Eating Issues

I thought we had made a slight breakthrough today. I gave Ryan some bananas with apricots and he ate the entire jar with no gags or anything. I pushed my luck a little later with some bananas, oatmeal and peaches. He made a few faces and acted like he wanted to push the spoon away but would open his mouth for the bite. I'd say we were half way through that jar and he started burping and it all came back up. The bottle, the food from earlier and everything he had just injested.

I should have known not to continue giving it to him but I was so happy about the earlier breakthrough that I pushed it just a little too far. It's hard to tell exactly when he is "saying I've had enough because I don't like it or I've had enough because I want to play". I feel like he needs to eat more but this issue he has with smell, taste and feel just doesn't allow him to try new things.

Logan was never like this when he was this age. He wanted to eat bread, any bread at all and he would eat anything with gluten in it and dairy. He also never gagged and only vomited when he had a stomach virus/bug. These two are so totally different in this area that I have to start all over again. I'm having to research a total different area with him regarding feeding issues. I've started reading the Autism Sourcebook and I'm hoping that I will find something in there that is similar to this. If not it's back to the drawing board.

We go to the neurologist tomorrow to get the EEG done and I'm going to mention it to her again and see if she can recommend any reading/research on this issue. I can't remember how long it took us to get the results when Logan had his EEG. I just remember that it was very stressful on us as I had to hold him the entire time and sing any songs that he liked over and over to keep him quiet enough for the test. I'm hoping that it won't be so hard with Ryan but somehow I don't think I will be getting what I want there.