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[quote=Anonymous]Also, there is a decent NPR article discussing how difficult it is to get neurotypical kids to eat veggies and non-processed foods.  THe bottom line is POSITIVE exposure - which can mean food education (going to a farm to pick veggies, growing a garden, just visiting a grocery store and talking about the different food smells, tastes, textures, going to a farmers market and letting the kid sample anything they want, .....), playing with food (food stamps), "helping" in the kitchen even if they make a hot mess of it (it gives them exposure to smells, touch,....).  Mashing a cooked food and sneaking tastes is how my son discovered he liked a lot of things.  And guess what - you can ask a kid to mash anything - veggies, fruit, chicken....  the mashing releases the steam and you kinda get a smell/taste combo that might incite them to sneak a taste.

NPR article http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/03/12/518869833/save-hide-and-seek-for-the-playground-why-kids-should-see-their-veggies   ("nobody has come up with anything that works better than mere exposure." She's referring to research (including her own) showing that the surest way to get kids to eat a given veggie, or any food for that matter, is to offer it a lot, or somewhere in the window of 8-15 times.)  If neurotypical kids need 8-15 exposures - kids with sensory food aversion might need like 50.

After attending like 30 pizza parties where all the other kids where happy as can be about pizza - my kid had this look of desire on his face.  I asked him (very privately) if he wanted me to cut him the tiniest taste.  he said yes and enjoyed it.  The sale as it were was not done by mommy, but by seeing all the kids like the food over and over and over without being forced to try it.  Finally, he wanted in on the fun also. [/quote]

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