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Help needed with my sons diet

Julie78

Hi, my 11 year old son was diagnosed with Autism last year after years of waiting and assessments. 

My sons diet and the range of food he eats isn't good. He sticks to 1 - 3 meals. His "meal" at the moment is frozen cheese garlic bread. I am really struggling to get him to eat different things and wondered if anyone had any suggestions on meals I could try him with?

Thanks in advance. 

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  • Hi, I might suggest see if he'll look at cook books with you, especially one's with pictures and see if there are any he would like to try. Maybe keep it to one 'experimental day' a week so as not to overload. If you are lucky he may want to help. I find sometimes they don't like it, but if you find something he does that awesome stuff and it might become a regular. Have a back up for these days, so if it doesn't go down well, make sure there is no pressure and have the back up -(my son loves cereal, so if dinner fails and he needs a snack after, he can have that). 

    Mine (11 & 8), can be adventurous and fussy and often like different things. I could list some meals we have, though the picture idea sometimes works better.  And sometimes I'll try a dinner a few times (with the back ups), before giving up, as it might need to become familiar first.

    Don't know if it'll help, but good luck in your search! 

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  • Hi, I might suggest see if he'll look at cook books with you, especially one's with pictures and see if there are any he would like to try. Maybe keep it to one 'experimental day' a week so as not to overload. If you are lucky he may want to help. I find sometimes they don't like it, but if you find something he does that awesome stuff and it might become a regular. Have a back up for these days, so if it doesn't go down well, make sure there is no pressure and have the back up -(my son loves cereal, so if dinner fails and he needs a snack after, he can have that). 

    Mine (11 & 8), can be adventurous and fussy and often like different things. I could list some meals we have, though the picture idea sometimes works better.  And sometimes I'll try a dinner a few times (with the back ups), before giving up, as it might need to become familiar first.

    Don't know if it'll help, but good luck in your search! 

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