Ds5 has Sensory Modulation Disorder. He is unable to regulate his appetite or thirst ie he has days when he doesnt eat/drink or eats/drinks very little, then days when he wants to eat/drink every 5 minutes.
He is also orally defensive (so limited teeth brushing) and has a very limited poor diet.
Chips
Potato waffles
Ready salted crisps
Chocolate spread sandwiches
sweet breakfast cereal (no milk)
Most fruit
Certain cakes, biscuit, sweets etc.
and thats all he has eaten for the last 4.5 years. He is anemic and takes calcium supplements.
Now he is going into hospital this month to have 5 teeth removed because of decay, caused by his diet, medication etc. Dentist is advising me to cut out ALL sweet/sugary food from his diet, which would leave chips, waffles and fruit, (he wont eat bread unless it has choc spread on it). Also telling me to stop him from snacking in between meals (but the days when he snacks every 5 minutes, make up for the days, when he eats nothing)
Dietitian is telling me to only make small changes within his diet, ie he craves sweet stuff, so to try introducing things like custard to broaden his diet.
Im feeling terrible, i want him to broaden his diet, without rotting his teeth and having to go through the ordeal of having teeth pulled out.
What to do? Any suggestions?
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claw3 · 08/09/2009 13:03
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