Food pocketing in special needs children is common due to their sensory issues and their inability to chew. They’d hoard what’s fed without swallowing them.
For a period of time, this was a problem we’ve had to endure with no end in sight because we could not incentivise Dalya to eat proper food… Which was brewing into a bigger problem much later, that we’re still facing today. But that’s a story for another day.