Is your son on any kind of meds? Sometimes meds greatly increase the appetite. My Noah loves to eat, too. I try to re-direct him. Usually this involves going outside, or doing something else that he loves. Good luck!

yep, adams meds increase his appetite as well. which considering all he ever put in his body before risperdal was pediasure and cookies i do not complain, but i have noticed adam eats more when he is bored so after i am sure he is only eating out of boredom i put a stop to it by redirecting him even if it means i get down on the floor and have a ticklefest with him (his favorite activity)

He's never been on anything stronger than children's Advil in his life! (ok, maybe antibiotic's for ear infections when he was small). I'm afraid to medicate a child who's brain isn't fully developed yet. He's making progress un all area's slowly and I wouldn't want to risk any improvement in his development. Nope my main concern is his "see food diet"! or his "think about and go look for food" diet!

My daughter wants to eat all day long. She will beg for food i give it to her and she wont eat it. I think that she has wasted enough food to feed a little town of kids in africa. She lives off of hot dogs, caned fruit, and milk. So good luck cause I understand. She will be 2 in a couple weeks and wieghs in at 33lbs.

Yeah, Hot dogs are quite the standard! Chicken fingers, fries, cheese, burgers (now I grate vege inside for some vege!), juice, milk,yougurt, at least he will eat fruit!, all-fruit leather, steak, and actually meat, meat, meat!

My 5 yr old wants to eat non stop all day .. but its only 2 types of food.. goldfish crackers or cookies. he won't eat fruits and veggies due to a gag reflex, (texture issues) he can eat a full meal and then ask for cookies or fish as he calls them.. I'm not to sure why, my Dr says he eats because Autistics crave carbs! I have been saying no to him and he gets really really angry, so I compromise by telling him if he does a "non-prefered" task he can have a few of them.. Logan not only eats all day but he stuffs his mouth to capacity and tries to chew and chokes some of the times.. We had him tested for fragile X syndrom because of how he eats and drinks and he came back normal.. not sure if my responce helps but I am right there with you.. not sure of its bordom or what! any ideas or suggestions would rock!

Today after school he was requesting popcicles. Normall I limit them because of the sugar. I keep telling him once they are gone, then that's it! Then he asked for play-doh, and he's been busy for almost an hour and hasn't asked for more food. One of the problems with the play-doh is that, first he relaxes and blows off steam with it, and then he stimms and gets loud and sqeaky and tense! He becomes almost addicted to the action of chopping the play-doh in bits, like snipping paper into bits, or coloring every square inch of a piece of paper front and back and then the table top when he can't find more paper.

My son is 8. I have to limit his food consumption which seems cruel. He only eats a few foods but he doesn't know how to stop. If I make pancakes, I can only make as many as I allow him to eat. Once he eats the allowed amount, I then offer him a non-preferred food, which is any veg or fruit or meat or....
I tell him that if he is still hungry then he will eat the other food (which he won't). We set limits before each meal and after school. Everything is specified and most days it works. I also give him the choice of water after he has exhausted his "drink".
I have to be so terribly strict, if he were eating carrots or celery or grapes I would let him eat away but not his carb only diet.

Sometimes limiting his food choices works, but not always. It is especially hard during the school year, because I have to buy "snacks". Now you might say "have to? Yeah right!" but I do. Apparently, my son has taken other kids "snacks" or had a tantrum because he's wanted what other kids had. Then the school requests that I provide the same sort of "snack" to prevent tantrums in the class. H20 would be my preferred and was until the teacher requested I get rid if his refillable container. So anyway, my son knows these items are in the house and won't stop till they are gone. Also, If I prepare a preferred meal item, again he eats it till it's gone. If we have pizza I have to put the extra in the locked oven ( which he knows how to open) or on a plate in a locked cupboard. In the summer I don't buy these items I stock up on fruit. But then again with things like watermellon, he'll eat a whole one in a day. Will keep going back in the fridge and dig in the watermellon till it's gone. It's like OCD (obsessive complusive disorder).

My daughter (3 years old) goes between refusing to eat anything and gorging herself. There's no in between. For all the food she packs away, she's a really thin kid.

i sort of know how you feel, selina only eats a few things but with potato chips and a few other sweet things she will keep on eating till they are all gone. she wont eat veges and the only fruit she will eat is canned peaches and the only hot food is spaghetti bolognaise and that has to be out of a can, she wont eat mine. she would drink milk all day if i let her and only out of a babies bottle i let her have one or two in the morn and in the evening as i figure she needs to have something healthy as her diet is not so great. she also drinks a lot you cant leave a drink on the table because she will take it. we now only buy diet cordial and drinks, low fat milk as she now weighs 45kilos and is to heavy and big

Yeah, my son drinks milk like water as well. I've been buying 1% milk because of it. My "typical" 2 year old daughter doesn't bearly touch milk unless it's in cereal and you'd think she'd need it. She drinks diluted juice. My son used to like pasta (only homemade) (only penne),(only red sauce), then I started looking after neighbour's kids ,fussy eaters, bad diet ,and then his own eating habits suffered. Should see my guy, he's head and shoulders taller than his whole class. Wouldn't suprise me if next year he'd be as tall as his school aide! 4'2" and 90lbs at 5!

