Need ideas for my kidlet

Get a twitch off of a tree and light his butt up. Don't give him choices. Be the authority. Be the benevolent dictator that mothers aught to be in these situations.

He was diagnosed with Sensory Integration Disorder which entails very strong textural aversion.

So, with that...
He only eats DRY CRUNCHY foods.

What would be some creative ways to try and get some more nutrition in there?
All he eats is sugar and starches...

Urgh. Well, first off, I feel for him. I have sensory issues and *cringe*. Anyway...

My first thought was wasabi peas which led to freeze dried fruits and veggies. I know Gerber sells freeze dried strawberries and bananas. Still sugar but possible more nutritious than other options, also worth noting (imo) ridiculously expensive. Though they are my first thoughts. I'm sure I'll be back, this is the kind of thing that will have me thinking for a few days.

Twitch off a tree? I thought it was a joke because surely no one does that, right?! Yikes.

Get a twitch off of a tree and light his butt up. Don't give him choices. Be the authority. Be the benevolent dictator that mothers aught to be in these situations.

So you suggest she beat her child who has a disorder?! WTF?!

Well, FWIW, I would do the same thing to my child if he was sneaking pop, behind my back when he dang well knows he shouldn't. (Which is something OP mentioned in her original post.)

She also said that her husband and relatives sneak him the soda. If anyone should be scolded, it's them. And since I don't believe in hitting kids as discipline, my point still stands.

Get a twitch off of a tree and light his butt up. Don't give him choices. Be the authority. Be the benevolent dictator that mothers aught to be in these situations.

I am sure this was so helpful.... READ the post... diagnosed with a disorder.... maybe you should have kept your comment to yourself and kept scrolling.

Get a twitch off of a tree and light his butt up. Don't give him choices. Be the authority. Be the benevolent dictator that mothers aught to be in these situations.

What the heck?

I think your first step has to be to get the rest of the family on board. You're fighting a losing battle if you're doing one thing, and other family members are doing the opposite. You might need to have the whole family meet with the doctor or nutritionist or whoever. Give them articles to read about childhood obesity. Have them watch your child and other children in his peer group so they can see that he struggles with stamina or agility. You need their support so that you are all supporting your child. Because otherwise, you're just playing good cop/bad cop.

Roasted chickpeas have become my 'go to' dry crunch snack.

In terms of crunchy snacks it's better for you than a lot of others. I'm not a huge fan of popcorn as it gets stuck in my retainer and is a PITA to get out. Best things really is that since chickpeas don't have a lot of flavor on their own you can season them with just about anything! I prefer mine tossed with a little salt and garlic powder. Mmmmmm. Even my 20 month old eats them. They're also pretty inexpensive. I get mine by the can and they average about 85cents a can in my area.

I'd highly recommend eliminating things from the house that you don't want him to have. Like another poster said, if it's in the house, he'll find a way to get it. Heck, I did that for myself!

I'd also recommend sitting down with your husband and having a discussion about your sons eating habits. Outline your concerns. Even if you don't get him on board with your plans at least get him to agree to not sabotage your efforts. Then tackle the in-laws. Now, I hate confrontation, and the conversation you have with them is likely not to be pretty if your husband isn't backing you up 100%; but be blunt with them. Tell them there is a legitimate health concern and your asking for their help in regulating his diet. If they don't feel they can help you with that then you have no choice but to limit his visits to their house. The conversation probably will go better if THEIR son (your husband) runs it, but it'll depend on how much he's willing to back you.

I get that he has a sensory disorder. I don't, so I can't begin to imagine what trying different things is like for him. In our house growing up we had to have at least one bite/year old we were for everything on our plate. If we did at least that and still didn't like it then we were allowed to leave the rest on our plates.

From the little reading I did via Google it seems one of the treatments for tactile disorder is stimulation. To create a 'diet' of stimulation to get the brain use to the new signals and learn to understand them. Now, I've no medical background and I'm sure you know more about the disorder than I since, after all, he's your son; but it would seem to me that it's important to start now with getting him to try new things. As some else said earlier, it can take 10+ offerings of whatever it is for them to really decide if they don't like it or not.

Other than that, tough love. You can't cater to his every whim and quirk. If he REALLY wants options then I'd do this. Make dinner for the family and offer it. If he doesn't want it then tell him his other option is a PB&J sandwich. Those are his two options. If he doesn't like either, oh well. You aren't a short order chef. I don't know if he uses his disorder as an excuse not to try new foods, but if he does I'd see it as just and excuse and a way to have some leverage to get his way. Be firm. Don't give in.

He's got to learn someday. If not now, when?

homemade kale chips, healthy salty crunchy and you can even add dry flavors like ranch or others

I am the mom of a challenging child too so i can empathize. However, I don't have any non-dinosaur foods (meat, vegetables, fruit, nuts, minimal dairy) in the house. It's made a big difference on her health already.

I'm hoping that the struggles we have now will be worth it in the long run. She might not continue to eat this way as an adult but she will always know how to get healthy again when she chooses.

So how is your child, who is 8, getting his hands on Pepsi? Is it in the house? Why? Or if he is at someone else's house, why do they refuse to honour your instructions when it is in the best interest of his health? Perhaps you need to point out that they are sabotaging his health, that it isn't a small thing, and that it must stop or you will find alternate care.

A little harsh, I know, but that's just me.

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I help moderate a feeding issues and aversion forum on a Pediatric GERD site.

I highly recommend you see professionals., nutritionist and a Behavior Psychologist who specializes in children with these feeding disorders. You will be amazed at the help they can be.

At one point (just for feeding) we were seeing Early Intervention (your son is too old for this, he's aged out of that type of program) for O.T. for feeding as well as a local and out of town feeding clinic.

They helped immensely with our son's feeding issues. Our problem was different than your's, so it will be harder for me to help. My son has prolonged tube feeds due to medical issues he was born with.

We also (it was recommended to us by our Early Intervention Therapist) ordered and started a therapy called Food Chaining. There is a book by the same name. It was invaluable to us. I can't believe it only cost around $20.00.

Start with your Pediatrician. They can get you the referals and point you in the right direction.

Please let me know if I can help any more. For us, we needed to get our son used to textures of ANY kind in his mouth and he requires and exhorbant amount of calories to maintain and slowly gain. He's 6 and he weighs just shy of 43 LBS. But he's healthy.

I'm not sure if I can post the link to the GERD site, but here goes:

www.parent-2-parent.com