DS has been very, very fussy only eating about 15 different foods since he was 2 years old, none of which are particularly healthy.
Sausages, skinny fries, waffles, chicken dippers, weetabix, corn flakes, banana, raisins, smooth fromage frais, toast/bread with butter or jam, cheese toastie, specific Asda pepperoni pizza, grapes, fish fingers, crisps, sweets. That was literally it.
Health visitor gave us the old "he won't starve himself" line but unfortunately that's exactly what he did, 3 days later we were sat in hospital because he'd eaten so little and Dietician checked weight/height/general health etc and referred for allergy testing which came back negatibe. He was deemed healthy and not at risk so told just to feed him what he'll eat in the assumption he'd grow out of it.
Fast forward 9 years, DS is skinny but not seriously underweight and has now reached the point where he complains he's bored of the same foods not bothering eat then anymore but either refuses to try or gags on everything and more than once he has vomitted on the spot with one bite, most recently of a cheese sandwich.
More worryingly though he's having cereal in the morning, eating a bite of a sandwich from his packed lunch and leaving his fruit yogurt then refusing dinner unless it's a cheese toastie or chicken dippers and skinny fries. Then he's begging for toast later because he has hunger pains.
I'm at my wit's end now, I feel guilty and I don't know where to turn. The GP has said other than prescribing him liquid food supplements or if he refuses that discussing fitting a feeding tube there's not much else they can do.
Surely I'm missing something? There must be a way round this that will encourage him to eat normally :(
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11yo restricting diet, I need help.
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boredofmyoldname · 25/09/2017 18:20
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