My son definitely perfers the carbs too. He is not overweight, but I think that is due to genetics more than anything and the fact that he is extremely tall for his age. However, I have always been concerned over his nutrition. Ever since he was a baby he suffered from constipation. When I didn't work for a year and a half after he was born, he went to a babysitter where most of the kids were vegitarian. So, he refused to eat meat when young. This slowly changed but, he's still very picky. He only ate veggies when they were spiced with garlic. Now, he's so picky with veggies.

I believe most of his sensitivies are do to his sensory issues. He absolutely hates sauces. He'll only eat fruits at room temp. and he won't eat any in a packed lunch at school, except for rare times, a banana. Veggies are a little different. He really only likes corn and will tolerate green beans and steamed broccoli. He will eat a few baby carrots (not too often) and my cooked carrots that are sliced, and buttered with parsley. I have only been able to do this through consistency and patience.

This might sound a little gross, but with my son's constipation, we have had to let him know that it is important that he eat a balanced diet. If he continues to eat all the snacks and pasta that he likes without eating the fruit and veggies, then his poo-poos will be hard and he will have pain. At times it has gotten so bad, that we have had to go to the doctors because of the gas pains. We have found the most effective method is mineral oil and the doctors recommended this as it does not get absorbed into his system and doesn't cause him to cramp like the over the counter stuff. But, of course the best method is nutrition.

We have insisted that he try everything on his plate and that he has to eat at least (when we started this - his age 3) bites of the veggies or fruit. That way he gets used to trying things that look different, as well as eating his veggies. He does not get any dessert unless he eats the veggies.

My son has AS, ADHD, OCD and we have found that artificial colors and preservatives really play a role in increasing his hyperactivity. He's better able to concentrate without those things added into the diet. It's really tough because he can become very fixated on certain types of food that he wants. It's a struggle all the time. But, I try to keep the house supplied with good things. The fruit is out in a bowl on the counter, easily accessible. I don't want him to feel any animosity towards food, but at the same time, I want him to understand how important food is for our bodies. It's gotten so ingrained into him that we are to try everything on our plates, even if it looks "bad" that it's become a sort of social story that he made up. He says it as a prayer before dinner. If you ask him to say the dinner prayer, that is what he prays...the social story. Hehe.

I understand about the school snacks and keeping them up and away. I bought snacks that I know were fun and I knew he would like. But, he refused to eat anything else in the house until those were finished. I stopped buying them. I went to Ritz crackers, string cheese, wheat thins, pretzels. I also would surprise the kids every now and then, and make some oatmeal and raisen cookies after school. I let them help me and then we would put one in his lunch the next day. It's a little sweet in the house, but it's a good sweet. I also halved the recipe so I didn'thave tons of it, and froze some of the dough so I didn't make too many cookies. Fortunately for me, he has a one-on-one aide that keeps him on track with eating at school.

He too, used to supplement his meals with milk when he was younger until we insisted he drink water. Now he craves the water throughout the day and he has milk with meals. But, water is reserved for any other time. One way that helped is that we kept bottled water in our car. Our kids loved that. But, remember not to use too much bottled water because the kids need the flouride for their teeth. We forgot that and Jacob had a few cavieties from us using filtered water from the refrigerator.

Sorry for the book. Just a few ideas that have worked for us. I'm still fighting the battle. I know he eats them, but it's constantly talking and praising and exercise to boot. My three kids are so active. I have to get them outside our I'd go out of my mind. The gymnastics classes sure help too.

Take care and good luck.

It is amazing he eats veg! Oh how I wish. I also keep a fruit bowl on the counter and he does help himself. Right now, he wants no help washing or pealing his fruit,he wants to do it himself. With a table knife and supervised. He also like bottled water, however, if he does not finiosh it, he will dump it. Anywhere! The floor, the sink, himself! That is why, although tempted to send to school, I know what will happen! Anything in a package "must be better" is my son's thinking. We also serve veg at every meal. Although in my son's mind, it must be garnish! He used to be fab with vege! I used to brag! There was a time he used to eat the lima beans FIRST! He LOVED peas! Now.... Nothing! UUUGGGHHH! But any fruit yes. But fruit has the sugar , and I guess the vitamins and fiber too. Maybe in time he'll go back.... ya think?

My son loves to eat..just about anything. He has gained some weight because he is on meds. He has improved as, he used to shove food into his mouth and never used utensils . If he is eating too much, I redirect him to something else. I give him chewy snacks, gummy bears ect.