Re: [SPAM] Eating issues

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Christy, I am new here. I have a IUGR 3 year old with severe apraxia and some

now mild sensory issues. The speech therapist recommended not mixing textured

foods together because children with any sensory issues at all cannot tolerate

the mixture. Now with that being said sometimes she does tolerate and sometimes

she doesnt. Just like the Apraxia some days are worse then others which is true

with the sensory issues. You said your son doesnt like casseroles so he

definately wouldnt like sheperds pie. And maybe he was just having an off day

with it. Maybe next time you make it leave all of his ingredients seperate. And

learning from the other IUGR moms a helpful way to get them to gain weight is to

add a variety of cheese, cream, whole milk, and butters to recipes to add the

calories to help them grow. Cheese is very appealing to young children on their

veggies etc. Food issues are a real problem with kids as its a way they can

control their world when they cant control much else. It wont do either one of

you any good at all to be at war over food. He will just go on strike. I would

just sneak in the healthy things where possible. Good luck.

[sPAM][ ] Eating issues

This post is about my 5 year old who does not have apraxia but I thought you

all may have some insight.

He eats a variety of foods with no problems. Crunchy, smooth, mashed, etc. He

doesn't avoid any certain texture. He does not like his food mixed like in a

casserole.

Tonight I made shepherd's pie. He has eaten it before but tonight he did not

want any. I picked out a nice chunk of ground beef and wiped all the offensive

other parts and pieces off of it so that it was a plain piece of ground beef. I

put it in his mouth and he immediately gagged. He eats ground beef ALL THE TIME!

It had no bits of vegetable on it whatsoever. He worked it up in his head that

it was bad and it made him gag. What is this??? Is it a texture issue? Sensory

issue? Could some kind of OT help with this? I asked his speech therapist about

it but apparently he's not severe enough to warrant any help from the school.

His aversions are completely random and can even change from time to time. The

one consistent thing is that he doesn't like casseroles or mixed up foods.

Especially if they include meat. But he will eat meat by itself.

This issue has been driving me crazy and I don't know what to do anymore. He's

super skinny and needs to gain weight but he just doesn't eat enough of what he

needs to eat in order to do that. We eat extremely healthy at home and he very

rarely has sugar or junk food.

Sometimes I get mad but I try so hard not to make a big deal out of it because

I know that can make food issues worse. So what is a reasonable solution? I

can't force him to eat something that makes him gag. Do I keep giving it to him

until he tries it? Like for breakfast the next day? I don't want to be mean! But

I'm so tired of this.

Any advice??

Christy