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
Brooke66 said:I would not hide veg its like lying.
That get's my vote for the silliest comment of the day! Omission of information is not lying. And when you are acting in the interests of your child's health even less so. As an adult with Asperger's (as well as being parent of two children with autism), who is scrupulously honest in true Aspie-style, I find that ridiculous.
And when you consider, that if e.g. you bought a jar of pasta sauce it contains hidden ingredients in the sauce already. Are manufacturers of all foods containing ingredients you weren't aware of lying to their customers! I don't like celery, can't abide it, but I have found out that it's an ingredient in many sauces, soups that I have eaten. Whoops, I have been so lied to...