Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi , my little boy who is 6 and has autism is very overweight . We have had to buy him age 10-11 elasticacted school trousers. I feel awful , I know he has such an issue with food and that he only eats a handful of things but most are the wrong things, he hasn't really wanted do much through the holidays, he has been swimming a few times and just explodes if things don't go his way. I feel exhausted all the time and to be honest I give in to him very easy. I know all the things I should do , for one not buy the pigging stuff. (Crisps and chocolate biscuits) .
i suppose I just wondered if anyone who had been through the same and could give me any strategies that they had used to help their children.
I feel like a complete failure as a mum , I'm supposed to be giving him the best in life instead I'm turning him into an overweight little boy who will probably end up with health problems if I don't handle it now. His waist measures 31 inches , which shocked the hell out of me.
sorry for going on and Thankyou for reading
You can also hide cooked vegetables in pasta sauces by blending them up if he's not eating enough vegetables.
Instead of using sugar, use Stevia granules in anything you would have with sugar.
Use low-fat milk or milk alternatives such as rice milk. soya milk etc.
Unless you know why he doesn't want to eat certain foods, I really wouldn't do this. If he doesn't like certain foods because of the way they taste, then he's still going to be able to taste them if you hide them in other foods, and there's a risk he'll refuse to eat the "carrier food" again because he associates it with the unpleasant taste. Swapping in different types of milk or sweetners to food he is already familiar with and expecting him not to know the difference is also risky. Even if he doesn't actively dislike it, the fact that it just tastes WRONG may mean he refuses it anyway, whereas if you introduce it as new special thing, he may like it once you've convinced him to try it.