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Child's weight

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bubblesxx · 19/05/2024 10:11

My 4 year old son has had feeding problems since I can remember. Only has a selected handful of safe foods. He's been seen by many services over the past 4 years that some have been helpful and some not so much. The last time he was seen in the hospital they wanted to do a scan on his stomach and the technician refused to do it unless he was sedated due to how distress he was. That day nothing was done and he was sent home without the scan. most of the time you are told the child is not a concern unless they are clinically underweight. My now 4 year old is 2.3st sitting on the 1st centile on the bmi chart. He wears 2-3 in trousers. Go back a year ago he was on the 30th centile and was a little fuller. I feel unheard. I've been begging for help for this boy for years and and it seems disgusting to me that they've allowed him to drop so much weight over years before anyone steps in and helps. If you have a child that also struggles with food and eating please feel free to share some advice. He's very stubborn if he doesn't want it he won't eat it no matter what you try, he gags and throws up when he's had enough, currently only eating pasta at home, although he's been having a lot of vomiting and diarrhoea over the past 24 hours so it makes my job so much harder trying to get food into him. Please I'm a mum watching her child struggle everyday there must be something out there.

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FTPM1980 · 19/05/2024 10:26

So have you got an appointment for a scan with sedation?
I know it's a minefield- I have friends who end up calling all the different departments coordinating it themselves.

Does your GP know he has diarrhoea?
If he is eating so little and only safe foods like pasta then vomiting and diarrhoea should be almost unheard of....but perhaps he has food intolerance as well as sensory issues? Possibly more than one issue.

Does he have any other development or behavioural problems? Is he eating inappropriate substances or chewing things that aren't food? Pica where they ingest non food like soil or wall paint/plaster can lead to things like lead ingestion which can reduce appetite and compound issues.

Have they tried you with nutrition shots and shakes etc?
Have you gone back and tried foods he has previously rejected but that he may still find safe? Similar size, colour shape and texture. Foods bring consistent is key. Pasta and crackers are condisten, fruits and veg are often variable. My DD goes through phases of loving one food then goes off it and we have to find another...perhaps one she used to hate.

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