mmmmmmmmmmmmm Nutella.

I'm even more addicted to that stuff than Jaffa cakes. Mmm. Kree.

Oh, god. Oh, god, oh, god, oh, god.

Jaffa cakes WITH Nutella! :O


I must try this...

OMG.... I desire this. Now. You must tell me as I'm sadly devoid of cakes.

So am I D:

Noo... drat. Must go to store after work tomorrow.

I've still got a couple of ginger nuts, though. Don't reckon they'd go well with Nutella, though.

Meh, likely not. Though some nice shortbread cookies are nummy with it.

God, I need to go shopping. I've got soda, wine, and bologna in the fridge. D:

Just went a few days ago, thankfully. We were down to like kid food and nothing I can tolerate for more than a day or two. Spaghetti-Os, hot dogs, ramen, heat and eat chicken nuggets and pizza rolls - I think Taylor has the diet of a college student.

At least it's the diet of a well-fed college student, and not the starving sort. ;)

Very true, though I make a habit of feeding him when/what he will eat - nutritionally speaking it sucks but he'll eat it.

Sometimes at that age, it's what you have to do, too. He's still young enough that he doesn't really understand the concept of junk food.

I think when Cameron gets old enough to start eating with Tay, you might be able to start subtly start sneaking more healthy meals in.

Cam's already starting pretty well on "people food", the hardest thing with Taylor is that certain tastes & textures he will actually make himself throw up because he does not like it.

One of my aunt's kids was very much the same. At age 14, the kid was diagnosed with OCD, and he'd have the most epic spaz fits over meals sometimes. For some reason, he wouldn't eat ANYTHING green. Something about the colour just set him off.

What we started doing (I lived with her at the time) was we'd make like, tuna casserole or macaroni and cheese, and put peas in it, and we'd tell him that all had to do was have three bites with peas or something in. Three normal-sized bites. After he did that, he could have something else for dinner.

When three bites became something that he could handle without trying to scream the roof off, it was moved up to five, and so on and so forth until he stopped needing his "second" dinner.

It did take a while, but it worked.

*nod* With Tay I think a lot of it is the actual sensation. The majority of his meals right now are pasta and sauce based so I've just kinda become sneaky and do things like puree cauliflower into a cheese sauce - no change in taste, texture or appearance. But like right now we got Chinese take out and he is literally gagging over some sprouts that made it into his lo mein because they were in a hurry and missed 1 veg.

He's three now, isn't he? Or did I miss a birthday?

Gah, almost 4 - June 1st.

So I was technically right. :P

Hee. Developmentally he's mostly around the 18mo-2yr area except gross motor which is right about where it should be (except right/left at the same time & one foot per stair which I can't even do.)

What form of autism does he have, again?

Moderate (sometimes low on bad days) primary autism. Old school autism, if you will. The hardest part is that each case of autism has different issues that come with it. For him it's INSANELY sensory seeking (he will do anything he can some days to get sensory input - throwing himself down stairs, making himself throw up, banging head on the wall, touching hot/sharp things, etc) and at the same time very sensitive to certain textures, smells, sounds & situations. He is also mostly non verbal for reasons we can't really figure out - he just has no urge to communicate in any way. He'd rather just do/get whatever he wants than involve other people at all. It's quite annoying and leaves us in a position where we're not entirely sure exactly how much he understands, if anything at all.

Then you add the normal preschooler stuff and it's just *fucking win*. Sorry, I'm a bit bitter this evening.

Honestly, I think you're allowed to be a bit bitter. It's a huge issue.

Is he gonna go to public school and be with other kids, or go to a more specialised institution?

I have my moments, for the most part I just take it day by day.

Right now he's in public school, but in an integrated preschool class. It's like 12 kids, six "normal" and the other half either developmentally or behaviorally delayed. For now it seems to be going okay, but I'm looking into our options for "special" school when we're a bit closer to K. I think this next year will pretty much give me the final say as to whether he is going to be moved into a traditional kindergarten (with certain provisions, of course) or pulled out into a special program.

I like the idea of starting him in an integrated program. I hope everything works out with you lot!