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Sleeping and eating help??

Sans

Hiya Im new here and I'm hoping someone out there will have some helpful hints for me.

My darling son turned 11 on monday, and was diagnosed as moderatley- severley aitistic when he was 5.

His Diet is extremely limited and we get very limited support from dietician, he eats weetabix for brekkie, custard/yoghurt for lunch and tins of pasta for dinner. This is all day every day, however about 4 weeks ago he decided he didnt like custard and about 2 weeks ago he stopped eating all together, this lasted a few days and now hes back to eating brekkie and dinner but is completely refusing to each lunch.  Ive contacted the school and they say hes not upset at school and ive had him checked out by gp to rule out infections.

On top of all this he has stopped sleeping through the night, he is normally an excellent sleeper.  Ive found him camping on my bedroom floor and trying to sleep on the floor of the hall claiming to see ghosts??? 

Has anyone got any hints or advice ......hes really got me stumped at the moment thanks in advance! xx

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  • If a child is very sensitive to certain textures such as 'slimy', 'squishy', then he will naturally tend to avoid foods
    New foods must be introduced in extremely small quantities along with a much desired food. For example, if the new food is chips,biscuit etc, and the desired food is chocolate, tell the child, "Finish ???, then have "". Similarly with other foods also you can use phrases like "one bite, then biscuit", or "eat ???, then biscuit, . With children whose ability to tolerate is very little, you can even begin by asking the child to "take one lick" sniff,or "taste once" and then  allow him the favoured food. Each time the child tries even the smallest bit of a new food, cheer and praise him.

    Often as well try the food cold,when it is cold the sensory side of it will be differant,as cold foods smell and taste differantly than warm foods.

    also try to leave little bits of food lying around for him to try.

    sleep is an issue for many on the spectrum including myself.sometimes it is not being able to shut off in which case i would suggest if i may that an hour before bedtime you try a relaxtion time.where he can read,color in,watch tv dvd etc.

    also many are lacking melatonin it tells our body it is time to sleep,so not having enough of it means the message to our body does not get through

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  • If a child is very sensitive to certain textures such as 'slimy', 'squishy', then he will naturally tend to avoid foods
    New foods must be introduced in extremely small quantities along with a much desired food. For example, if the new food is chips,biscuit etc, and the desired food is chocolate, tell the child, "Finish ???, then have "". Similarly with other foods also you can use phrases like "one bite, then biscuit", or "eat ???, then biscuit, . With children whose ability to tolerate is very little, you can even begin by asking the child to "take one lick" sniff,or "taste once" and then  allow him the favoured food. Each time the child tries even the smallest bit of a new food, cheer and praise him.

    Often as well try the food cold,when it is cold the sensory side of it will be differant,as cold foods smell and taste differantly than warm foods.

    also try to leave little bits of food lying around for him to try.

    sleep is an issue for many on the spectrum including myself.sometimes it is not being able to shut off in which case i would suggest if i may that an hour before bedtime you try a relaxtion time.where he can read,color in,watch tv dvd etc.

    also many are lacking melatonin it tells our body it is time to sleep,so not having enough of it means the message to our body does not get through

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