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Finally a book about resistant eaters!

2008-03-25
After struggling with my 5 year old son (for 2-3 years now)I finally found this book. It was very beneficial as it helped me to see the issue through my son's eyes. I had scoured the internet for years but could only find guidelines for picky but "normal" eaters. I also thought I'd scream if I had to listen to another person say "he'll eat when he's hungry." This book understands my predicament and made me feel like I'm not alone. While I found a slight contradiction in the book (in terms of how to deal with the issue)it was overall very helpful. My son has just started seeing an occupational therapist for his issues, but having read this book (and taking notes from it) has helped me to communicate with the OT and be knowledgable on the whole topic. GREAT book. I highly recommend it. Thanks go to the authors for writing it. It is a topic that gets overlooked and doctors have no clue what to do about it, hence they give the worst advice. Hopefully more will be written and available in the future on this topic. The nutritional health of our children depends on it.

A resource for daycare center personnel and any other professionals

2008-02-03
Every parent has experienced the problem of their child refusing to eat foods from a specific food group and the stress of meal time turning into a battle of wills between parent and child. Then there are those children who become anxious or even frightened of eating new foods that they've never encountered before. "Just Take A Bite: Easy, Effective Answers To Food Aversions And Eating Challenges" is an ideal instruction manual for parents who find themselves having to deal with just such reluctant or picky eaters. Co-authored by autism and behavioral consultant Lori Ernsperger and pediatric occupational therapist Tania Stegen-Hanson, "Just Take A Bit offers a wealth of simple, practical, step-by-step, effective strategies that parents can employ to have their children eating a balanced and nutritious diet and resolve those mealtime difficulties and challenges. Succinctly organized into ten chapters, "Just Take A Bit" covers identifying resistant eaters; oral-motor development; environmental and behavioral factors contribution to problems with eating; sensory-based and motor-based problems affective the resistant eater; motor-based eating problems vs. sensory-based eating problems; designing and implementing a comprehensive treatment plan; environmental controls; gastrointestinal, physical and oral-motor development; and stages of sensory development for eating. Of special note is the tenth chapter on 'A Recipe for Success' cover cultural factors, medical issues, older children, and allergy-related diets. In addition to concerned parents, "Just Take A Bite" is also very highly recommended as a resource for daycare center personnel and any other professionals having mealtime responsibilities for children who are 'reluctant eaters'.

It makes sense.

2008-01-29
What this book describes is simply common sense and patience. That's a commodity that is in short supply these days. The author is informative and gives a sense of structure to eating problems and their causes.

Our son has made huge strides since we started using this book.

Happy Eater!

2008-01-02
My son has been eating by mouth for a year now and when we were still tube feeding I came across this book. I learned more from this book in one weekend then I did from a few months with OT. Some things we already learned but some things just popped out on me that I could be doing and it made a difference in getting my son to eat. I recommend this book to anyone with children with food adversions.

FINALLY!!!! A book with a real plan...

2007-09-17
My son has high functioning autism. He is so smart and Non-autistic in many ways..but NOT with food. I have asked so many "professionals" for YEARS for help..and I have never been able to get anything other than "He'll eat when he's hungry" or "You're worrying too much."
After reading this book, I cried..literally CRIED because I had FINALLY found a book that described my son..and that I was right thinking these people had no idea what was really going on.
I cannot begin to express how happy I am that we have a plan..a real plan..on what we ALL can do. I purcahsed a copy for his school so that his speech therapist AND his occupational therapist can get some insight on how they can help my son also.
It will be a slow process, but I am confident that with real goals we can do this. It is such a relief to have some help in this area..FINALLY!!

Good book especially for children with aversion to eating

2008-06-11
This book talks more about the environment and social issues dealing with food. I was looking more for techniques to try with my 2 year old that doesn't like to eat solid foods...this book is more for 3 or 4 years old and older. Still a good reference for older children.

good choice

2008-05-22
I bought this book becasue my son has a gtube. And he has a big oral aversion and very sensitve to tastes and textures. Book provided a good understanding and how to cope and deal with this sitaution. A lot of good information and tips!!

A good start

2008-05-02
This book offers simple solutions that may help parents of children with straightforward eating problems. It does not reflect the potential complexity of these problems and is unlikely to offer support to those with the most serious problems

Disorganized but some good information

2008-04-14
This book has good information, but the format is very hard to follow. With the help of a good editor, I think the authors have valuable things to share that could benefit parents and professionals working with children who have feeding difficulties. The format alone made me close the book after 20 minutes and return it to Amazon. Too bad, because the authors have a lot of experience with putting these ideas into practice with real-life children.

EXCELLENT!

2008-04-05
I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS BOOK A LOOONG TIME AGO! RECOMMENDED BY OUR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST, IT'S GREAT FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES! A MUST FOR NEW PARENTS, BECAUSE EARLY INTERVENTION IS THE KEY!! EASY TO READ, VERY INFORMATIVE, GREAT TO GO BACK & REFERENCE!!
PROUD PARENT OF A 6YR OLD WITH AUTISM!