So here I am trying new foods again. A little recap of the last 2 weeks or so... DS ended up reacting to the pears, with horrible diarrhea that burned him bum, it was bleeding every time he would poop. This seems to suggest that the GI is right in her theory that he has an enzyme deficiency (enzymes required to digest sugar and starch). So we stopped all foods again and now this week he had his scopes. They found nothing obvious but the biopsy results should tell us more. We should have them in 2 weeks. In the meantime I have met with the hospital nutritionnist and have a new food plan for DS.
I've been sitting him down in his high chair for most meals, but not offering any foods. Tonight I put in his tray some cooked asparagus, cut up in little chunks, and some pieces of the chicken that I was eating. To my amazement, he started eating them. He seems to have liked the chicken a lot, and even the asparagus!
It's the first time in a long, long while he's eaten willingly. The GI thinks that if we give him foods he's going to tolerate he will accept them better.
So I'll keep offering those 2 foods for 2-3 days and then add more variety. I'm going to try to not make long trials, but still try to wait 2 days before introducing a new food.
Also today I spoke on the phone with an occupational therapist that is specialized in feeding difficulties for LO's. She told me she's putting us as a priority and we will get a call from her secretary shortly to give us an appointment.
So all in all I think we're having some progress! FX it continues!