Happy Thanksgiving to all of my blog followers. Thank you all for reading my blog as it is my passion to help children learn to love eating and mealtime.
Thanksgiving is a great time to enjoy food with family, however to a child with sensory feeding challenges it is a nightmare. Try these tips to help your child be most comfortable around your thanksgiving table!
1. Try to serve the food buffet style, so that it is not on the table directly in front of your kiddo.
2. Take your child over to the food and serve approx. 1 tsp of all the options on a smaller salad plate for visual opportunities (put that plate on the table next to his/her plate of food)
3. Bring a food that is "preferred" to help with the smells and visual experiences of all the foods around.
4. Tell your child before going to Thanksgiving dinner that he/she will NOT be forced to try any new foods. (Most children become anxious when they anticipate an event with tons of non-preferred foods)
5. Try to make it fun for you child, and allow him/her to touch and explore with the "traditional" (non-preferred) Thanksgiving foods. Give your child an extra fork, so he/she can use it to explore the foods on the separate plate.
6. If your child becomes anxious with the foods, or if you feel that it is sensory overload, remind him/her to take a deep breath.
Happy Thanksgiving!!
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