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My 2 1/2 yr old doesn't have any mental disorders but he does have the most strange eating issues I've seen. But it's totally logical in the reasoning for it. He won't touch wet stuff. He won't eat with anything but his fingers. Therefore, he won't eat wet stuff. All he will eat is dry things like breads, cereals, etc. And he refuses ANY meat at all. We have offered him every type of meat we could find cooked in many varieties of styles and even dry (like bacon) so it's not "yucky" but he just won't eat meat. I've tricked him a few times by disguising it as something he would normally go for but the second he realizes it's meat he spits it out. No idea why he does this. He's also real perfectionist. He can already put all his cars in a straight line and count them up to 10.

hrm.. interestingly enough I just read a little about the symptoms of autism and now I am a little concerned regarding me son.. many of the symptoms describe him to a tee although it seems like they could also be normal "terrible twos" behavior which is what I always assume. Should I read up more or just ask the pediatrician to see what he thinks?