Very reassuring, if not a complete solution to the problem
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This book offers very many tips for encouraging children to eat more, but more important is the reassurance that it offers; we're not alone in having a fussy child. Whatever problems we have have been faced by many other parents. There may be no solution to the problem, but there doesn't mean it's impossible to live with.
I felt very comforted after reading this book. I've got ideas of other things to try, but I've also got the reassurance that it isn't a problem with parenting, but a medically-based problem, and if you can't change something then the best thing to do is find the best way to live with it.
Above all, it's an entertaining read, and I found myself reading chunks out to my husband, as we sympathised with the problems other parents have experienced, and the solutions they've found for them.
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Let them be!
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A great book that should give parents the confidence NOT to try and feed their children food they sensorally can not cope with. There are no crazy stratergies because none of them work! Do people think autistic children have secret meeting and say "I know! Lets all refuse to eat anything except pringles! That will teach those normal people". So called fussy eating is so common in autism is should simply be accepted. You wouldn't say to a wheelchair bound child "just have a little try of walking, you might like it!" Nor should you ask an autistic child to have a little try of something that is green.
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You Are Not Alone
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Children on the autistic spectrum can be fussy as well as sensitive eaters. This book aims to provide parents facing these particular sort of difficulties with support and advice. I identified with a lot of things in this book. If you think that other parents, teachers, and health professionals don't, can't and won't understand what it is to have a child so fussy that they would rather starve than eat something the wrong shape or colour, then if nothing else this book will show you that you are not alone.
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Can't Eat, Won't Eat
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A good book for those who wish to take comfort when their child is a fussy eater, but not for those who have children who refuse everthing! There were no strategies to deal with this sort of problem. That said, this is a good book which is written in a pleasant readable style and a lot of people have taken great comfort from it.
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Can't Eat, Won't Eat
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I purchased this book in desperation when our Autistic Child suddenly refused to eat. The book mainly deals with children who are fussy eaters but this did not address the problem when a child simply refuses everything! We have had to keep our child sustained by syringing fluids down him against his will. He has started to like a few foods but no where enough to sustain him. We have had to have food supplements prescribed for him - these matters are not addressed in the book. The book is wonderful for those who need to get to grips with the habits of autistic children and for this purpose the book does well, but maybe the title of the book should not have been "Can't Eat, Won't Eat" but rather "I only want to eat what I want and not what you tell me!" The book has been written by a mother of an Autistic child and she shows great understanding and manages to see the amusing side of matters. Unfotunately when a child refuses to eat everything it is very difficult to get much advice. Doctors do not want to become involved unless your child is dehydrated etc and are unable to offer any advice.
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