I haven't posted here in ages. 
Mark is 4 1/2, he has a dx of autism and he has some pretty intense sensory issues (vestibular and proprioceptive), a strange and yet unidentified language delay, some very minor fine motor delays and is about 9 months delayed in gross motor skills. He also has some growing anxiety and I believe ocd issues. He's never had any oral sensory issues, feeding problems, nothing.
But now.
Now it's a total fight to even get grape juice into him. He used to be a huge eater, stuffing food into his mouth, eating mostly carbs but also fruits, veggies and some proteins. I could always count on a bowl of applesause and a bagel to be a good breakfast.
The last few months he's slowly grown into being afraid of his food. He takes teensy weensy tiny bites so that nothing touches his lips or face and he totally panics if anything has "strings" or is off color - a piece of grilled chicken must be stripped of any grill marks, spots or blemishes. He won't eat apple slices after they've been on his plate more than 5 minutes b/c they start to brown in the air. He won't eat his beloved rotini noodles because they touch his tongue. He can't take a swig of water to help him chew up something tough because then the food will touch. He cries, panics, coughs and gags his way through almost every meal and this is the same boy who has such a high gag tolerance that he can stick a toothbrush halfway down his throat and laugh at how it feels.
He's behaving as if he has major feeding issues and/or oral motor and sensory problems, but that doesn't make sense. He's eating less than half of what he would normally take in and it's mostly juice, soymilk, the occasional apple slice or a few bites of a muffin. I'm NOT HAPPY. I'm worried about it from many different angles, it's lasting a really long time and getting more and more difficult which is the most worrisome to me, but it's also really frustrating. He won't eat, so he's grumpy and hungry and angry and then he won't eat, so he's grumpy and hungry and he asks for food and then......he won't eat. He's not getting teeth, doesn't have mouth sores or an upset stomach.
WHAT IS GOING ON???
Mark is 4 1/2, he has a dx of autism and he has some pretty intense sensory issues (vestibular and proprioceptive), a strange and yet unidentified language delay, some very minor fine motor delays and is about 9 months delayed in gross motor skills. He also has some growing anxiety and I believe ocd issues. He's never had any oral sensory issues, feeding problems, nothing.
But now.
Now it's a total fight to even get grape juice into him. He used to be a huge eater, stuffing food into his mouth, eating mostly carbs but also fruits, veggies and some proteins. I could always count on a bowl of applesause and a bagel to be a good breakfast.The last few months he's slowly grown into being afraid of his food. He takes teensy weensy tiny bites so that nothing touches his lips or face and he totally panics if anything has "strings" or is off color - a piece of grilled chicken must be stripped of any grill marks, spots or blemishes. He won't eat apple slices after they've been on his plate more than 5 minutes b/c they start to brown in the air. He won't eat his beloved rotini noodles because they touch his tongue. He can't take a swig of water to help him chew up something tough because then the food will touch. He cries, panics, coughs and gags his way through almost every meal and this is the same boy who has such a high gag tolerance that he can stick a toothbrush halfway down his throat and laugh at how it feels.
He's behaving as if he has major feeding issues and/or oral motor and sensory problems, but that doesn't make sense. He's eating less than half of what he would normally take in and it's mostly juice, soymilk, the occasional apple slice or a few bites of a muffin. I'm NOT HAPPY. I'm worried about it from many different angles, it's lasting a really long time and getting more and more difficult which is the most worrisome to me, but it's also really frustrating. He won't eat, so he's grumpy and hungry and angry and then he won't eat, so he's grumpy and hungry and he asks for food and then......he won't eat. He's not getting teeth, doesn't have mouth sores or an upset stomach.
WHAT IS GOING ON???
She never complained. Anyway my reason for telling you this is because SPD kiddos' sometimes have high pain tolorances. The ONLY reason we even had her throat swabbed is because she was not responding to steroid cream, benedryl. Her doctor said "I know she doesn't have strep, but lets just rule it out" We were all shocked it was positive. After being treated, she started eating again.
I'm glad to see you but sorry he's struggling.
The yogurt that he eats? High fructose corn syrup 
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