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How to Make One Meal for the Whole Family: 10 Easy Tips

How to Make One Meal for the Whole Family: 10 Easy Tips

How to Stop Making Multiple Meals While Still Pleasing Your Picky Eater If you’re making a special meal for your picky eater you’re certainly not alone. But making dinner for your family doesn’t have to be so hard. You can put an end to short-order cooking, get your...

Back to School Lunch Ideas for Picky Eaters

Back to School Lunch Ideas for Picky Eaters

School lunch season is approaching. Are you ready? Packing lunch doesn’t seem that hard, but you know that with rules about what foods you can and can’t bring into the classroom, food texture aversions, and strong sensory preferences, it takes some serious creativity...

Smooth and Soft Meal Plan for Sensory Avoiders

Smooth and Soft Meal Plan for Sensory Avoiders

Do you feel like your autistic picky eater with sensory issues eats the same thing every day? So often parents tell me they feed their child the same few foods every single day. It’s just easier to get through a meal without a meltdown, but also, parents are out of...

3 Reasons Why Your Picky Eater Doesn’t Like Food to Touch

3 Reasons Why Your Picky Eater Doesn’t Like Food to Touch

What is it about autistic kids and food touching? One of the frustrations of feeding a picky eater with autism is that eating isn’t always about the taste of food or even the texture. Often, the reason why your child isn’t eating has to do with presentation. While...

Crunchy and Chewy Meal Plan for Sensory Seekers

Crunchy and Chewy Meal Plan for Sensory Seekers

So your kid really only eats crunchy and chewy foods. Things like crackers, crackers, more crackers, oh, and maybe some chips or pretzels. Food texture preferences combined with picky eating can make creating a balanced meal plan that your autistic child can and...

Easy to Pack Travel Snacks for Kids With Sensory Issues

Easy to Pack Travel Snacks for Kids With Sensory Issues

    Whether you're traveling by plane, train, or car with your family this summer, packing snacks for the kids is a must. These nutritious kid-friendly travel snacks are portable (no refrigeration needed!), easy to eat (read not too messy), and packed with...

10 Tips for Feeding Kids Who Gag at Smelling Food

10 Tips for Feeding Kids Who Gag at Smelling Food

  Does your child ever gag just from smelling a food? It seems like a surprising reaction (and certainly a scary one to experience), but autism parents know gagging at the smell of a food can be pretty common. This article will cover why autistic kids and kids...

6 Genius Ways Moms Get Their Picky Eaters to Eat

6 Genius Ways Moms Get Their Picky Eaters to Eat

I recently asked parents in my social community: What's the best thing you've done to get your skeptical eater to eat new foods? Read their answers below! 6 Genius Ways Parents Get Their Picky Eaters to Eat Tip 1 My 6 year old loves to help with cooking meals 👨🏼‍🍳and...