Trying to keep my very picky eater 3yo healthy as we’re (hopefully) expanding his diet. Right now the only foods I can get him to actually eat are McDonald’s, a specific brand of yogurt, banana bread, some crackers and some bars. Refuses any beverage besides water. (He’s likely on the spectrum.)
He’s 3 years old. He’ll eat when he gets hungry enough. He has no income, he can’t supplement his diet with McDs, just deny buying it. Sure you’ll have some tantrums, but better that now than trying to deal with it later.
Parenting is not easy, it’s hard work, and with that comes hard decisions, including putting up with temper tantrums for the greater good.
Says every person who has no experience with or knowledge of autistic people yet thinks they know better…
Sorry, I must have missed where OP mentioned her son was autistic
What did you think this bit meant?
I think that’s an addition, since I fell for it as well.
A home, WebMD diagnosis is not clinical evidence
So the fuck what?
Diagnosing your child has autism from WebMD, and not going to get a professional evaluation is the same as calling yourself a car because you stood in a garage
Advising a parent to torture a child over food is piss poor advice to start with but when the parent has identified possible autism, you realise you know less than nothing and shut the fuck up.
That is the most smooth brain opinion ever. Telling your child they will be having something other than McDonald’s for dinner is not torture, it’s good parenting.
You never were so focused on something that you forgot to eat all day?