and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
. I've always found it very funny and ironic because he plays all these games that involve food that1) he can't eat because of his GFCF diet
2)If he could eat it with GFCF accomodations, he won't because he is very selective - which is common in kids on the autism spectrum.
However, since we went to Disney his food profile has expanded and he has been on an uphill climb, trying new things almost weekly.
And so it started, like this.... Alex has always been obsessed with making miis on the Wii. We used to try to be diligent and not let him make a million of them. But we have since caved and have come to enjoy the crazy miis that he comes up with or makes from the instructions on the mii characters website.
This one is a personal favorite:
The Hamburger head mii.
So, he has asked a few times for a Hamburger for dinner. I've held off on making it for him because, well... I figured he wouldn't eat it. But, he asked again and I thought I would just try it. If he didn't like it, I'd make him something quick like a sunny side up egg, another favorite of his as of late.
After procuring the $5.99 bag of Kinnikinnick buns from the grocery store I headed home to make burgers for the family.
He ate one, and then asked for a second! On the second. He asked if we could...
1. Slice the Tomato
2. Tear the Lettuce
These are steps from the Cooking Mama game and he scripted the game sequence as I did the above two steps. You can see a video of Cooking mama here making a hamburger.
Really, I wondered if he would eat this 2nd one with the vegs on it. His first one only had ketchup.
Today, my son ate his first (and second) hamburgers in his entire life!
Related Links:
Consider the Nintendo Wii for Kids with Autism
1 comments:
That is so awesome! My son loves those cooking games too. In fact we finally just got a second remote so now we can play some of them together. I wish that my son would see them and eat. Right now he is in a phase and he doesn't want to eat anything unless it's cruncy or sweet. He won't eat meat unless it's Mc Donald's. Once in a blue moon I can get him to eat chicken nuggets. I even try to take him to the grocery to help pick out meals that doesn't help. So to see this gives me some hope!
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