 Loss of appetite
Joe (3 Dec 2002 10:03)
I have a 3.5 year old son, who is eating less by the day, He was quite a good eater, but know is becoming very frustrated at meal times, because he doesnt want to eat. We end making 3 different dishes, and he doesnt toch any of them.
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Re: Loss of appetite
Rita (3 Dec 2002 10:04)
Hi Joe Our son was a good eater as well until he got to your child's age. I have been told that as their sensory system develops so do the problems. We have found with our son that he is down to about 5 foods that he will eat. Sometimes it can be the smell, texture or even the sight that can turn them off. Do you have an Occupational therapist trained in sensory defensiveness? If not it may be helpful to seek one out even if it just for a consultation. Good Luck.
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loss of appetite
Ms H (5 Dec 2002 10:20)
hello, my son has got the same problem ,are any of the foods he is resticting to any of the following.... bread,biscuits, cake,milk,marmite,pasta,crisps and cereal if so please reply to board.I hope I can help.
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loss od appetite
Maria (6 Dec 2002 11:35)
My son started to restrict his food intake until he would only eat bread,biscuits, yoghurt,crisps, milk. This started around 18th months and became progressively worse. At 2 years 3 months we started him on a gf/cf diet and now aged 5 he has a varied diet and is willing to try new foods.
Please look at the AiA website, I can't recommend it strongly enough. It has given us our son back.
Good luck
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Useful websites/shops
Mark Smith (6 Dec 2002 11:40)
Maria, I wonder if you might let us know where you get your recipes from and the ingredients? Are they available online and if so what websites do you use. We have some links to dietary suppliers in the UK - but it's best to work on recommendations!
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Loss of appetite
Maria (8 Dec 2002 10:34)
Mark,
Please look at www.autismmedical.com. In the Forum under Dietary Information there is a thread devoted to suitable recepies.
Also very useful are two books by Marilyn Le Breton : "Diet Intervention and Autism" and "The Aia Gluten & Dairy Free Cookbook". The books list a lot of suitable suppliers.
I use www.dietaryneedsdirect, www.barbaraskitchen.co.uk (for the best flours and bread recepies, she is a mine of information and she's local- Pontyclun!) and Lock's sausages ( search for website under Lock's sausages- they do a gluten/casein free range and a brilliant gf/cf prepared turket breast for Christmas).
Best of luck
Maria
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Nothing routine in eating habits!
Adam Feinstein (17 Dec 2002 17:24)
Hi,
The extraordinary thing about autistic children and eating habits is that this is one area when they do not always exhibit the same obsession with routine. My son, Johnny, will gobble up chips one day and reject them out of hand the next. The same goes for sausages or chicken nuggets.
And of course there is the problem of uniformity between school and home. At school he tends to eat everything on the plate - at home, it is anyone's guess what he will be in the mood for on a particular day.
(I recently came back from the inaugural World Autism Congress in Melbourne, Australia, and the Asperger's expert, Tony Attwood, was empahsised this feature of autism: the fact that children may behave very differently at school from at home, and may often behave very well at school while storing up their frustration for home, where they explode - or refuse food items they would happly devour at school.)
Moreover, each time I have taken Johnny to the shop, he has chosen a different chocolate bar. It is remarkable to watch this, because in so many other areas, variety is not what he craves.
By the way, Johnny also has pica. For those who may not know exactly what this is, it is an astounding habit of putting totally unsuitable objects in his mouth - like stones, paper and, outside, snails from the garden (he's got no French blood in him, as far as I know!)
There are various theories out there for the causes of pica (which is also a feature of a number of other disorders). One is that the child is seeking minerals which he or she is missing. Another is that the child is exploring objects using the proximal senses (taste, touch, smell).
Anyway, hope that helps.
Best wishes, Adam Feinstein
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loss of appetite
Wendy (8 Feb 2006 12:12)
My daughter is now 12 and has AS she has always been a poor eater. She will only eat chips, chicken nuggets and tomatoe sauce. We have recently tried to get her to eat a sunday roast, and we are slowly getting there but do not know how long it will last.
She is currently under a dietitian and is on Forceval Capsules.
Wendy
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loss of appetite
Wendy (8 Feb 2006 12:12)
My daughter is now 12 and has AS she has always been a poor eater. She will only eat chips, chicken nuggets and tomatoe sauce. We have recently tried to get her to eat a sunday roast, and we are slowly getting there but do not know how long it will last.
She is currently under a dietitian and is on Forceval Capsules.
Wendy
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