Autism, food battles, & fish sticks!
It is no secret that children with autism quite often struggle with food. Look, smells, texture, taste, all play a part. Their scope of what they will eat can be small and concentrated in one group. Pastas, sweets, salty, etc. Food is an area where I started noticing that David had struggles from an early age. With purees, I offered a wide variety of foods and often, since it takes an average of 15 times for an infant to acquire a taste of something. No matter how many times over the course of about 10 months in the puree stage, he never would get used to vegetables most fruits, and meats. Mainly he loved oatmeal, applesauce, peaches, and macaroni and cheese purees. It was incredibly frustrating. When I tried introducing more textured food as he matured, he HATED them. He gagged on most things that infants and toddlers love. Those puffs? Not so much! Little crackers. No way! He did love the cheese puff...