...sometimes she refuses to eat her dinner out of pure contrariness and I am not sure what to do.
She is almost 7 and otherwise healthy. Her older sister also has a sensitivity to LBS although she seems to be growing out of it as the doctor said she would.
If DD doesnt eat the night before then she wakes up with mild Hypo symptoms, nausea, sweating, shaking etc and generally feeling unwell. Within 20 minutes or so of some OJ she is well enough to eat and within 20 minutes of that she is fine again.
My problem is the food refusal. I have 6 children, she is number 4, and the older ones all went through the "I dont want that...." when a meal they have previously loved is placed in front of them. I have always subscribed to "eat what you are given or go without" and when they realise I mean it, they grow out of it pretty quickly! I dont have time to be buggering about making seperate meals for someone who is just being awkward (genuine dislike is different, I am not totally U!), but this has led to DD having more Hypos than normal. Last night she refused to eat anything even though I told her what would happen, she just refused saying everything was horrible, even apples which she loves. As I say, normally I would just say "do without then but you are not snacking later, you can wait for breakfast" but I cant do that with her. The problem is that if I pander to her fussiness in the hope of avoiding her being ill, she will (and has, in the past) use this as a way of getting what she wants for meals when she just doesnt fancy what I have made, despite eating it at other times.
I have noticed that if she is in a strop or a bad mood about something, last night it was me turning the Wii off, then she is more likely to refuse to eat her dinner. But I cant allow her to dictate to the whole household just so she doesnt throw a wobbly in the morning can I? DH has suggested letting her get on with it, that a few mornings of waking up feeling like crap should teach her that it isnt worth it!
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DD very affected by low blood sugar but......
Bogeyface · 06/10/2011 09:33
Watching with great interest in the hope of picking up some tips, as my DS is similar. 
He doesn't become ill as a result of LBS, but becomes progressively more revolting - until the point that he is so revolting that he refuses to eat his meal, even if it's something he loves (it's as if someone has thrown a switch in his brain which means he can't begin to think straight). We have also always told the children that this is their meal and if they leave it, there's nothing else until the next meal - but someone did suggest that I give DS more regular healthy snacks between meals (something I've never done - I've always been rather anti-snacking - I never do it myself either) in the hope of keeping his blood sugar on an even keel, which would then make him more likely to eat his meal. IYSWIM.
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