getting autistic child to eat more food?

Question

Due to texture and taste of food ,she will only eat smooth or slick food, or cereal. Anyone have any ideas? She's 10.

Answer 1

Can you mix the smooth with one that is texture.

For instance, put granola in her oatmeal.
Or raisins in her yogurt and pudding.
Strawberries in her icecream.
Rice in her soup.

Things like that... and this is not just with austistic children, kids in general are very pickey eaters!!!

Good Luck! ♥

Answer 2

Sorry dont really have any ideas to help but know exactly where your coming from as my autistic son will only eat crispy dry foods which is the opposite to your daughter. Wish i knew the answer but i can only say that my son is now 23 and survives on toast dry cereal and crisps!! Despite this he is healthy and of a normal weight . Maybe one day we will be able to find a way through hey!! Good luck.

Answer 3

Each child will of course be different, but you might try requiring her to eat one very, very tiny piece of another food, such as a small piece of broccoli or carrot, and then let her eat favorite foods as a "reward" for trying a new food. After she is doing this consistently, you might try very gradually increasing the amount of the other food that she needs to eat first, until it becomes a typical portion.

In the meantime, I would try to just have a variety of smooth-textured foods available, so that she is getting as close as possible to a balanced diet.

Best of luck to you and I hope this helps!

Answer 4

My 10 year old niece was the same way. Just this summer, she started expanding what she would eat.

My brother said trying to pressure her just made things worse. We would always expose her to other foods, with out any pressure. She loved sniffing stuff & would sometimes even put something in her mouth for a second. Last year she started to eat a few more things & just in the pst few months she started to eat a lot more stuff.

Answer 5

I know how you feel .I have 2 aspie sons one (20 ) will not let any kind of veg near his mouth.Is she an aspie cause if she is they change.My 20 yr old went through a stage of wanting nothing but cheese My older son 25 would only eat breakfast .He is making up for it now

Answer 6

If no-one already suggested it , i would definitely recommend, you go to Ch4.com & find SuperNanny ! She is Brilliant, ive used lots of her "Common sense " methods .If she cant help,can you not ask "The National Authestic Society" or similar, for some advice ? mY Auntie -in-laws son is authestic