MSE Parents Club Part 15

got-it-spend-it

I've just added a couple of tops to the Fairy Exchange if anyone's interested. One 0-3 mths and one 6-9 mths.

cazscoob

OH just gave me a big row on the state of my shoes and then bought me a pair of Irregular choice pumps

tiamai_d

Pft. I'm bored. And hungry. And smelly. Dh isn't so good with the socks lol!

Krystal that looks a good one on her eye! She looks bovvfered by it though!

Uploaded a pic to facebook of the grinch. You can she's feeling a lot better.

Wondering if dh got to ikea and has finished our room. I know he was wanting to surprise me. Think by keeping busy he is coping. But he was in tears just seeing her on the drip. I haven't told him about resus. Don't know if I should? Would you tell your oh's? (that your baby was this close to slipping away)

newidentity

I have a fussy three year old.

She is not fussy in the usual sense and she has a very healthy diet (vegetables are her favourite food) but it is VERY limited (to about six meals - vegetable curry, chille bean casserole, spag bol, sausages, vegetable soup, fish and potatoes - all with lots of veg) . This is really becoming a problem as she gets older as I am starting to worry about what she will eat at friends houses as she does not eat 'so called' normal foods.

The main problem is that from an early age, if she has had foods she doesn't like, she retches on them and finally throws up. She is willing to try them (with encouragment) but it has become such an issue because it ends with her being sick. I never make an issue of it but I can tell it will happen as her whole stomach seems to reject the food. It always ends with her dinner thrown up (almost immediately) and I just don't know how to change it. We eat as a family and I have tried so hard to increase the variety of food but to no avail, it always ends the same. We all had omelette tonight and she ate the veg, new pots but then on the omelette, she gagged and threw her whole meal back up. I know it is most likely psychological so started with just one mouthful of new food on her plate but this still happens. This has happened from an early age and is the reason why I have been unable to change her diet (as it is healthy I haven't been too concerned but as she is getting older, I can see it will be a huge issue if it doesnt improve).

Anyone else dealt with a vomiting child, I really am stuck with what to do.

tarajayne

Wish one of us could pop over with a meal for you.

Edit, I could try, think he'd notice?

alwaysonthego_2

It seems to me the trigger for her to be sick is when you introduce new meals.

I think you are worrying too much and it sounds like she is getting a really good diet, however I would avoid making any issue about food and don't try and coax her to eat new foods that make her vomit. She is associating new food to vomiting, though I would get her checked out by a doctor. She is still very young, but you could slowly introduce her to new foods like cooking her a veg omelette but use very little egg and when she has eaten it praise her behaviour and make a fuss of her, but if she is sick clean her up but don't make a fuss. She is using negative reinforcement to avoid having to eat new food, i.e she vomits so she does not have to try anything new.

conradmum

She eats a healthy diet. I would leave the situation to resolve itself. The more you stress about her diet, the more she will pick up on this and you'll make the problem worse by trying to make it better, if you see what I mean.

The very best thing you can do is to accept that she doesn't want to eat new foods and leave it at that. She will try new foods when she feels ready to. Until then I would just leave it. She's eating very healthily compared to lots of children her age.

I've had three children with varying degrees of fussiness. The very best thing you can do is to ignore what they eat or don't eat as far as you can. As long as they're only offered healthy food, they will end up eating well eventually, believe me.

r.mac_2

oh tia. I didn't see Annabel when she was in resus, and I'm glad I didn't. DH cried and cried when he saw her on all her drips/mchines etc. (when she was born)

perhaps you could tell him how things were once you are both home and she's got the all clear? I don't think bottling it up is good so chat thaat way rather than an 'oh by the way she nearly died' type conversation IYKWIM?

I'm so thankful you've both come through it. I've shed a few tears over her situation myself, and we don't know you in RL very well. You and OH are doing so well to cope and be strong. xxx

hugs x

redstararnie76

Tia - I would probably tell him afterwards when she's home and obviously better - it would be awful for him to hear about it by accident....

cazscoob

Tia thats a hard one to make, on side of me says no as he sounds stressed enough but the other part of me says yes as just now you are in coping mum mode but after a few days you will need the support to get through the OMG what happend thoughts! we are all here for you and still sending all the get well Amber vibes!!

how are you doing? are you managing to eat and sleep?xx