My almost certainly ND 13yo has always been funny about food. She’s a veggie and I’ve been lucky because she has loved green veg etc and I’ve felt quite reassured that - alongside a lot of beige - she’ll have a pile of broccoli, green beans, mange tout on the side. However, she recently found a creepy crawly on some broccoli and had an absolute meltdown (she has these relatively regularly. I am starting the process of seeking a diagnosis as I am sure she is autistic (secondary teacher so fairly experienced in these matters) and I also worry she could develop OCD and, esp, GAD. She is now not eating any fresh veg. How would you proceed? Such a bloody tightrope!
(No creepy crawly was visible to my eye. I think that I am often part of the problem: I need to sometimes just reassure her the issue she sees is safe as opposed to try and explain that is not an issue)
God. Parenting is the hardest thing.