Guest guest Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 My son has gone through periods of eating trouble too. Medication can be a big part of eating problems, especially a med like Abilify which is known to affect appetite. I wonder if something hurts that you can't see. Maybe try some tylenol about 45min before dinner and see if that helps. One thing we did that has helped a lot is get our son to drink pedisure. It helps get enough calories and nutrition into him when he goes through rough patches with eating. > > Hi everyone, hope you all are well. I haven't posted in a while. > > For about a month now Kaleigh's appetite has been very finicky(spelled right?)Like she'll only eat oatmeal, chips and broccoli right now. Another thing is whenever we're eating dinner, she'll start off eating okay, maybe taking a few bites, then all of a sudden, she'll break out crying and she'll throw a tantrum. But at the same time, she'll point to her food like she wants more, but still crying. We checked her mouth for sores and such and it's clear. She just went to the dentist and everything checked out okay. How I know it's more of a behavior thing is because if I'm feeding her noodles, for example, she'll look over and see a bag of chips and point to them and scream and throw a tantrum. We can't keep giving her chips. We buy her those veggie stix and she loves those too. We figure they're healthier than chips. Are any of your kiddos experiencing this? Could it be medicine related? Her dose of Abilify did increase around the same time she started the weird appetite. Thanks in advance! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I have thought about the pediasure gonna give it a try, thanks:-) > > > > Hi everyone, hope you all are well. I haven't posted in a while. > > > > For about a month now Kaleigh's appetite has been very finicky(spelled right?)Like she'll only eat oatmeal, chips and broccoli right now. Another thing is whenever we're eating dinner, she'll start off eating okay, maybe taking a few bites, then all of a sudden, she'll break out crying and she'll throw a tantrum. But at the same time, she'll point to her food like she wants more, but still crying. We checked her mouth for sores and such and it's clear. She just went to the dentist and everything checked out okay. How I know it's more of a behavior thing is because if I'm feeding her noodles, for example, she'll look over and see a bag of chips and point to them and scream and throw a tantrum. We can't keep giving her chips. We buy her those veggie stix and she loves those too. We figure they're healthier than chips. Are any of your kiddos experiencing this? Could it be medicine related? Her dose of Abilify did increase around the same time she started the weird appetite. Thanks in advance! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2011 Report Share Posted June 26, 2011 She may be overstimulated at the restaurant. My son used to cry when we took him out and he would put his hands over his ears. It was too loud for him and he couldn't take it. On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 7:49 PM, kjonesmom81 <kjonesmom81@...> wrote: Hi everyone, hope you all are well. I haven't posted in a while. For about a month now Kaleigh's appetite has been very finicky(spelled right?)Like she'll only eat oatmeal, chips and broccoli right now. Another thing is whenever we're eating dinner, she'll start off eating okay, maybe taking a few bites, then all of a sudden, she'll break out crying and she'll throw a tantrum. But at the same time, she'll point to her food like she wants more, but still crying. We checked her mouth for sores and such and it's clear. She just went to the dentist and everything checked out okay. How I know it's more of a behavior thing is because if I'm feeding her noodles, for example, she'll look over and see a bag of chips and point to them and scream and throw a tantrum. We can't keep giving her chips. We buy her those veggie stix and she loves those too. We figure they're healthier than chips. Are any of your kiddos experiencing this? Could it be medicine related? Her dose of Abilify did increase around the same time she started the weird appetite. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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