Sometimes I have no idea how Nathan gains any weight. His eating habits are ridiculous. I'm guilty of cooking a seperate meal for him which many people disagree with but I'm not going to let him starve. When he was an infant he ate all the regular babyfood items my other kids did. Around age two I started noticing he would refuse to eat foods he once enjoyed. As time went on he ate less and less. I'm pretty sure he only ate graham crackers for about 6 months. lol!(ok, that's an exaggeration).
Not unlike alot of people he won't eat anything green (maybe an apple every now and again). He only eats one kind of meat,TACO! However, the taco meat has to be the same color all the way through....If the seasoning is not evenly distributed throughout all of the ground meat he will gag and has vomitted right at the table ( that's gross, sorry...but a fact). He will eat chicken fingers but only from certain places. Cereal and peanut butter are what keeps him going. He eats the same thing everyday for lunch...peanut butter and grape jelly ( it has to be cut like a "book" not at an angle because he can't eat it if it's cut at an angle.) applesauce pretzels or crackers (which he dips into the applesauce) and a juice box. He loves Ramen Noodles but only chicken flavor, cooked in the microwave for 4 minutes. the noodles have to be completely seperated. He can't eat noodles that are clumped together.
He eats ice cubes like it's his job , chew on string, sticks, faom, wood, rocks, grass, leaves, sand and sometimes dry wall! This is due to his Pica.....he can't help it and has gotten extremely ill from it. I remember reading about Pica once and thinking "how weird do you have to be to eat something that could hurt you or make you sick"....I'm now embarrassed by my judgemental thoughts. Having a child on the Austim spectrum has taught me not to judge so harshly and NEVER assume anything.
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