Parents of autistic/special needs kids

JoMamaATL wrote: »

melimomTARDIS wrote: »

BTW- just for funsies, what does your kid eat? I have found the kids I have met with similar issues usually have eerily similar diets.

Ok! Pillsbury cinnamon rolls in the morning. Tons of Bananas. Dry Apple jacks. Cheese pizza.

Not bad! he is hitting more groups than my kid used to.

My son's ultimate safe foods (he has a longer list of acceptable foods now, but these are the safest)

trix cereal

white milk (NEVER CHOCOLATE!)

colby jack cheese

bread

crackers/pretzels/popcorn

yellow apples, completely peeled

orange juice/apple juice

peter pan peanut butter

vanilla ice cream

My son is nearly 18. I just want to send some hugs and tell you that things get better. He always had delays and 'issues', but wasn't diagnosed (ASD, ADD plus other learning disabilities) until he was 14. He was non-verbal until about 4, had the usual sensory issues and meltdowns, but things started to improve as his language skills developed. He didn't really have many friends when he was younger, but now has a small circle of good friends, and (a miracle!) has somehow got himself a girlfriend. He will graduate regular high school this year - something I could NEVER have imagined when he was 5.
He's still socially awkward, but he knows it and has learned strategies to work around it. Getting and keeping a job is going to be our next challenge, but I trust the process now, and believe it can and will happen.

Someone sent me this the other day, and I found it quite enlightening:
http://www.judyendow.com/autistic-behavior/autistic-adults-do-not-look-like-autistic-children/

Just needing some advice. ..
My 8 year old is going through a phase of bed wetting. It's not like him and sometimes bringing the conversation up with him tends to be a trigger.
What can i do? Has anyone else gone through this?

My 5 year old eats plain bread and jam sandwiches every single day. Sometimes adds PB. He also like mushroom soup, perogies, buns (hotdog/hamburger) with ketchup and no meat. He likes rice krispies, and apples/bananas. Apples more so...oh, and rice with soy sauce. He will eat berries. In fact, he will steal all of them when you aren't looking. lol You won't ever get any other veggies or colourful items near him, lol.

Hi OP:

I'm not a parent but I do work as a registered nurse in the field. Just thought I would say hello

melimomTARDIS wrote: »

JoMamaATL wrote: »

My son is the opposite- he looked like an American/Ethiopian child bc he is so skinny. Almost mal-nourished looking! He only eats about 5 different foods right now, but he eats and eats! doctors say he is fine, but when he is in the backyard playing in just a diaper and covered in mud I worry that people will think the poor child just escaped from our dungeon!

i have a kid with a sensory processing disorder, and his diet is super limited. its something we are always working on, but during times of stress, he reverts to a very short list of foods. Our pediatrician has him on chewable flintstones with iron (the "complete" ones are good as well) and I give him Omega 3 gummies occasionally.

Anyways, just wanted to share, I also have a weird eater.

My daughter has sensory processing disorder and anxiety. She's 3 years old and could pass for anywhere between 18mos to 2 years old due to her size. It's a struggle just to get her to eat, and the list is extremely limited. Sometimes she'll try something new, like today she tried celery and peanut butter with me, but she's still not very open to new things. It's overwhelming at times because I feel like the only person that has a child with this. Even harder when the majority of our family refuses to believe that she has it and criticize everything we do or don't do with her.