Struggling massively with DS. He’s 9 and autistic and a real struggle at the minute.
A little while ago I cooked him some fish fingers (his diet is very limited). He eats early as that’s his routine.
He cannot tolerate ‘brown bits’ on food as in little brown speckles from the oven tray maybe. I don’t really know how to explain it.
They weren’t burnt at all but there was a tiny amount of brown burnt bit on the edge of one or two of them! Looked and tasted fine. If had over cooked them I would have understood.
He ended up screaming and shouting at me because of this tiny little bit of brown on the edge that was barely there.
He always checks over his food to check for ‘brown bits’ before eating it.
Carried on screaming and shouting at me saying he wasn’t going to eat it. So what did I do? Picked up his food and out it in the bin! I’ve had a bad day as it is. I need a break.
This isn’t the first time. I’ve got to cook food and be careful not to get any ‘brown bits’. So I’ve got to cook any meat until the right temperature and take it out before it has the chance to get brown. I’m a nervous wreck.
He told me to cook him something else. I’ve refused and said if he’s hungry he can have some toast. He won’t starve. He had a cooked lunch and a large breakfast.
Aibu to think I’ve done the right thing and not cooked him something else.
I know he has this issue with food but my god it’s not ideal. I have to sit and check his food constantly to make sure it isn’t browning.
He wouldn’t act like this at school if the food was slightly browned! So he shouldn’t act like it at home!
was I harsh?