Over Eating

For the past week or so I've noticed that Carson wants to eat constantly. At first I was thrilled because usually Carson is a very picky eater and eats very little. Well since we started him on the gfcf diet he has only been eating rice cakes and cereal. He now has developed a fixation with his rice bars and wants to eat them non stop. We were thrilled that he was eating so we were giving him as many as he wanted until we realized he was eating an entire box in one day!!!

We both noticed he was starting to look fuller in the face and he was gaining weight which isnt an entirely bad thing because he is so skinny as it is. We decided we should probably cut back on his snacks and see if he will eat more meals instead. To our surprise he has been eating actual meals for the past 3 days but his fixation for snacking has only got worse!!! We have seen some of the most severe meltdowns from him the past two days. I decided to do some research and found that over eating is a common characteristic of autism because it is comforting. He isnt wanting to eat because he is hungry but because it calms him down and soothes him.

We learn something new everyday but now what to do with this new information and with this new challenge? We both decided that as hard as its going to be for all of us, we have to eliminate snacks between meals. Today was the first day and it was not easy and he did not like it and he doesnt understand why now he cant eat an entire box of rice bars a day! We will tackle this challenge and take it day by day and hopefully we will conquer it!

I couldnt resist adding this picture! I made my first batch of gluten free cupcakes and Carson loves them!!!!!