Very vague illness or attention

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Hi,

Might be being a harsh parent here, but have 11 year old who has been saying he has been feeling unwell for almost two weeks. No temperature, no sickness, no real cold to speak of. He says headaches and stomach ache. He is still eating. We have taken him to a walk in centre and they didn't say much - one thing is he has been vegetarian for about 8 months. He eats fish but now I'm worrying about anemia.

I'm not saying he is faking it but he is quite a dramatic child and it is hard to pinpoint what it is. We have asked about school, I have phone the school - not much revealed there. Tonight, bad mother alert - I made him eat some meat.

He seems very unhappy - any ideas?

Could he be being bullied or in other way upset at school? Non-specific illness might be a way if trying to get a day off school.

Yes, we thought that, but he is denying this - asked him repeatedly if any problems at school.

Y6 nervous about SATs or Y7 just finding long days, new lessons, new friends hard going.

DD2 had more time off in the first term of Y7 than she'd ever had in her life and ended up at the GPs for the first time in
11 years with a horrible ear infection.

DD absolute wasn't trying to get out of school, it was just making her tired and run down.

Not help by her being an awful patient who goes out in the garden and trampolines and turns cartwheels, the second she feels faintly better