What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

thriftlady_2

I agree with Lynz, kunekune and Swan too Sounds like he doesn't like sweet things much -good I say, wish mine were like that I also think it sounds like he's got a pretty substantial lunch there. If he's Ok with fruit pop in another portion as a snack, although I think all Key Stage 1 children inEngland get a piece of fruit at school don't they? So if he's eating that he'll be well set up for his 5 a day.

I have trouble finding things for my kids' morning snack that aren't a sweet baked thing. Eldest particularly isn't so keen on just more fruit and his lunch box looks a bit empty with a sandwich and an apple.

Have you thought about popcorn (sorry if it's already been mentioned-have only skimmed the thread) or hm munchy seeds for a savoury nibble ?

plzhelpmesave!

went thru the same thing with my son in september! think you;re doing the right thing by giving him a basic good lunch, and then top up when he gets home.

purpleivy

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JillD wrote: »

I hate it when you see chilcdrens cookbooks or articles in magazines talking about exciting lunchbox ideas - you know the ones "instead of a dreary old ham sandwich and an apple why not give your child a lebanese flatbread stuffed with chickpeas, avocado and black olive paste, with an endive and raddichio salad tub, and some prunes in natural yoghurt, with a damson and cherry organic flapjack, and a carton of cold fennel tea for a filling and healthy change"
These people clearly have either no kids or plain weird ones.
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NoahsPennilessMummy

i have given up worrying about my sons lunch:rolleyes:
He started school full time on Thurs and has started taking packed lunch.

However due to his autism he has fixed ideas about what he will and wont eat.

He has eaten the same lunch for over 2 years and will not deviate.
He has a cream cheese sandwich, must be Warburtons wholemeal cut into 4 with the "skins" (crusts) cut off, a packet of "yellow crisps" (Quavers) and a drink......after this he has a cake/biscuit type snack.....he will not touch fruit or yoghurt or other healthy stuff.

He will sometimes have tinned fruit cocktail in juice or jelly but again even with this he is a slave to the autism.....must be the same make of fruit cocktail and he will only eat the jelly I make for him at home.
Tried putting a tub of jelly in lunchbox and he wouldnt eat it....next day I put some of the jelly I make into a small tupperware dish for him but it wasnt right as he didnt have the dish with him that he eats jelly out of at home!:p

So I cant win.

I do worry about his diet overall....he exists mainly on carbohydrates....lots of bread and cereal and not much else....i make a proper meal everyday and he eats virtually one of it....will eat Yorkshire pudding for example or dumplings or pie crust:o ......again carbohydrates.

He is seeing dietician at his autism centre next month so will see what they can suggest.

Has anyone else with autistic kids had any luck with the food problems?

claire
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thriftlady_2

NoahsPennilessMummy wrote: »

Has anyone else with autistic kids had any luck with the food problems?

claire
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Claire, D&DD has a son with autism, and she has discussed his diet and food preferences on this thread. Post number 125 is the relevant one -it's a great thread, but a bit of mammoth one;)

NoahsPennilessMummy

Ah yes I have spoken to D&DD before about the delights of the special educational needs system in schools........ooooooh with autism the fun never ends:p
I will have a look at that thread thanks:T

NickiM

JillD wrote: »

I'd love to include yoghurt but he wont eat it which is funny because as a baby, at around 15 months he went through a phase for about a month where EVERYTHING had to de dipped in yoghurt or he wouldn't eat it - even to the extent of ham sandwiches and fishfingers :rotfl:

Thanks again ladies.
Jillxx

Well, as I was quite premature, when I did start eating, it was obviously quite key that I put on weight. Unfortunately, I'd only eat things which had fruit puree on them, and now I can't stand fruit, a lot of it is to do with texture rather than taste so maybe my body got fed up of it.

JillD_2

so today was the first packed lunch.
He ate:
- two mini baps (picked out the cheese LOL)
- 5 cocktail sausages
- carton of apple juice
- a mini "choc chip" muffin we made :j :j except they have banana in too and he doesn't know
)he lef the yoghurt and apple but did have a banana for snack in the morning and some carrot sticks in the afternoon so loads of fruit/veg).

He then asked for a "choc chip" muffin after tea tonight, and he ate two !!!!!

I asked if he had not enough or too much for lunch and he said it was just right and was full of storied about what everyone elses lunch box looked like (by all accounts they are almost all Lighning McQueen - like his - so that was a good choice

Phew another potential crisis averted :T

lil_me

JillD well done I think he's done really well to eat that much, that's a lot for a little guy really.

noonesperfect

There some nice sounding cakes and biscuits on this site, alot of them are pretty straightforward, so not alot of faffing about!
I think the homemade choc biscuits sound nice, I'll have to make some soon.

http://www.be-ro.co.uk/f_insp.htm