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only eating yellow food

sarahtotty

Does anyone have any advice on how i can get my 2 year old with suspected autism to eat anything other than yellow food i feel like i tried everything. all he eats is custard creams, cheerios popcorn chicken, waffles,and crisps ir biscuits if i give him anything or wet texture eg beans sauce and he gets it on his hands he has meltdown same thing happens with fruit and veg. we all try to sit at table with him but he freaks out only way i can get him to eat sometimes is by putting it next to him when he is laying down playing with his toys in front of his eyes. also tried to buy veggie burgers didnt work just gagged on veggies

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  • hi - I'd take the pressure off + let him sit where he wants, rather than at the table with the rest of you.  Leave food out for him so he can inspect it at his own pace.  Have you seen a dietician/doctor to check if he's getting all the nutrients he needs? The other thing to consider is : if he spends time elsewhere, away from home, do his eating patterns stay the same?  I ask because my son, when he was little, would only eat certain items at home but he was eating different things away from home.  He compartmentalised his eating habits, amongst other things.  Now he likes most food, altho he still eats a meal item by item. For example if he had a roast chicken dinner he'd eat the chicken 1st, the potato 2nd, etc.  Does he enjoy bananas?   He may have sensory issues with wet foods + other textures when he puts them in his mouth.  He's obviously latched on to 1 colour.  The only thing I wd try, if you haven't already, is try to get him interested in a different colour.  If he has other interests, say a particular toy he likes of a different colour, green or red for example, you cd draw a parallel with that + food items?  There may be info on the home page.  Maybe other posters have come across something similar + will be able to offer advice.  bw

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  • hi - I'd take the pressure off + let him sit where he wants, rather than at the table with the rest of you.  Leave food out for him so he can inspect it at his own pace.  Have you seen a dietician/doctor to check if he's getting all the nutrients he needs? The other thing to consider is : if he spends time elsewhere, away from home, do his eating patterns stay the same?  I ask because my son, when he was little, would only eat certain items at home but he was eating different things away from home.  He compartmentalised his eating habits, amongst other things.  Now he likes most food, altho he still eats a meal item by item. For example if he had a roast chicken dinner he'd eat the chicken 1st, the potato 2nd, etc.  Does he enjoy bananas?   He may have sensory issues with wet foods + other textures when he puts them in his mouth.  He's obviously latched on to 1 colour.  The only thing I wd try, if you haven't already, is try to get him interested in a different colour.  If he has other interests, say a particular toy he likes of a different colour, green or red for example, you cd draw a parallel with that + food items?  There may be info on the home page.  Maybe other posters have come across something similar + will be able to offer advice.  bw

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