Fruit
This summer, Mikey kept a sticker page of all the fruit and veggie stickers from the produce he ate…when we remembered. Actually, I’d say we probably did this for about a week and then forgot to follow through. Sometimes I get big ideas and then there is too much going on to keep every ball in the air, but it made him happy while we did it.
We kept it in his journal and it was motivating for him. He was actually highly obsessed with watermelon for years! He could eat half of a watermelon by himself at one sitting. It was nuts!
Now he won’t eat watermelon at all…I think he overdosed on it and now there’s no going back.
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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