Re: My kid has stopped eating (long)

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This may not help, but all kids go through growth spurts and when

that stops, they just don't eat (some don't hardly eat enough to keep

a cat alive, it seems to parents, anyway). Is he taking his vitamins?

I would try not to worry (if he wasn't on this diet, and quit eating

you probably wouldn't be so worried). One thing I always did, and my

daughter does with my grandchildren, is try to get the child to eat

at least 3 bites of everything on plate (when they go through those

times of not eating). When he starts to have a growth spell again,

he'll eat, maybe. I have known kids that seem to never eat, my neice

was that way and she is grown now and eats all different variety of

foods which is amusing because when she was young, she would not eat

anything. Good luck.

> When you read the subject line of this post you may think it's

> a kid that has just started the diet. My son is 4 and he

> has been on the GFCF diet for 15 months. Along with VERY

> limited soy (only in frozen fries), no eggs, no tomatoes, no

> olive oil, no yeast, limited sugar, no artifical colorings or

> flavorings...you know the drill. I had him tested in the

> beginning to be sure we needed to have him on the diet. He's

> never done well with the diet. He use to eat ocassionally,

> chicken, steak, pork chops and hot dogs. He also use to

> eat rice cakes, chips, corn chips, gluten free pancakes

> and always fries. He hasn't eaten any kind of meat since

> I don't remember when. He hasn't eaten any rice cakes or

> pancakes for a long time. And now he has even given up

> the fries. The last 10-12 days all he has eaten is corn

> chips and rice milk. I've even tried to limit the rice

> milk, which is really hard, because I thought maybe he

> wouldn't get so filled up. I took him to the doctor a

> couple of weeks ago. He did have an ear infection but that

> has long since cleared up. He does get chelated for mercury

> but has since last July. Nothing has changed except he just

> won't eat anymore. I've tried numerous receipes over the

> past year. I've also tried fun little mixes and snacks.

> Nothing works. Obviously I'm really concerned and don't know

> what to do. I know he needs to be on the diet but I'm about

> ready to axe it all to get this kid to eat again. He's not

> really losing weight but he's only at 25% for his height and

> 40% for his weight for his age group. What do I do?

>

> Very concerned Mom

> Penny

> P.S. He tested ok for corn but I know that could be a

> problem.

[Guest guest]

Hi

Penny Its sounds very difficult. My husband thought our son was skinny

and wondered if others ate much. I know sometimes we give him a boost by

allowing him to eat junky stuff like cookies, cupcakes, candy or whatever so

that maybe the mood emotionally will help. We saw him a little depressed

earler on. This junk thing helped. Maybe letting up some restrictions might

help. I would be concerned too and wonder if you have a doctor that can test

for any problems he might be having. I wonder about his bm's and fats in his

diet. Any more info you could share? kelly