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ds1 is eating.........

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getbakainyourjimjams · 27/01/2006 11:14

baked beans, mashed potato, meatballs, fishfingers (gluten free), chicken nuggets (gf of course), cornflakes with milk......

For the last 4 years he has eaten gf pizza (cheese and tomato), gf bread and butter, buckwheat pancakes and jam, crisps and biscuits.

The credit belongs to school really.

The started by offering him crisp sandwiches- so two crisps with a tiny bit of baked bean inside and extended from there. Success varies still each day, and I wouldn't say he was definitely going to carry on as he is, but some days he will eat baked beans and mashed potato from a spoon feeding himself!! Other days he still needs the crisp sandwiches. I get him to eat fishfingers by telling him to have a bit and then he gets a 1/4 of one chocolate button. He now eats about a 1/4 of the fishfinger before demanding the button.

DS1 honestly had one of the most self restricted diets I had come across- so I hope this is encouraging for other with ASD food nightmares, and perhaps gives some idea. I just love his school!

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RTKangaMummy · 27/01/2006 11:27

That is soooooooo Deffo Brill

anniebear · 27/01/2006 11:50

Briiliant Jimjams

that sounds really good

anniebear · 27/01/2006 11:51

Briiliant Jimjams

that sounds really good

anniebear · 27/01/2006 11:51

Briiliant Jimjams

that sounds really good

anniebear · 27/01/2006 11:53

Oh no, sorry!!!!!!!!!!! lol

I tried to post it but the page wouldn't load at al!!!!

Obviously it did!!

buzylizy · 27/01/2006 12:06

that is really good

Graciefer · 27/01/2006 12:28

thumbs up for his school!!
and for you as im sure you can take some of the credit too

doormat · 27/01/2006 12:32

well done to the school and your ds jimjams

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getbakainyourjimjams · 27/01/2006 12:32

apparently he is about the only child in the school who eats mashed potato

Graciefer- I am having a nightmare week- I will try to contact my friend next week to arrange a meet-up

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Graciefer · 27/01/2006 12:44

no worries JJ, i understand comepletely. Im having a bit of a week like that myself tho I suspect not as bad as yours

chin up

macwoozy · 27/01/2006 12:47

That's brilliant JimJams, my ds has an appalling diet and there's always a war come mealtimes, so I can imagine how pleased you must be. Mashed potato...... well that really is progress

Tiggiwinkle · 27/01/2006 12:56

That's wonderful jimjams-there is hope for us yet, then!

tamum · 27/01/2006 13:00

Fantastic, I was hoping this was you when I saw the thread title. It will be so good for him to be able to extend his diet- what a marvellous school.

Davros · 28/01/2006 16:45

Good news! We've tried all of this though and DS still won't eat anything new. I am about to ask school to try for the third time to get him to have school lunch which was my fantasy when he first went there 4 years ago!

rummum · 28/01/2006 16:50

Brilliant...

Is this part of ASD then.... restricting their own diets and not wanting to move on or try new foods...?
does he have issues with food touching other food?
or a dislike certain textures?

Blandmum · 28/01/2006 16:51

THis is fantastic Jimjams! Well done ds and well done the school and as ever.....well done you!

Pixel · 28/01/2006 18:15

That's fantastic. I can see why you are so pleased.

I'm especially impressed with the mashed potato

Saker · 28/01/2006 18:53

Davros · 28/01/2006 19:37

rummum, its quite common in ASD for tolerated foods to be limited and there to be preferences for certain types/textures/temps etc. BUT its also common in ASD to restrict lots of things, DS used to eliminate items from his bedroom, each night something would be put outside, or to restrict toys etc. I don't think its restricted to food but that's the most frustrating.

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getbakainyourjimjams · 28/01/2006 19:49

It was school lunches that did it Davros (school's suggestion- I wouldn't have dreamed of trying him as he was so restricted.)

Runmum- he prefers crunchy things (or at least I thought he did) but as he'll now eat baked beans and mashed potato, maybe it was more to do with restricting to try and keep things familiar.

We get that with the toys as well Davros.

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getbakainyourjimjams · 28/01/2006 19:51

I should say his classteacher and assistants have spent hours on this as well though. I suspect its a bit of a case of him accepting his classteachers authority as well iyswim, so he'll try. I am very grateful to them, they've kept at it for months and months.

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Blandmum · 28/01/2006 19:55

I think that it also has a shed load to do with his amazingly supportive mum. But I suppose I could be biased!

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getbakainyourjimjams · 28/01/2006 20:06

god no, I've been trying for years and got nowhere with the eating. The credit is definitely theirs.

He's much better with his teacher at doing tricky stuff. They are starting to transition him to the next class - which I am and about. Apparently the next teacher is lovely - and he had one of the assistants in his class last year (and I suspect he'll be there for 2 or 3 years so we'll get to know the teacher well), but class 1 has been such a lovely introduction to the school.

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Blandmum · 28/01/2006 20:08

So is this a chronological progression, or is he getting 'promoted'?

Eulalia · 28/01/2006 20:21

Brilliant news!

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