shorrocksalot24
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RE: Getting my son to eat
Hi, it must be scary when he doesnt eat. My son is 12 now. I really did not know that he had many sensory issues, until they became a lot worse, right about when he turned 8. No matter the age - it is scary when your kid wont eat. My son is majorly picky too, not typically, like yours. Getting them to eat is quite the challenge - and boy is it upsetting when they suddenly dont want to eat the one thing they seemed to be living on. I dont have any answers. When my son has not had something for a while that he used to eat, I try to offer it up again after a few months, and what ever turned him off, may be forgotten. Sometimes its just not cooked right, off a little in the flavor. I know what its like to be so frustrated, so tired of the same stuff, over and over, if you are lucky to find something. Then there is the crap we get from others that its our fault, and we need to be harder, and force things - you know. Ultimately we want them to be healthy and eat too. Since I am sick with FM, I finally decided that if he has to have a bowl of cereal, dinner, because I am not up to the daily dinner challege, than so be it. Breakfast for dinner - pancakes, waffles, egg sandwiches - I do that sometimes too, and he does like that - when it happens. I started to buy rotiseree chickens, because he loves them - and they are already cooked - so I can stretch that out for days, for him, and the rest of us can eat more of a variety. I guess your little guy, has shrunken his stomach too - eating so little. That happens to my son too - then suddenly he will eat a ton of the thing he likes, and a stomach ache happens. I dont force the eating time much at all when it comes to dinner, or at all on weekends. Most dinner nights for him are shredded moist chicken, rice, cinnamon applesauce, and bread or biscuits - occasionally I will stink up the house with steamed broccoli(which he likes, but the smell kills me, I have SPD too), or cut up a ton of strawberries for him. This past week I offered up green beans again - first time in a few months, and he ate a bunch. Yey!!! Does your sons doctors offer any suggestions of why he may not be eating. Or a way to gradually build his belly up to having a bit more food that he is willing to eat?? I have heard of kids that need more help with eating, more than the trying to find the right foods. Like I said - no answers here. Any thing I put you have likely tried. I hope you get some answers soon! Keep us posted.
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10-01-2012, 06:48 PM |
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