![]() Again, I know this now, but I had NO idea why he would not eat baby food! He would ONLY open his mouth for the nipple of a bottle. Where she would eat until she would vomit, Joseph would not eat. Joseph was a complete opposite of Margaret. Joseph FINALLY eating Stage 2 baby food at 18 months When the pleasure center of her brain is turned on eating HIGHLY preferred foods, she would not receive internal signals saying she was full so she would keep eating until she vomited. Margaret's issues with overeating were due to interoception. It would be another 6 months before I realized Margaret had MAJOR sensory processing issues and would be diagnosed with autism. I was too but I did not realize what was going on at the time. The parents would look at me and think Margaret had a stomach flu or something and the poor staff at the McDonald's were disgusted. I am not sure how many times I had to apologize to parents and staff at the McDonald's restaurant near us when Margaret ate too many fries and vomited in the Playplace. Heck, she was on the 3rd percentile for a long time in height and weight, but when it came to french fries (or a few other preferred foods) she would eat them until she vomited. One of her quirky behaviors was her LOVE of french fries! That girl did not eat much. Margaret Eating Fries Margaret had many issues when she was young, and I knew they were odd, but I did not know what to make of her quirky behaviors. Interestingly, I had one of each in this category. A child may have a high desire for food to the point of eating when they are no longer hungry or the opposite problem, they do not want to eat and rarely, if ever, experience the sensation of hunger. Interoception plays a role in so many systems in the body such as: pain, medically unexplained symptoms, anxiety, emotions in general, emotional regulation, decision -making, time perception, food and water intake, eating disorders, self-awareness, consciousness, addiction, sexual functioning, empathy, meditation, and hypnosis.Ĭhildren with interoception can have issues with food intake. The overall definition has various interpretations however, in this discussion, we will talk about inclusive interoception as an umbrella term to mean all experiences of sensation and consciousness that are the result of information to the brain by the central nervous system. Interoception, as we will be discussing today, did not really come about until the start of the 21st century. I am sure you are asking yourself what the heck is interoception? I had not heard of it either until recently.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |