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Charlotte Hall, MD

What kind of snacks do your kids like that are actually good for them? I have been looking more closely at the way my daughter eats recently, and am starting to feel like a bad parent.

The way she eats at breakfast is particuarly disturbing. She used to eat cereal ...now she seldom does. Instead, she wants things like leftover pizza and pasta that might be in the fridge. I think I should eliminate these foods from our weekly meals for a while to break that cycle. To go with the leftovers, she… read more

July 10, 2018
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Members rallied around a parent concerned about their daughter's breakfast choices and limited diet, reframing leftovers like pizza and pasta... Read more

Members rallied around a parent concerned about their daughter's breakfast choices and limited diet, reframing leftovers like pizza and pasta as perfectly acceptable morning meals, especially when made healthier with hidden vegetables, veggie noodles, ground turkey, or tofu mixed into cheese. Several members shared creative strategies for boosting protein without meat, including bean- or fruit-based homemade popsicles, protein powder smoothies, tofu slices in grilled cheese, lunchmeat and cream cheese roll-ups in tortilla wraps, and Garden Lites chocolate muffins packed with vegetables and egg whites. A recurring theme was meeting kids where they are by enhancing the foods they already love, with one member noting that an occupational therapist actually recommended cold popsicles to wake up the mouth for better sensory input, and another emphasizing that high-taste or spicy foods can help children with oral motor challenges eat more easily.

A MyAutismTeam Member

Wendy, are they higher taste foods that give good info to her senses? Does she ever over stuff her mouth?
These may be indicators of her mouth not giving her brain sufficient info. Which are indicators that eating some foods may be challenging.

July 10, 2018 (edited)
A MyAutismTeam Member

Oh and above muffins are also gluten and dairy free. They are satisfying and delicios

July 14, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

Our sweet boy also choosie what he will eat We were concerned if he gets enough protein and veggies. Garden lites makes these chocolate muffins which have two two servings of veggies (carrots and zuchinni) and also egg whites. It does have sugar and chocolate but it helps him get more veggies and protein

July 14, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

I try to stick to what my kids like but make it in a more healthier way...example my kids love pasta too so I buy veggie noodles and put ground turkey or turkey sausage in the meat sauce, I also hide veggies in there too...I'm constantly hiding stuff in their food too like i put spinach and shredded carrots in meatloaf, once it's drenched in ketchup they don't notice 😉...I do this with a lot of dinners...so I dont mind if they ask me for it for breakfast because I know it's healthier than a bowl of cocoa puffs lol.

My daughters go tos for lunches, and she always brings her lunch because she's so picky, is peanut butter and honey sandwiches, or lunchmeat and cream cheese roll ups (basically rolled in tortilla bread)...this is usually with a side of goldfish and freeze dried strawberries (she loves these).

So far hit snacks for the summer have been strawberries, frozen gogurt (not all that healthy but kiddos love it), and popsicles...hey keeps them hydrated lol.

July 10, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

I do gluten free everything. It is very pricey but very worth it.

July 11, 2018

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