Hi Laura, I have son that is a very picky eater. What my wife and I have done is "hide food" in his favorite foods. We bought a book called "The Sneaky Chef" :by Missy Chase Lapine and one called "Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food" :by Jennifer Seinfeld, the comedian Jerry Seinfeld wife. It has recipes and ways to add things like summer squash and spinach to kid friendly dishes with out them even knowing it. My 12yr old love muffins you make from a pack but we add 1/2 cup pureed summer or butternut squash to the batter in stead of water and just add a little water till the right consistence and it works great! The kids eat them up and i know there getting the vitamins they need. and try flax seed mill and 3 tbsp of water this is a replacement for 1 egg and gives Omega 3 fatty acids and fiber to breads and baked goods. Please let me know if you need any help my wife and I cook for our 3yr old with ASD and a Severe aversion to textures. So i know how frustrating it can be. That book i bought on amazon for $9.00. There are used ones on there right now for $2.50

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I trade a mouthful of a preferred / desired food for the food i wish him to eat. e.g. you eat 1 mouthful of sweet potato and I'll give you a chip. Its a bit laborious but we have gotten a few new foods into the repertoire this way.

@A MyAutismTeam Member my son did the same thing! He is now 13 and just starting to try new foods. Not often but at least he's trying. I have found that when foods are served to him when he is at a friend's house, he thinks it's rude to not eat it so that's where he is experiencing most new foods. I didn't tell him that he could simply say "no thanks" because most times he ends up liking what he's served, or at least admitting that it's not horrible and tolerating it.

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Yep. When my son was 2 he went without eating dinner then bfast then lunch at which point we gave in. What 2 yr old does that? Now we try to just go with it but we get lectures from family and his doc. They think he is underweight because we restrict his diet and "spoil" him.