Comments on: Life is sweet http://www.blisstree.com/articles/life-is-sweet/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:46:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Britt Holmstrom-Salisbury http://www.blisstree.com/articles/life-is-sweet/comment-page-1/#comment-565519 Britt Holmstrom-Salisbury Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:46:19 +0000 http://www.blisstree.com/autismvox/?p=5228#comment-565519 Oh, gosh, I hear you on this one! I remember Emma's 1st birthday party, it was a sad one for her--too overwhelming, and she started to shriek when she had a taste of the frosting on her cake. A year or so ago, during kindergarten, her teacher told us that she had actually EATEN a cupcake---with frosting!---at her own class birthday celebration! My husband & I were in disbelief, but feel that a kind of 'peer presure' in watching watching the other (typical) kids devour them played a huge role. Since then, we are happy to say that Emma has expanded her food world. It seems as once she gave a food a chance by tasting it, she discovered it wasn't so bad after all! Oh, gosh, I hear you on this one! I remember Emma’s 1st birthday party, it was a sad one for her–too overwhelming, and she started to shriek when she had a taste of the frosting on her cake.

A year or so ago, during kindergarten, her teacher told us that she had actually EATEN a cupcake—with frosting!—at her own class birthday celebration! My husband & I were in disbelief, but feel that a kind of ‘peer presure’ in watching watching the other (typical) kids devour them played a huge role. Since then, we are happy to say that Emma has expanded her food world. It seems as once she gave a food a chance by tasting it, she discovered it wasn’t so bad after all!

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