...Food....glorious food.......

Those of you with children on the spectrum know how testing it is to get your kids to eat, let alone eat healthy. It does my friggen head in to be honest!

Mario has NEVER eaten fruit..nope...never. He's tried it, spewed and gone of his nut that bad that I never wanted to try it again. Don't sit there now and think, come one you didn't try hard enough...you have no idea how many tears, how many times I have yelled, begged and cried asking him to eat...Ive tried closing his nose so his mouth opens, bribery...its just doesn't work.

His eating habit's tend to stick to the 'white' foods...eg pasta - chicken - fish - cauliflower - potato - eggs - cheese. They need to be bland, not mixed together or with each other, no sauce. Nope just plain and boring. He did LOVE chocolate and when I asked our Pead about it he laughed and said it was quiet common as chocolate contains iron and its what he lacks due to his diet. Pentivite was bought and we had a little help for a while.

Another favourite was MacDonald's...I caved one day due to the screaming...you have no idea how much the screaming of a kid on the edge sounds....especially after 2 hours of it. You do ANYTHING to make it stop. I drove to MacDonald's and it was like a switch!!! BUT the problem I had then was that every time we drove past MacDonald's the screaming started again if we didn't get him his bloody fries!! Years ago my sister in law organised a birthday party at MacDonald's for her son...she helped us map out a way to it (2 hours drive) so we didn't have to drive past one...I loved her for ever for it.

Over the last few years we have welcomed broccoli into our diet, along with carrot (as long as its cut Julianne style) and the occasional corn on the cob.

3 weeks ago Mario decided he liked the look of the fettuccine carbonara I had made...and ate a bowl full...OMG I cant tell you how dame excited we were....he actually ate mushroom AND SAUCE..a HUGE step for us.

Tonight The J man and I were in tears. I had made the usual 2 different meals....yes I cook 2 different meals EVERY night for my family.....but tonight Mario asked for the cannelloni....had a taste and promptly ate 3 servings of it. Whilst eating it Mario asked what was in it, to which I told him everything and he came back with...wooo hooo I'm like Popeye now.
I honestly cant tell you how much I want to rain out into the street screaming that my boy is eating something he would have flipped out about 6 months ago...its such a high to be on after years of cooking him the same food over and over and having him detest new foods.
All I can say to those who are in the same boat, never give up...one day the light bulb will be changed and it might just light up ♥