allowing us to drink smoothies now, how nice of you Looks like you've done a tiny bit of research now?

The NHS consider smoothies as part of a healthy lifestyle for people with no problems eating.

www.nhs.uk/Livewell/5ADAY/Pages/FAQs.aspx#juices
www.nhs.uk/Livewell/loseweight/Pages/Healthybreakfasts.aspx
www.nhs.uk/change4life/Pages/breakfast-game-fruit-smoothie.aspx

Ive had the same problem with ds1. For a good while he was having 3 ellas pouches a day. I recently got the nutri bullet and he is having a daily smoothie of carrots strawberries and grapes.it's a big breakthrough as it's the first time for him to willingly ingest fresh fruit and veg.

playground time...

go ahead, guzzle smoothies. I prefer decent tasting food.

healthy people have the option.

bye. There's real illness in this house and I am pissed off with fat ignorant fuckwittery such as has appeared here. Eat what you like, no wonder so many of the population are blobs.

(Not the OP who also has a real illness in this house)

Look it's not sugar like in coke!! It's naturally occurring fruit sugar and of course it's better than no fruit or veg!! This is a no-brainer surely?? OP, I would absolutely give them if I were you. In fact, my children have fruit juice every morning alongside their cereal. The vitamin C helps iron absorption

2 a day??? There are nearly 30 grams of sugar in one of those small bottles. That is an additional 60g of sugar a day she is eating (and around 300 additional calories).

I would invest in a decent blender btw for a child with sensory issues. Smooth as possible is the name of the game.

Look it's not sugar like in coke!!

Sugar is sugar is sugar. Your body can't tell the difference.

I sympathise op. I have a child with a growth disorder and sensory issues. I really wouldn't worry about one or two smoothies a day. Your situation is nothing like someone with an average child.

In the longer term, you might find the book just take a bite has some useful strategies and explanations in it.

I wouldn't worry. I totally get it's not being fussy and that if this is something your DD will enjoy then do it. My dentist told me to rinse my mouth with water after my green morning smootie as although more alkaline than a fruit smoothie it's good to neutralise acid.

Agree with pavilion and would like to point out that all sugar is natural. In that it comes from plants!

What is a nutri bullet??

I have a blender that fits on my Kenwood.