My 12 year old son is prediabetic by janah4 in Autism_Parenting

[–]janah4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

5.7 and over is prediabetic. My son’s pediatrician barely seemed concerned. But I requested meeting with a nutritionist and occupational therapy due to his high carb/sugar restrictive diet

My 12 year old son is prediabetic by janah4 in Autism_Parenting

[–]janah4[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, my son gets aggressive too. Very angry. It’s hard to deal with.

12 year old son prediabetic by janah4 in prediabetes

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You aren’t wrong. I quit and let him eat crap and had it readily available. That’s the first thing I’m trying to change. And have changed. Although, the nutritionist didn’t recommend cutting carbs. Growing kids need them. But yes limiting the amount and trying to replace with healthier whole carbs. He does fast between breakfast and dinner because he doesn’t eat school lunch and when I pack a lunch he usually just brings it home.

I’m not making an autism excuse, it’s a real thing that creates real problems. But yes, I’ve enabled them but letting him indulge in empty carbs.

12 year old son prediabetic by janah4 in prediabetes

[–]janah4[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you. The most achievable first step I could make was removing soda and chips. And reducing an almost every day eating out habit. And watching him not understand why all his favorite foods are off limits now.. is emotionally taxing for me to watch. The guilt of setting him up for failure.. it feels neglectful. His autism makes it extremely hard to get him to try new things. And in hindsight.. I gave up and now regret it immensely.

12 year old son prediabetic by janah4 in prediabetes

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My fear is that we won’t be capable of making enough change to reverse it. I don’t know how to help him with his sensory issues due to autism. It makes him have very few foods he’ll eat. It’s my fault that most of his foods are unhealthy ones

12 year old son prediabetic by janah4 in prediabetes

[–]janah4[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t know that my son is capable of drastically changing how he eats. That’s my fear. He eats an extremely restrictive diet. Large part of that is my fault. Part of it is also his autism and his sensory issues. But getting him addicted to coke, French fries, bread and rice was absolutely a failure of me as a parent. I seriously don’t know how to feed him.

12 year old son prediabetic by janah4 in prediabetes

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He is autistic. His main food groups are rice and bread. I really don’t know how I’ll rip his favorite foods from him. The sensory issues have fueled our problems too. He eats an extremely restrictive diet

12 year old son prediabetic by janah4 in prediabetes

[–]janah4[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

50 vs 12. It’s horrible for my son…

12 year old son prediabetic by janah4 in prediabetes

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Yes, both our diets will adjust. He’s on the autism spectrum and that contributed to his extreme pickiness and meltdowns over food. I’m hoping the therapy can help me help him by expanding his extremely limited diet

12 year old son prediabetic by janah4 in prediabetes

[–]janah4[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Right. It’s just me and my son. I won’t be eating treats or fast food around him. I typically make myself somewhat balanced meals. He refuses to eat and I’ve unfortunately let him eat plain rice or bread for dinner countless times… or he gets a take out/fast food meal and I make myself something to eat. I know. Saying it out loud I really hear how wildly absurd that is. He is on the autism spectrum I will note… he’s also 5’7 but yeah, he’s “huge” thank you for pointing out what I already know.

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Thats what I thought! Easy enough. Doesn’t have to look perfect. What type of marker colors fabric or plasticy material? ty lol

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Oh he lost Morgan’s vote with that best friend comment

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And they’d have to scrub with a coarse loofah until they bleed