o.k what are all your asd kids having for tea tonight?

[bambi06]

if like mine we have a very restricted diet which dare not be deviated from so what do your lot eat? do they eat with everyone or separate? does their food faddiness rule your household and stress you as well as being very tiring having to do separate meals everytime..i dream of being able to sit down at mealtimes and we all the same thing..!!!if only

shes having soup garlic bread and her milk (shes only 6.5 months)

DD (15 months) had cheesy mash with carrots and cabbage in it (one of her favs) we are having spag bol with pasta cos I don't have any spaghetti and garlic bread, well we will have I have to go pick up DP from the train station as it's pouring here

but does asd affect anyone with their eating?

Ds2 only eats a very limited number of foods. Tea for him is usually 2 pots of fromage frais. These are eaten if he follows his usual ritual:

1. Take lid off both pots.
2. Stir first pot while saying "I mixture!" 3)Eat contents of first pot and then say "I fiiiiiiii-nish!" "And anuddah one!"
3. Eat contents of 2nd pot.

Every night has to be the same and it gets to the point where I'm ready to claw my own eyes out. Ds2 will not eat food that has been added together, eg he will eat dry bread and he will eat sliced hardboiled eggs (no yolks) but will not touch an egg sandwich. On the rare occasion we eat in a cafe (very quickly before he does a runner) he will eat only dry bread.

Ds1 has improved over the past year or so and will sometimes eat the same things as us. It just takes so looooong as he drifts off into a daydream after each forkful and has to be reminded to eat. His diet is actually fairly healthy as he will eat vegetables and fruit as long as they are the right texture.

My ds is very much like coppertops, he will not eat any two foods together. Everything has to be very plain, with no 'bits' in it. Tonights menu was just boring plain old pasta, nothing added with no sauce. This was also last nights tea, I'm just releived he's eaten, he is so very very fussy.

Oh coppertop, I know it must drive you mad but your description of the fromage frais ritual made me smile - hope that doesn't sound insensitive!

For dinner tonight DS2 had the following - homemade burger, roast potatoes and broccoli. As usual he ate the potatoes and fled the table, eventually being persuaded back for a pot of soya yoghurt. He only eats tiny, disguised amounts of meat, fish, pulses or vegetables, but will eat huge amounts of carbs. Unlike a lot of AS kids, he doesn't like separate foods (except potatoes)- only things which are mixed up together. Although his diet isn't as restricted as some AS kids, I worry about the amount of protein he eats - he's dairy/egg free to add to the problem.

bambi06

Ds1 is very restricted by his ASD. hasn't eaten a fruit or vegetable for a number of years. No meat or fish until earlier this year (now has gluten free fish fingers sometimes).

Tonight had buckewheat pancake containing cheese with jam on top.

Yesetrday he suddenly drank a cup of milk (aked for it!!) for the first time in years (literally- think he stopped drinking it at 3ish- now he's 6).

School are doing a lot of work with his eating. But today all they managed to get into him was a crisp sandwhich (gluten free!) and some gluten free custard creams!

If you feel bad about their eating read "can't eat won't eat" by Jessicas Kingsley - the case studies will make you feel a lot better!

Not insensitive at all.

I must admit that there are times when we sit there like nutters and chant along with "And annudah one!" just for the sheer silliness of it. Ds2 seems so surprised each time that we know exactly what he is going to say next.

my ds is extremely fussy, in fact we have a food timtable which he will not deviate from, unless dh decides he wants chippy and thats ok!

it goes like this

Mon- pizza
Tues Something chickeny
Wed Burger
Thu Something on toast-usually spidern=man pasta ans sausages
Fri 2xsausage rolls from the local bakery
Sat-Ds-choice-which is always pizza
Sun Tea at grandparents which is bushy egg(scrambled eggs)
He will occasionally eat fruit but i have to make an appointment to discuss it!
He takes supplements and multivitamins
I used to really worry about his diet but have been told not too, apparantley its not too bad considering he has ASD

Easy! DS has the SAME every evening. Heinz Spaghettie hoops with cheese grated into it. As much Skippy peanut butter as I will allow him and then fromage frais.

