Pookie is a pretty good sport when it comes to trying new foods. But when he says “no”, he means it. Lately, we have tried a new approach. If he does not want to try something, we say “just kiss it.” And usually he does. Then sometimes we say “just lick it.” And sometimes he does. He laughs and seems to understand it is a game. And sometimes he decides the food is not so bad and will eat a few bites on his own.
I thought this was just a weird thing we did, until my friend Susan told me that her pediatrician suggested the same thing. Huh.
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Jonathan said,
June 20, 2007 @ 11:05 am
I am into cooking and trying new foods. My wife…not so much. I often have to use a similar technique with her.
BTW…
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Autism Series: Diet - Be A Good Dad said,
July 10, 2007 @ 6:02 am
[...] once in a while where we have them kiss the food on the fork, and then lick the food on the fork to get them to realize that it doesn’t taste as horrible as they might think. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. We don’t worry about it. The main reason we [...]