Load of fucking nonsense this 'ARFID' bollocks.
Funny how it doesn't seem to be a particularly common phenomenon in poorer countries where food is scarce.
Is this woman seriously suggesting that her bairn has such a discerning palate that she can tell the difference between Walker's 'Baked Sea Salt Crips' and some dodgy offbrand? Or does she inspect the packaging first to make sure she isn't being poisoned by her mother?
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One of the best treatments for conditions like this
is continuous effort put into getting the child to try a different range of foods.
One of the worst things you can do is accept the child's restrictions on their diet, like this family seems to be doing.
What would she eat if she had never experienced crisps, toastie waffles and a specific kind of baby fruit puree?
She's just learned that when she says no, her mum goes 'OK'
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Absolutely.
It's the parent maintaining the restriction rather than the child.
(, Thu 18 Nov 2021, 10:00, Share, Reply)
my friends kid had something like this for a year or two.
Told my mate to take the kid to a 'all you can eat buffet' thing and get the kid to try a little bit of each food - making sure you cut it up in to very small pieces.
it worked, he went from liking 5 things to liking 9 things (he did it again and it went higher)
it was my mate fault really for not putting much effort in
(, Thu 18 Nov 2021, 10:14, Share, Reply)
I was an extremely picky eater up until around 12 or 13.
Basically because I had decided I didn't like particular foods based purely on sight, and my folks caved into my protests of "I don't like that".
The only reason I ended up trying new foods was because I ended up going to a mate's house for dinner one day and was too polite to refuse the terrifying corn on the cob placed infront of me.
Now I'm a fat bastard and I fucking love sweetcorn.
(, Thu 18 Nov 2021, 10:22, Share, Reply)