Does anyone have an 11 year old child that only eats bread cereal french toast pancakes french fries ice cream apples and oranges This is his total diet he says he's scared to try anything.?

Answer 1

Hi, I have a son who when he was younger had sensory issues and had a very limited diet.

We allowed it until around 8 years old when I went to a seminar and was told around 8 the taste buds change and that's a good time to introduce new foods.

What we did was:

Introduce foods outside of eating times to eliminate meal times being a battle or stressful.

The first time the food is introduced, all our son had to do was touch it with his finger(s).

We talk about texture.

2nd time introduce the same new food and we had our son smell it as well.

We over praise when he did it. When he showed fear, we would either back off or do what we were asking him to do to show him there was nothing to be afraid of.

3rd time introduce the food, our son could lick it.

4th time, we asked him to bite it.

After doing this a couple of times, and he realised he wasn't going to gag on everything he put in his mouth, he started looking forward to trying new foods and we were able to put a new food on a small plate beside his dinner plate.