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Originally Posted by NewChief
No worries (and thanks lewdog for pointing out my explanation). We constantly walk a tightrope between overcompensating for kid1's issues and trying to make him independent. I question myself often about it all the time. The funny thig is that food is one of his primary interests, so he will eat crazy stuff and loves to cook and watch food docs and such... He just has weird issues with textures (I think it has to do with fine motor inability to bite off and chew things). Tons of therapy but if I could get one OT who could teach the dude to eat withot making a mess and tie his shoes, that therapist would earn his/her weight in gold.
And yes: my parents would have said "eat this or don't eat" as well... And believe me... That's my first inclination which I constantky have to battle as I'm not inherently sympathetic to this kind of shit.
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I think there's plenty enough regular kids without sensory issues, that have texture issues with food as well. My kid wasn't picky, but she had foods she wouldn't eat solely because of the texture. Like applesauce. My cousin's kids are 5x worse—or they're just very picky. My older sister was like that growing up. For me the shape of the pasta is part of the pleasure of certain pasta dishes.