Daughter with Alphabetaphobia and Won't Eat
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Huh??? Are you the parent??? Its food eat it or starve.... Trust me she will0
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WOW - My house - my son - he wouldn't have ate!! Deal with it - get hungry, he'll eat!! Giving in can create HUGE issues later!0
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Just feed her foods she is unfamiliar with and make up a name that starts with one of the approved letters.0
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Wookie
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I have a 5-year old daughter who has a very unusual problem with food - she hates everything that starts with the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, and T. Because of this "alphabetaphobia," she resists any food beginning with any of those letters. That basically leaves only foods starting with N, Q, and U through Z. What can I do to get her to eat foods from this list?
Um, what else is going on with her that she has this letter fetish....
^^^^This is there anything else going on? My son used to refuse to eat food that wasn't separated from other foods (separate plates) unless it was all the same colour. He'd have phases where he'd only eat certain colours and he would only eat foods that were either really bland (plain white rice) or incredibly salty or sugary. He also had times where he wouldn't eat something because of the letter it started with. His is all attributed to Autism (particularly sensory issues and obsessions). So if you haven't already perhaps it's worth finding out if there's anything else going on with your daughter.0 -
zebra surpised no one mentioned this lean source of protein
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Teach her to stalk Zebra in the wild, bringing them down with only her teeth.0 -
Teach her to make QUICHE. Put in all the things.
I was going to suggest something like this, just put a whole bunch of stuff in a casserole and tell her it is vegetable pie, or you can just call everything questionable surprise.0 -
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Give foods different names. I'd grind vegetables in ground beef and make meatloaf and call it Nettlecake or something like that..that way she gets her veggies.0
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Your daughter needs to see a Dr. about her problem. As parents we try to help them and sometimes they need to talk to someone with more skill than us. This includes people who are qualified to give you advice.0
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Take her to a medical professional and unless they encourage you to give into this way of eating, don't. If she is hungry enough, she will eat.0
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WOW - My house - my son - he wouldn't have ate!! Deal with it - get hungry, he'll eat!! Giving in can create HUGE issues later!
tough love. I like it. 0 -
Give foods different names. I'd grind vegetables in ground beef and make meatloaf and call it Nettlecake or something like that..that way she gets her veggies.
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how about you cook dinner put it in front of her if she eats great if not guess she will have to wait till the next meal. if she is smart she will learn real quick, you eat what i put in front of you or you go hungry. i promise she wont starve and no you may not give her any snacks in between.0
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'That's not broccoli - it's woccoli.That means you can eat it.'
this ^^
used to do that to a cousin who thought he was allergic to apples..lemons...meat... gluten (he wasnt) , dairy, a few other things ...
"Yeah, robby, dont worry.. thats gluten free, vegan pizza," and hed eat it and not die... so...
Yes....My daughter still proclaims allergies to fruits she hates. Strawberries mainly. I call her out on it every chance I get. She tries to write it on school forms and everything.0 -
She's going to be lots of fun when she isn't 5 anymore & still running the show.0
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Have you tried renaming the foods with her? Or perhaps finding out the names of foods in different languages?
I was thinking this... use the Latin Names or something.
And I might be able to live off of Zucchini bread.....0 -
This is very good, try cooking with her and calling it her name surprise or something! find out their name in other languages are fun, or make a game and blind fold her and get her to taste test, apparently you have to try a food 8 times before your mind and body decide it is not poisonous! Relabelling foods could work, you could come up with quirky names for everything!Nuts, nut butter
Navy beans, Northern beans
Nutella
Nectarine
Noodles
Navel oranges
NY cheese cake
Nachos
Quark
Quinoa
Queso fresco
Quesadilla
Quiche
Udi's Bread
Udon noodles
Upside Down Cake
Whole Wheat Bread, buns
Whole Grain pasta, cereal
Watermelon
Wasa crackers
Yogurt
Yellow Squash
Yellow Rice
Yams
Yolk0 -
my middle was very picky at 3. The nurses kept saying he'd eventually eat when he got hungry.
So I finally gave in to this 'let them starve- they will eat eventually"
I finally gave in to feeding him something he'd eat on day3. It felt like child abuse after 2.5 days for a 3 yr old.0 -
Use creative wordstorename food0
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WOW - My house - my son - he wouldn't have ate!! Deal with it - get hungry, he'll eat!! Giving in can create HUGE issues later!
tough love. I like it.
I hate to be such a party pooper too. It is incredibly cute that she knows her alphabet so well.
But . . .
No kid ever starved to death with food around. Explain to her why her stance is unpractical and unfair to the people trying to provide her food. Then, serve what you want/make and, if she doesn't want to eat it, she obviously is not that hungry.
Kids actually don't eat that much, left to their own devices. They eat one good meal a day, maybe, and a few very small meals or snacks. That's it.0 -
There's been a lot of posts above about the daughter getting "over it" and about lying to her. I'm no professional, but I do know what its like to have a mental illness. You don't just get over it. Lying to her will be harmful when she needs someone to trust. Just because YOU haven't faced a debilitating illness doesn't mean that people don't suffer from them every day. I say, talk to a doctor and ask for help. Its great to get more food suggestions here, and I respect those who have done so seriously. To those who made jokes- you should be ashamed of yourself and consider the meaning of compassion. Just because you don't understand doesn't give you the right to judge.0
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If this is actually not a joke, the kid must be smart. I'm not sure my 30 yr old son can spell half the food he eats!0
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'That's not broccoli - it's woccoli.That means you can eat it.'
^^YES!! Get creative and make up your own names for them.0 -
So many people, so little getting it...0
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Everybody stating their opinion as fact that "kids won't starve themselves " need to post their facts.
Children faced with mental, emotional and or physical issues will indeed starve themselves. Children just like adults can have disordered eating.0 -
Huh??? Are you the parent??? Its food eat it or starve.... Trust me she will
This.0 -
I'm sorry for your daughters condition. Given the rather overwhelming list of food items she fears, I would recommend you have her create an MFP account and post in the forums. She'll fit right in.
So true, lol.0 -
Tell her when she gets a job and buys the food, she gets to make demands as to how it's going to be. Until then, she eats what you buy her because she's 5 and has zero clue about nutrition.0
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Serious answer: If it gets too bad invest time in making fake labels for foods and putting them on the cans? Also get her some therapy, fast. This is very unusual, a therapist will have some very good ideas to assist you.0
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