RE: Re: picky eater no more

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Another idea... I sneak up from behind and put a very little piece or dab of

food on Jeffs bottom lip and he will generally lick it off. It is not

exactly force feeding, but it does give food a chance that would normally be

bypassed on looks alone. We have added four new foods in the past month.

Jeff will spit out the food he does not like but come back for more on the

food he likes.

The downside: He is always looking at me when I come from behind now! So I

show my hands so he understands I am not going to trick him!

I hope this helps!

A jeffs mom

Re: picky eater no more

Oh Loren - I got tears in my eyes as I read this message. I am so

glad the 2 bite rule helped you. Just knowing that another child has

been helped has made my day. Congratulations on being tough. It is

not easy.

> We have been GFCF for about 1 1/2 months. Ross, like most of your

> children, was a picky eater. Then, when we went GFCF it was

worse. I can

> now say he will try anything, and I owe it all to one mother on

this list

> w/the 2 bite rule. It is called tough love. Ross would push the

new food

> away, he would turn his head. I asked the same question, how do I

get Ross

> to eat? The mother told me that she would force feed her son, and

I

> thought oh, I can't do that. Well, my husband held Ross's hands

and I held

> his head and put food in his mouth as he screamed. He didn't gag,

he

> didn't choke, he swallowed it and ate more. We would say take a

bite of

> this and then you can have pudding (or whatever he likes). We

would have

> to feed him the food. Then, all of a sudden he started eating it

> himself. He still has to be fed the new foods, but after that he

will eat

> them himself. It was hard on all of us, but now he is asking for

hotdogs

> and eating 2 at a sitting. He hadn't had a hot dog for 2 1/2 years!

>

> Try it, it works! Good Luck!

>

> Loren

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> Loren Van De Griek

> mommy to - 6yrs, Ross - 5yrs(ASD), Seth - 23 months

> Hickory, NC

> " the harder the struggle, the greater the victory "

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