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[lollardfish]

The food issues with Nico have hit a crisis point. It's very upsetting and we're seeking professional help.

This is the first time I've felt completely helpless in regards to Nico in a long time.

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[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Is he deciding against the few things he was previously liking?

K.

[ann-totusek.livejournal.com]

I was a total b*tch. I'd give my daughter the opportunity to express an opinion, took that into consideration, made what I made, put it in front of my her, and if she ate it, great. If not, I'd let her know when the next meal was. She wasn't special needs though, and I don't know how that would work with a special needs kid.

My son, on the other hand (also not special needs) is an absolute monster, mostly due to his father's influence I think. I wanted to take the same tack with him, but my husband is such a soft-hearted guy [read "spineless"] that if the little guy didn't want something he'd make him something else over my objections. Now when it's dinner time, the nine year old is a tyrant. Well, with his dad, anyway. When dad's not home, I don't have a problem with him. He knows that I cook once. Period. OTOH, with him as with my daughter, I take his preferences into account as I plan a meal if I am actually going to cook. Unfortunately he's a PITA to get to bed for much the same reason- dad refused to allow him to self-soothe as an infant, so now he's up disturbingly late on some weeknights. I told my husband he was doing our entire family a disservice, and again he refused to listen. At one year of age, I told him that as that continued, I was refusing to have anything to do with bedtime. I was not going to end up dragged into the power struggle that he was setting up. So for 8 years I haven't been around for bed time unless husband isn't home. Which sucks, cause I really like story time and cuddles when he's not home. And the kid stays in bed too.
Best wishes with figuring out your little guy.

[creidylad.livejournal.com]

Sweetie. This is tough. We are so in exactly the same place with Younger instead of Elder. The pediatrician is unconcerned as we have a tiny bit more variety/protein in her very very short list of acceptable foods.

However, I have heard of more than one case of similar eating limitations where the issue is actually acid reflux. It's almost impossible to diagnose with an uncommunicative child and I've heard too many cases of it being missed until the child was 'trained' by his reacting body to hate most food. Usually the issues clear up with a bit of prevacid and some eating therapy/intervention. I mention this in case it hasn't been considered -- the list of acceptable foods seem to be mostly things that someone with an acidy tummy/throat would find OK.

I'm glad you're getting expert help. Right now I'd just worry about getting the calories into him (and with yoghurt you've got some good protein going in) and, if possible, try not to stress too much until you speak to the experts.