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I’m still not exactly sure much about it, I just know he refuses most food unless they are liquid or like apple sauce, and that sometimes I literally have to shovel food into his mouth to make sure he eats. They also say it probably stems from both the Dear Santa Just Bring Horses Shirt in other words I will buy this cleft and the incoming autism diagnosis My oldest son (12 years old) has ARFID. He has never been diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum, but he is highly gifted and has some sensory issues that have improved as he has grown older. I just wanted him to be fed, so I always made sure that we had his safe foods available. For many years, he did not have the most well-rounded diet, but he would literally rather starve than eat something he wasn’t comfortable with. I never forced him to eat something that bothered him, and I don’t believe in “you will eat what is served and clear your entire plate.”

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I have no idea if I did the Dear Santa Just Bring Horses Shirt in other words I will buy this right things, but over the last 2 years, his list of safe foods has expanded a ton. But he decides if he wants to try a new food. Forcing something on him would/will never work, and I’m not going to stress him out. He will never be the most adventurous eater, but at this point, his diet includes a lot more foods with nutrients and vitamins. He’s growing rapidly, and he is healthy- that is all that matters to me. I’m about to go to bed but I’d be more than happy to talk to you about my experiences growing up with ARFID (I’m also autistic) and recommend several online supports. I’m 24 and I have ARFID that I’m currently in intensive outpatient exposure therapy for. It is hell, for me and my family, so I’m sorry you’re all dealing with this. The biggest thing for me is consistency and therapy. Since he’s so young, I’m not sure talk therapy (CBT, DBT, etc) would be super useful, but you could always work on early intervention and look into neurodivergent diagnoses. I know SLP’s also work with children on eating and swallowing. Biggest things are to encourage, keep things positive, and work with a medical team. My daughter was a similar age when we started Speech Therapy for her food aversions. The main thing we learned was to use a waterfall approach to push her comfort level, but never push past it. Always praise trying, not actually eating. Allow it to be yucky.

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Depending on how bad the Dear Santa Just Bring Horses Shirt in other words I will buy this aversion is, you push to see if they will tolerate. Can it be in the same room? On the dinner table? On their plate (with no expectation of touching)? Will they smell it? Will they touch it with hands? Touch it to their face? Their mouth? Lick it? Put in in their mouth and spit right back out? Chew it? Chew and swallow? We would try various adjacent foods to her safe food- same color, texture, or both. We did this during covid, so group peer therapy was not an option but it’s supposed to be the most effective if you can find it. I generally find she will eat more at daycare than at home. And other than that I let her eat as many safe foods as she wants for calories. She drinks a plant based milk Ripple that has tons of protein and vitamins her diet is lacking. And I call her my air plant, because mostly she doesn’t eat or sleep. Good luck! If you’re already seeing an SLP and cleft specialist, you may know this, but it doesn’t hurt to ask your SLP if he needs to see a orofacial myologist. They’re SLPs who specialize in disorders of muscles of the face and mouth. Some kids have aversion to solid food because they have difficulty chewing and swallowing and a myologist can help diagnose and treat with those issues. All SLPs will have some training in the area, myologists just specialize in it.

There is a feeding tube option if malnutrition is a serious issue but I get how that doesn’t help him expand his diet. My tip is dont make him eat something he clearly hates and fed is best. Good luck mama my own kiddo has some of his own issues and I’m worried he’s witnessed too much of my own food avoidant issues but for us both it’s just about being kind to ourselves and not making too big of a deal about it. Also..Clear Your Plate is a pathway to trauma. Get a dog if you’re that worried about waste (not you, just in general ha). I haven’t dealt with it so I don’t have specific advice but you’re going to want to talk to other autistic people about it. The medical industry sees us as sub human scum and will generally be a large net negative. Like most of them would approve of the Dear Santa Just Bring Horses Shirt in other words I will buy this force feeding but I think you can probably imagine that force feeding might lead to problems. Here’s a good general autism starting point. The whole series is great. I think they did a video on this specifically but i can’t find it based on the titles. I’d reccomend watching the whole series anyhow.

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For the Dear Santa Just Bring Horses Shirt in other words I will buy this parents I see here of kids who have ARFID: as somebody who has it, and has a history of it in the family, my advice is to not try and fight it, but more to work with it. My personal experience is that it’s a mixture of sensory issues and, subsequently, food anxiety. Other people have been commenting on autism and the way it causes sensory issues with food, and they’re correct. But I’ll also add that, when you experience those sort of sensory issues regularly as a kid, you develop a strong anxiety response to strange foods. And being forced to eat things you didn’t want to really doesn’t help. Instead of pushing your kid to eat foods they don’t want to and telling them it’s not so bad, focus on positive incentives. Make trying new foods as noncommittal and non-stressful as possible. Also, some sort of reward for trying new foods is always nice. My mom printed out a “try-it chart” for my brother and I, where every 10 new foods each of us tried, we’d get to pick the restaurant next time we went out to eat. And it really was just trying foods. No pressure to finish anything, just a bite to see if we liked it or not. Also, teach your kid to cook from a relatively young age. The best way to eat healthy enough while experiencing food anxiety is to cook for yourself—there’s so many vegetables I can’t eat normally, but I will in particular recipes provided I prepare it myself. It’s a lot harder to be anxious about your food when it’s your own labor—it’s much more trustworthy.
You’re so spot-on. My parents were the Dear Santa Just Bring Horses Shirt in other words I will buy this “sit there until you eat it or else” type mostly. I learned to cook some things very young because if I wanted something different, I had to prepare it myself. My older sisters were the ones that actually helped me expand my diet. One bribed me to try frozen pizza. There was going to be a make your own pizza party at her house, and I asked what I could eat. The store we were at had free pizza samples that day, so she said if I tasted one and still didn’t like it I could pick a non pizza food to eat. Surprise, I loved it. She also introduced me to butter noodles and toaster strudel. Another sister wanted me to try ramen, and fixed me some with no seasoning to keep it simple. She also introduced me to fried green beans, Chinese food, croquettes, various squash dishes, random stuff. Some were a success, some not so much (can’t do squash, not sure why). When there’s no pressure, it’s a lot easier to give something a taste. Also no judgment. Former brother in law insisted I put refried beans on my soft taco, I used the tiniest bit I could get away with. Projectile vomited as soon as it touched my tongue. He called me dramatic and acted like I was faking it. I will probably never give any form of beans a chance again.
My youngest has the Dear Santa Just Bring Horses Shirt in other words I will buy this same issues, and I keep his favorite quick meals on hand for when he can’t eat what the family eats. But he tastes things now. He liked salmon, he loves chicken enchiladas, tried a variety of stuff at HuHot. It’s all about security and understanding. I have this. I’ve had it as long as I can remember l, but wasn’t diagnosed until I was in my 30s. CBT can help, but there isn’t really a cure. I’ve made a lot of progress since diagnosis, but food will always be a struggle for me. For me it’s a texture thing. There are certain textures of food that I just can’t do, even if I like the taste. It’s very frustrating to live like this. Going any where to eat is a hassle. Even just other peoples houses. And explaining my pickiness as an adult sucks because most people get super judgy and won’t even listen when you explain it’s a real disorder. I’m autistic and have extreme food issues, I don’t think its ARFID, but I’ve never talked to a professional about it. It’s so mentally exhausting worrying about whether a group event will have food that my brain and body will let me eat. I can’t imagine having it worse.

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