Henry will want Garlic Bread, he always wants Garlic Bread. He just loves Garlic.

well my two girls will have noodles but it has to be in a certain colour bowl of course, have to use a certain spoon have to have certain cup which has to be placed touching the certain bowl of course, my DS is a nightmare with food no fruit or veg , no bits,no food mixed , no food touching, he has to have his bread cut into triangles, you cant cut anything up until he has first seen it whole, oh the joys. just been to menorca for two weeks both girls had spag bol every night, and DS had chicken nuggets and chips every night!

its awful to say but it brings relief to see the same problems going on all over the country.. my son has the same meal at teatime as as breakfast.. 2 weetabix with 8 oz hot milk and 2 teaspoons hidden ground almonds and 1/2 jar baby heinz apple puree. followed by wholemeal toast, butter and marmite plus apple/ 2 from frais and possible a banana....every day for the last 3 years!!i despair plus in his lunch box he has one plain white bread roll which ahs to be broken in two in front of him!! 2 yogs and i banana plus 2 bourbon biscuits and lots to drink... every single day the same its a nightmare to go on holiday we have to buy huge boxes of weetabix and that what he will live on abroad!!

'and anuddah one'

DS's diet is so limited. Mainly dry white bread and huge quantities of milk. I don't mess around with his food now, I just give him a bit of what we're eating and occasionally he will try it, but mostly he won't touch it.

He loves anything that's bad for him, cakes; crisps; biscuits etc, but I don't buy them as he can't just eat one, has to have the whole lot to himself.

I feel normal now

onlyjoking (it is you isn't it?) your description of the "rules" at mealtimes made me laugh! Sorry!

my kids eat differnt food to dh and I

tonight chicken kebabs on sticks, noodles, courgettes and broccoli (ok they didnt really eat the courgesttes)

ice cream with hundedrd sna thousands (friend for tea)

Coppertop - ready to claw my own eyes out - pmsl!

Jenk - He will occasionally eat fruit but i have to make an appointment to discuss it! - rofl

Davros - mmmmmm, Skippy peanut butter, it's the BEST!

Ds will NOT have lumps of any desciption, has always been a pasta monster and pizza must only be margarita (adores Motorbike pizza). Peas, which is the only veg besides raw carrot that he will eat, have to be in a separate bowl. I make all food into a pattern and they usually go down a treat. He will NOT abide what he calls burnt bits or anything crispy such as chips. He will sit and squeeze every single chip before putting it in his mouth.

Constant reminders about not swinging his legs so that the table nearly goes over and constant reminders to "chew", "eat" and "put something on your spoon" drive me insane. I find it easier to just leave him to it and come onto MN in the kitchen.

He is no where as bad as some that I have read about though, so I should count my blessings.

Oh yes, he sits on the loo straining to do a poo sometimes and looks at me really thoughtfully and says "I think I need some more fruit in my diet Mummy" - but never eats it! He is 8 and only weighs 3 stone 9.5lbs.

We all eat together- we did change that to dha nd i eating later, but it worsened any issues Sam had and he took to spitting into everyone elses food at table then, so they couldn't eat it...

Sam doean't eat gree peppers (this is a BIG issue!), fluid (pretty much full stop) other than juice, meat except mince and spam, fish except prawns, big tomatoes, dairy products, onions, mushrooms, things that are mixed together

Tonight we had chilli which dh made from mince, kidney beans and what dh told Sam was cherry tomatoes but was plum really (we ran out ), chilli itself only in adult meals.

Pudding- dairy free cream buns from Greggs- hmmm.... what a lovely idea! Not me though , being careful

my son has improved a bit, at one time he would only eat chips if they were perfectly straight!

mine has his food mixed or he will leave bits he's not so keen on. He loves noodles and sausages of any kind. Hates chewing meat unless its processed like burgers, nuggets etc. Won't eat veg or fruit but iv now got him to drink V8 a blend of veg (carrot) and fruit juices to try and get a bit down him. I tend to leave him to it and have a treat for when its gone.