Hi I wonder if people here can help me.
My daughter with this problem isn't diagnosed but her sister is diagnosed autistic and I recognise myself entirely in this diagnosis. (I think she has a number of traits that come under the autistic banner)
My current worry is around food. She has always been a selective eater but has become increasingly so. She isn't at the extreme of for example 4 foods though, so not sure jow to best support her.
She will basically eat beige food.
She will sometimes eat soup if its heinz tomato but mainly eats the bread with it.
She dont usually have anything touching, so no pasta and sauce. She usually has just pasta eith spirnkled cheese. She will eat macoronni cheese however if its "right."
She once ate a mild korma but then cried next time we made it as it wasnt the same and wasnt right.
Otherwise she'd eat rice, chips, bread (if its right bread). She will have marmite and occasionally ham. If we have wraps or jacket potatoes etc she will just have cheese no chilli/any other filling.
She likes turkey unicorns.
Veg wise she will eat frozen peas if still frozen, cucumber, cherry tomatoes if very ripe. She likes cooked carrots and will eat a few different cooked veggies but only a small amount.
She does like boiled eggs,some sausages and scrambled eggs.
She does like crisps/biscuits/ice cream processed crap when allowed.
Im finding it all really puzzling. Ironically my eldest who is diagnosed autistic can be very particular about food but eats so much - typical mn child who ate olives as a baby etc. We eat a wide range of foods as a family and went with not making a fuss and just providing a safe food alongside what we were having.
She will sometimes "try" but then gets upset and says "mummy I really dont like it."
I had thought at least with eggs and veg it wasnt all carbs although in the main it is. However as she's got bigger (admittedly in part due to lockdown/initially shielding) I am quite worried how to go forwards.
I can't give her extra protein to fill her up as there's not a lot she eats/she is hungry after school etc. I wonder if she isnt fully aware of hunger signals (like me - but we'd hoped to avoid that with way we had brought them up.) But more likely is reaching for carbs to fill her up and cycle continues.
Can anyone suggest anything?
However she is now boarderline overweight and is often hungry.