19.5 Month Old Down to Few Food Items - where to from here?

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Spencer always stuffs her mouth full, we model small bites for her and she'll copy for one or two bites, then just starts cramming it in again.  I have no idea why. 

[Mom to M&M]

UGH. Made him pinwheel pasta with cheese/butter sauce tonight. He looked at it, seemed mildly interested, then touched/picked up one piece. At which point he made a face (apparently it didn't feel OK to him) and he threw it on the floor and proceeded to eat nothing but a piece of dry raisin bread and drink a bit of milk. He used to eat pasta all the time - this shape, penne, rotini, with cheese sauce or marinara. Now that's apparently off limits too. It's really not healthy for him to live on raisin bread and yogurt for the most part. And I find it so stressful and depressing and frustrating. And I don't know what other multi vitamin to even try for him that won't upset his stomach and food intolerances. ARGH.

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

What things are you trying to avoid in the vitamins?  These are some the Dr. recommended:

http://kirkmanlabs.com/ViewProductDetails@Product_ID@279@Product_Group_ID@1.aspx

I see you can even buy trial size samples...might have to order some for Spencer!

[Mom to M&M]

Thanks - will check that out. The last brand I bought, Maxi Baby, gave him a terrible reaction. See thread here: http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=184385.0

Think it was the fruit juice concentrate but not entirely sure. He has some food allergies/intolerances we are sure of and some we haven't really pinpointed yet.

Tried blueberries again this evening. He won't even TOUCH one - not to feed it to his teddy, not to give it to me, not to just put it in the bowl. He was crying at the site of them. And this is a boy that used to demolish 30 blueberries in the blink of an eye. In fact if he saw, or even just heard the word blueberries, that was all he wanted. I really don't get it...

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Could any of the foods he is now refusing be causing him tummy issues?  Perhaps the root of it is that some things he ate has given him issues and now he is sticking to things he trusts?   

[Mom to M&M]

I did wonder about that too I don't think so. He used to actually sleep quite well after blueberries and was eating strawberries like a fiend up till about 6 weeks ago (when he got a cold and ear infection). But I guess it could be? Not sure how to tell?

Went out for bagels this morning - he used to love fruit and bagels there. Wouldn't touch grapes or his part of toasted whole wheat bagel with butter. Was crying and seemed hungry and finally ate half a banana. Sigh.

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

up till about 6 weeks ago (when he got a cold and ear infection).

Say, did things start to get worse with the onset of the cold?  My tastebuds are never the same when I've got a cold, everything tastes blech.  Just grasping at straws...as far as knowing if a food is bothering him, I don't think there is any way to know for sure unless he is verbal enough to tell you.  Spencer for sure isn't yet, mostly I can tell because things she is intolerant too turn her face bright red & give her diarrhea, but I really don't know for sure what the issue is, just a guessing game on my part!  This whole eating/not eating/allergy/intolerance thing just sucks!  I cannot wait until the day she can say "well,Mom, I really don't like XYZ because it gives me a tummy ache"  (somehow I think I will be waiting for a long time)

{{{hugs}}}

[Mom to M&M]

Thanks and hugs back at you. It's exhausting... Just now he was acting hungry but refused broccoli potato pancake and only ate few spoonfuls applesauce. He also gets red cheeks and sometimes hives and loose stools and sometimes diaper rash. But it's often delayed. And he's not anywhere close to verbal enough to tell me and I don't imagine he will be for at least another year, if not more...

It did get worse with the onset of the cold, though it had already been going downhill.

[Mom to M&M]

So I'd like to order those vitamins and had actually seen them a week or so ago when I did a search for hypoallergenic vitamins for toddlers. BUT I'm worried about it being a chewable. I know he'll refuse to eat it - thoughts? Wish it was a liquid...

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

I wonder if you could dissolve them on a bit of warm water and syringe them down...they call them "wafers" though...wonder what that means, doesn't sound like the traditional chewable tablet chalky kind.  Spencer will so far only do gummies or liquid, but since Masyn takes the gummies too I just use that.

[Mom to M&M]

Hmmm maybe I'll try to get a customer service area and ask if they will dissolve in water? Syringing would be easiest for now.

HORRIBLE day here. After the lack of breakfast as posted, DS finally had 3/4 a yogurt after his nap. But it took a while to get even there. Then he was hungry and screaming much of the afternoon but refusing any healthy things I offered him. Finally we cut our errands short and came home and I heated up a piece of leftover frozen homemade pizza (with veggies blended into the sauce) and he had a small portion of that (begrudgingly) and 3/4 a piece of raisin bread as well. I'm at such a lost for what to feed him that is healthy and acceptable to him but not totally giving into his picky ways and making things worse...