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Joined: 16 Aug 2007
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17 Aug 2007, 2:33 am

Hi, I'm a panicking mum of a 4 year old with Aspergers.

Any one have suggestions where I can look for info on Aspergers & eating problems?

Does anyone care to share their eating issues, how they started & how you deal with them now?

Thanks

reika
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Joined: 13 Aug 2007
Age: 62
Gender: Female
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Location: Alaska

17 Aug 2007, 2:47 am

Hi,happened tio be online right now and saw your post. Mother of a 6 year old autistic daughter. She gets stuck on something and will only eat the same thing for weeks on end. When it was pizza I was cool w/ it cause it's not the best but it's not the worst either. When she went on the "dill pickle kick" I'd buy those "ensure" drinks (I don't know what they call them where you live) Any one of those Nutrional drinks even "Slim-Fast" is packed w/ nutrition. anyhow, I'd put them in a baby bottle and after she'd gone to sleep I'd put it in her mouth, and she'd start sucking away and drink them up. Would't TOUCH them awake., but once she went to sleep, I could get 2 or 3 cans a night down her. She had "Pica" I think it's called and chewed all the plaster off of every corner of our house as high as she could reach when she was 2 1/2. I tried everything I could think of but she was really ingenious in getting around it. (If I sound like a proud parent it's because I DEFINATLY am) Hope that helps and I'm a newbie also so I'm honored to be the first person to say WELCOME to WP, I really like it here and hope you will also.

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