Ok guys this post will be long. But seriously concerned and looking to see if others have experienced this and what has it turned out to be or how was it overcome. I am taking him to GP tomorrow but I want parent/carers perspectives…
My 2.5 year old is a very weird little guy. Was a healthy boy, mixed fed until 1.2 year old. Was a good eater, everything made fresh at home. Breakfast - usually bottle and pureed fruits. Lunch - pureed veggies, home made soups. Dinner - always as a family and was anything we were having e.g lots of stews with home made broth, chicken/beef patties, rice, lentil soup, salads, couscous etc. Fruits and biscuits offered as snacks. Ate well. Good weight. Very
active.
Around 16 month old. His eating habit changed. No longer ate his fave fruits. His nightly smoothly no longer wanted. Breakfast (e.g scrambled egg with cheese, toast with butter and fruit) thrown all over the floor. Milk accepted (I eventually gave in). I usually gave him leftovers from previous nights’ dinner or made him
something e.g lamb broth soup with bread. Stuffed vegetables with flavoured rice/diced veggie mix. Dinner is always something from my home country which requires a lot of steps and home made stuff. Ate lunch fine. Ate dinner fine. Even ate lamb chops on the stick! I did not care about breakfast and fruits as I said maybe he has no appetite or just doesn't like it. I also did not stress because he was not missing any nutrients and had plenty of water, growing bigger, active. His personality also changed - more crying. Hated strangers. Melt down at guests except grandparents, sister and me/DH). I said ok it is a phase. Gradually, he stopped eating meat (kebabs, patties etc) and yellow coloured food e.g lentil soup, chicken stew,
wont eat potato etc. Again, I found ways to cheat, add more nutrients, everything home
made to compensate. Growing fine, language delay. But playing and socialising with those he knows well. Started noticing lots of sensory habits…s.g squeezing 1 eye when extremely happy. Grinding teeth, squeezing hands, constantly rubbing feet on ground. At night, constantly digging feet into thighs (co sleeping) until falling asleep. Nap time same. Summer came, went holiday
for 1.5 months. Could not go anywhere because of his restrictive food. Eating only rice/stews, chicken nugget, pizza and thats it. I made potato stew, courgette stew, aubergine, cauliflower, chickpea etc. Always with home made broth, home made tomato puree, blended the veggie to hide it.
Since 2 months ago, will no longer eat rice/stews - except occasionally, always accept milk and chicken nugget and occasionally eat tomato/basil soup and known biscuits. He will not even have crisps or unknown chocolate/biscuits etc. I have tried decorating food, playing with fruits/veggies, cutting milk out. I have searched youtube, googled, asked around for ways to get him to engage in trying food…all he does is scream (no)put one hand on his eyes and the other motioning go away. He has a good Vocabulary but barely on 2 word sentences. Touches all fruits and bananas - knows their names but will not take one bite.
For the past 2 weeks, he has been digging his feet into me harder, more urgently, crying
because he wants to sleep. I knew he must be missing nutrients etc. I have gotten him magnesium gummy and multivitamin etc. Wakes up around 3 am digging, kicking feet and whimpering because he wants to sleep. I was thinking restless leg syndrome…but this bad?
Personality wise - he is playful, a bit of a loner, loves wrestling/running about, but extremely stubborn, a bit of temper tantrum when routine is off. Not patient.
I have 2 other kids (girls)…none were like this. I feel like something is going on…anyone had a kid like this? What happened? Did things change? Does it seems like ADHD? Autism? Is this a boy thing?
Apologies for the long post….thanks!