I second this. Health and good nutrients come first, then feeding concerns.
Not to minimize the feeding concerns, my son has been in feeding therapy since
15 months, and he is 5 1/2 now! So get therapy going on a separate track, but
don't guilt out over feeding purees if that is what works.

A good processor is a lifesaver. When my kid graduated to mushy foods, we
started to shred rather than puree. Same foods, different texture. We steamed
the shreds into mush. Eventually, wé made the mush into patties and fried them.
When we got some grains back, we used the shreds as a base for breads and
múffins mixed with flour and baked. Ít kept us with a healthy diet of veggies,
otherwise we would have had a kid who self-restricted to bad-for-him foods.

I cannot stress the importance of good feeding therapy enough though, the
earlier the better. Good therapy is very hard to find though, most feeding
therapists are not very good. Start searching now, as it will take awhile to
find someone good.

I know how exhausting it is to cook this much. Your wrists and hands ache from
chopping and your skin is raw. My husband shares all the cooking chores with me
(we both work full time), and I only have 1 kid, so I can only imagine doing it
for 2. My mother in law, after 5 years, eventually gave us $50/wk to hire a
prep cook for the chopping and peeling and shredding chores. It has been a
godsend, we were about to drop from exhaustion. One of us is still up til
midnight every night cooking, but at least it is not 2am. It may be worth
shifting some money over to hiring somebody, so you can get a rest. We canceled
cable and our trash service and saved $100 a month to put towards the cook
ourselves. It is worth ít!

Suzanne

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-----Original Message-----
From: "karin_julliard" <karin_julliard@...>

Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:36:21
To:foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [foodallergyautism] Re: OT: Pureed food question


I have big food processor sitting on my kitchen cabinet that makes
the purreeing a breeze. I cut vegetables in big pieces and steam
them all together in a big pot with some ground meat. I throw the
whole thing in the food processor, add salt, oils and press the
button... Et Voila! I prepare a load every day for my three year
old. His little brother does not have sensory issues but he still
prefers to eat his older brother purree.

At first, I felt that this purree thing was a calamity. But now I
see it as blessing: I can get my son to eat a lot of vegetables that
way, and introducing new things is easy, as I just blend it with
other things he likes. My son has a very restricted diet with no
grains or rice or nuts or dairy, and I don't think I would have been
able to implement it if he had not been eating only purrees.

Karin

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<gillespies62599@...> wrote:
>
> My twins are 4 and still eat a pureed food diet. Is there anyone
else
> on here in this dilemna? They can only eat a short list of all
natural
> and organic foods due to food allergies but I have to puree it
every 3-
> 5 days. It's exhausting to say the least. Thanks so much.
> Michelle in PA
>