Sunday, September 21, 2008

Food!

Seth doesn't eat. When I say doesn't eat, I mean doesn't eat. This is wayyyy beyond picky eating. He has so many texture issues that it's hard for him to chew. He still hasn't learned how to chew properly. So, he will suck on things and spit it out or swallow it whole - which completely limits him. Despite every attempt we've made, he just won't eat anything! We've bribed, we've hidden food, we've made it fun, we've had him help us cook, we've sent him to bed hungry (just about every night), we've had him play with his food, we've had his toys eat his food. We're out of options.

This is what Seth eats right now:

sweet potato baby food (can't hide anything in with this)
pancakes (he's starting to refuse these too)
applesauce
ketchup
bananas
Enjoy Life choc chip cookies
juice
his hemp milk/rice milk/goat milk kefir combo
rice and beans from Chipotle
rice noodles with spaghetti sauce (pureed with ground beef and spinach) - he sucks the sauce off and spits out the noodle

That's it. This is what he eats day in and day out. Heck, I'd be autistic if that's all I ate. It's driving me (and him I'm sure) absolutely nuts. I don't know what else to do though. Please share any suggestions that you have!

1 comment:

Heather the Mama Duk said...

I have no ideas. That's a terribly short list.