Does anyone give their child Complan?

[Nbg]

I'd be interested to hear the effects from using it.

We have just started to give it to our dd who has just turned 5.
We cannot get her to eat. Sweets and biscuits don't seem to be a problem but getting her to eat a meal is becoming a huge issue.

She has been a little unwell since the begining of the summer holidays and it wasn't until she started school last month that we found she had a UTI.
That has now been treated and she is all clear but she managed to get a D&V bug last week and things seemed to get worse again.

Dh and I are quite concerned now. She is just skin and bones and only weighs 2 stone.
We started the Complan on Monday and we split the satchets so she has half on a morning and half when she comes home from school.
This morning she has been sat on the toilet for 15 mins, obviously constipated and when she did eventually go it was like rabbit droppings (sorry if TMI).
I'm thinking that this is a normal reaction to something like Complan?

I would like to hear of other peoples reasons for using it and the results and effects you have had with it.
I'm still not sure about it but then again I think thats its better than dd having nothing.

yes I do worry nbg although she has no food issues atm

she is over senstive, anxious and loves control (her room is immaculate in a slightly ocd type way)

you can get a kids formulation

it tastes yummy too, mine love it and I really think it is brill

It is difficult, I agree, but what would you be happy with her eating in a day?
For my dds, half a glass of milk, a slice of bread, an egg (somehow) and a bit of fruit is enough for ME to know they are not going to die.
So anything they eat over and above that is really good.
And once they have ate that, they can eat what they like.

I'm going to ahve a look for some I think.
Sounds good.

I wish my dd had the ocd style bit and keep her room tidy!

I don't think my DD is that aware of her eating isshooos because I've avoided mentioning it to her. With GP and paed. visits I've said they want to see her "to make sure she's healthy". With the build-up drinks was said it was special medicine to make her stronger which she was fine about - and she liked one flavour (thank goodness).

I don't think you need to tell her it is about her eating.

We had to take the path of paed. diet intervention after she just kept getting everything going and ended up on a drip with strep throat - the GP said that her poor diet had led to anaemia and a crap immune system, and insufficient reserves in her body to fight things off. The paed. build-ups drinks and iron medicine really turned things around.

lol

chin up. Report back.

Unfortunately, she usually eats her breakfast although that has been a bit hit and miss for a couple of weeks.
If shes eaten her sandwiches and her yoghurt at school and a good portion of her tea then I'm happy.

She gets a carton of milk and a portion of fruit at school in a morning but I haven't heard if she eats that or not.

Blimey MP. Its so worrying isnt it.

I'll see how things pan out over the week and report back with my food diary!

Thanks for all your advice too

In my experience the appetite tends to go when my dd is under the weather and not well, the droppings show that there is a digestive problem my dd has had this too. I think you just have some warning signs that there is an imbalance there. I would try to get to the bottom of it. In the meantime you can boost immunity with fish oil, I use a higher nature brand of lemon fish oil it's also good for the digestion. I also gave my dd multivitamins dinochews. She was so ill at one point she stopped developing. After much investigation we discovered a gall bladder problem and sluggish digestion, which triggered lung infections because the bile wasn't rising up to protect the lungs. It all had a cascade effect. What you describe just sounds like the beginnings of something, I would go to GP to rule out anything acute. We had great success with a cranial/sacral osteopath, they use massage to help rebalance the body and ease tension. They are also excellent at diagnosis - they look for tensions in the body. It has been very successful for us. In the meantime I would be careful with the treats they could be staving the little appetite there is, unless it's carrot and corgette cake..

Oh i also put my dd back on formula milk when she really withered..