To not give him toast?

[Jellybeansincognito]

My 2.5 year olds eating habits are atrocious, he just seems to hate food, because of this I have to deal with his constant constipation (I have sachets to help with this, from the dr).

I feel like I’m at the end of my tether however, unless his meal consists of toast, pizza or pasta he just will not eat it. These issues have brought me to tears on several occasions because his constipation makes him scream in pain and what does come out is so acidic his bum bleeds. I’ve ever gone to the effort of making wholemeal pizza dough and hidden veg sauces.

I feel constantly stressed regards to his meals and I’ve had enough.
Today’s lunch was a sandwich, tomatoes, cucumber, grapes and a few orange segments of which were all squeezed to pieces and none of it was eaten.

It’s an hour later now and he’s whinging for toast, aibu saying no?

Anyone else been through this and can offer any advice?
No health professional seems concerned because his weight isn’t dropping.

Lots of water and squash is what he needs

He drinks almost too much, over 2 litres a day some days.

He really likes a good drink! This is not the issue.

Good luck Jelly beans, with the constipation and eating. It sounds like he drinks well already, which is great.

As I say I think some of the advice on this thread is very different to the advice we have had from gastroenterologists, paeds and continence nurses, so try to find a good source of information, keep going back to gp if things don't improve and ask for a referral to a paediatrician

www.eric.org.uk
www.bbuk.org.uk

3-4 is a hell of a lot (that's 500ml of it) especially if it's coming out liquid.
Not if disimpaction is the aim. The video on this page explains it well.
www.thepoonurses.uk

DS1 has always been a fussy eater, and we have had constipation issues since he was 2 years old (carb monster, its a fight to get vegetables into him). A DECADE later, (and being under paediatric care for half the time and on laxatives the whole time) I discovered he is lactose intolerant and THIS is what was causing him to be constipated. Doctors assume lactose intolerance causes diarrhea, but that isn't always the case, for a small number of people it's the opposite, and hasn't been studied properly.

So I moved to lactose free milk, and the difference is extraordinary. He is now going regularly (for him, which is every couple of days). He is now off all medications.

Please give this a try.

Could you get him helping with the food prep of the vegetables and sauces and smoothies? He might try some more if he has made things with you. Maybe apricot flapjack? Have some fun with the fruit pieces, make shapes, faces, etc. I don’t mean you make all his meals in to faces, I mean have a bowl of fruit salad and play with it together to make it fun whilst he gets used to the taste.

I second/ third/ fourth talking to Eric and also giving the movicol every day. My DD has been on it daily for 2.5 years with no ill effects. She was an extremely fussy eater at 2 (was always fussy from weaning onwards) but is now much better. She ate a bit of sausage the other day for the first time which is amazing for her. My advice on the food is just persist, persist, persist. As in keep offering. but no pressure on them if they don't eat it. DD started getting better at 3 and is still slowly improving. In fact she now eats better than a lot of her peers as we have persisted and refused to go down the just giving plain pasta route. And I am a big fan of hidden veg in everything (with some actual veg on the side for exposure). On days when she didn't eat lunch/ dinner she'd tend to have a bigger breakfast the next day (she's always been Ok with porridge). Good luck. It is so stressful. there's something primal about not being able to feed your child.