Our family loves to have
cook-outs. Hot dogs and hamburgers are a summer time favorite for everyone but
my daughter. She has always struggled with eating beef. We have tried everything:
cutting it into fourths, eating it dry, trying the meat without the bread,
giving her condiments to dip it into, and putting condiments on it.
On the way to therapy, I stopped
to get the kids food. I asked my daughter what she wanted, and she said a
hamburger. I was glad that she picked it because she was on her way to feeding
therapy, and I was secretly hoping that her therapist would perform some magic
and get her to eat it.
Before therapy, I talked to the
therapist about how my daughter struggles with beef. She will either spit it
out or refuse to eat it. The therapist said okay and took her back.
Thirty minutes later, I got texted
pictures of my little girl eating a hamburger!!! I was so excited. Her
therapist gave it to her in mini- bites (my son calls it "just a pinch of food").
Also, when my daughter struggled with picking it up (due to sensory), the therapist
gave her a fork, and she had no problem spearing it!
I am just thrilled. I hope she
now will do this at home with me. Summer is coming up and grilling season is
around the corner!
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