Going away and food

[Iamnotagoddess]

Am going away for over a week.

Leaving DS 17 here - his dad is about 20 miles away and others are around if he needs them.

Have left him before for weekends but never this long.

He has some “odd” food tastes (left to his own devices will just eat boiled pasta on its own).

Am thinking about batch cooking and freezing some meals for him (for my own piece of mind really!) and leaving him £20/30 for bread/milk/contingency.

What would others do?

He is high functioning ASC.

Anyone? 👍🏻😭😭

its a good idea then all he has to do is take them out of the freezer and microwave them especially if hes on a restricted diet you will know what sort of meals he will eat i would also leave plenty of sandwich fillings, tins of beans and tins of soup so if he dosent want to cook he can make himself a sandwich, beans on toast or some soup he wont starve

Sounds like a good opportunity for him to have a taste of "real life"! I don't think you need to leave him meals, just the basics and some recipes to follow. Have fun 😊

I would stand in the kitchen with him and talk through what he could make each day so he knows where all the options are/what you have in.

I think it will be good for him but I feel so anxious about it.

He does have a girlfriend who is very lovely and quite sensible.

When I have taught him how to cook things he takes it all so literally and I struggle sometimes as I have a sarcastic sense of humour which he doesn’t always get.

I'd definitely batch-cook and leave very clear instructions for anything he's likely to forget or not do instinctively.

Waaa

Is he planning on uni?
If so give him instructions on how to cook his favourites

Could you leave him meal ideas for each day?
Does your son prefer a definite plan to spontaneity?