My son has just turned 2, and there's a couple of issues that are really getting on top of me - I've been trying to sort them out for a while and I just can't seem to do it no matter how hard I've tried!
1)he's a fussy eater/literally doesn't eat. And if he does eat it's only a cracker or a Strawberry a day. I make home cooked food, a balanced diet pretty healthy and we all sit down to tea together at table and encourage him - nothing. Have tried leaving him alone, or leaving a plate of food on a stool so he can pick at it - nothing works. I was really worried about this and got fobbed off by health visitor and docs..m until now we have found out he's anaemic and got told to feed him more meat - which I almost cried at as I can't get him to eat anything and I was worried this was going to happen!
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he is an I'll child, and we cannot get him to take medication AT ALL. he's been in and out of hospital 4 times this year. He's so bad with medication that he had to get antibiotics iv last time as no one could get it in him any other way. He has also been prescribed paracetemol suppositories for when he's ill as he won't even take calpol. Tried mixing it milk, tried a spoon, tried yogurt, tried a syringe and making him have it....nothing works he spits it out. And he has medcine for his anaemia 3 times a day now as well which he isn't getting at all which is stressing me out.
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he refuses anything to drink apart from milk and refuses anything but a bottle. This has been ongoing for a YEAR. we have tried everything. Weaning off, cold turkey... he is so stubborn. He refused to drink for 2 days when we did cold turkey (health visitors told us to stick to our guns and refuse to give into him) and then he got ill again and I gave in to milk and a bottle as I didn't want him dehydrated on top of everything else.
So I'm really stressing out now as we've just come back from hospital where the doctor told me I need to stop the milk and bottle, feed him a better diet as he's anaemic and continue oral antibiotics for another week and I just feel like a failure as I am trying so hard but I can't seem to crackers any of these things and I want my son to get better. I'm at my wits end I don't know what to do!