u/ArtisticBee6176

I would love some insight when it comes to my daughter and her incredibly picky eating.

She’s five, not diagnosed with anything yet but I highly suspect ASD/ADHD (based on the genetics of her parents, ha). She starts kindergarten later this month via summer school, and I’m practically pulling my hair out with stress because she will finally be at school all day (she’s only done half days for preschool) and I don’t have a stinking clue what I’m going to pack for lunch.

When she’s home, her lunch is usually macaroni and cheese or ramen noodles, or occasionally spaghetti noodles with a bit of cheese or leftover cheese pizza. She likes cheese and most sweet things. She likes waffles and pancakes, mostly because she drowns them in syrup. She will eat Goldfish but not other types of crackers. She refuses almost all meat other than occasionally nibbling on a chicken nugget.

The problem is, she will not try anything else. I got her to try just a few crumbs of cornbread the other day by promising to let her use the tablet, and the reaction I got was for her to gag it down and then tell me she never wanted to do it again.

She does not do bread - she doesn’t even really like cake. She refuses to try peanut butter or jelly. She will drink milk sometimes. She likes cereal but only if it’s dry.

I’m just genuinely at a loss about what she’s going to get for lunch when she’s going to summer school. I can pack something every day but it’s going to end up being something like a granola bar, a slice of cheese, and a few chips, because there are so few things she’ll try.

I highly suspect it’s a texture issue, but she has had a speech problem too, along with only being five, so when I try to question her I don’t get very far.

I would super appreciate any insight anyone can offer! She’s managed to keep her weight up so far so we haven’t gotten an ARFID diagnosis but her diet is so restricted I’m constantly keeping an eye on it, and she’s been growing okay (thank you, fortified cereals). I just don’t want her starving through the school day or having to explain to the school that I’m not a bad parent, she just doesn’t eat anything.

This sub just popped up in my feed and it’s exactly what I’ve been looking for! I would love some insight when it comes to my daughter and her incredibly picky eating.

She’s five, not diagnosed with anything yet but I highly suspect ASD/ADHD (based on the genetics of her parents, ha). She starts kindergarten later this month via summer school, and I’m practically pulling my hair out with stress because she will finally be at school all day (she’s only done half days for preschool) and I don’t have a stinking clue what I’m going to pack for lunch.

When she’s home, her lunch is usually macaroni and cheese or ramen noodles, or occasionally spaghetti noodles with a bit of cheese or leftover cheese pizza. She likes cheese and most sweet things. She likes waffles and pancakes, mostly because she drowns them in syrup. She will eat Goldfish but not other types of crackers. She refuses almost all meat other than occasionally nibbling on a chicken nugget.

The problem is, she will not try anything else. I got her to try just a few crumbs of cornbread the other day by promising to let her use the tablet, and the reaction I got was for her to gag it down and then tell me she never wanted to do it again.

She does not do bread - she doesn’t even really like cake. She refuses to try peanut butter or jelly. She will drink milk sometimes. She likes cereal but only if it’s dry.

I’m just genuinely at a loss about what she’s going to get for lunch when she’s going to summer school. I can pack something every day but it’s going to end up being something like a granola bar, a slice of cheese, and a few chips, because there are so few things she’ll try.

I highly suspect it’s a texture issue, but she has had a speech problem too, along with only being five, so when I try to question her I don’t get very far.

I would super appreciate any insight anyone can offer! She’s managed to keep her weight up so far so we haven’t gotten an ARFID diagnosis but her diet is so restricted I’m constantly keeping an eye on it, and she’s been growing okay (thank you, fortified cereals). I just don’t want her starving through the school day or having to explain to the school that I’m not a bad parent, she just doesn’t eat anything.

As a child in the the mid-‘90s, Clark County, Nevada library, I read a series of books with alliterative titles (as mentioned in the title). They each starred a girl in maybe Revolutionary-era New England? Could have been in early 19th century and may have gone into southwestern Canada as well.

I’m pretty sure some books involved encounters with local Native American tribes, maybe some involving soldiers. Just the typical “girl has an adventure” type of book. I don’t think they got into the going west/pioneering era.

The books were connected by the alliterative titles and being roughly the same era. I feel like they were probably published in the mid-20th century - simple line drawing illustrations. “Nan of Nantucket” is an example of the style of title, not necessarily an actual title.

I can say it’s not the Dear America books and it’s not Caddie Woodlawn.

Would love if anyone else can help me figure this out, I’m trying to collect books for my daughters that I enjoyed as a child!