ARFID

It’s worth going to the Doctors, if anything, it’ll be on record the first time and how many times you’ve complained.
I’ve had 6x GP visits with my toddler since December. They didn’t make any diagnosis yet.
I asked at his nursery if other kids were picky eaters like him, they said not as bad as my LO.
I’m now considering seeing a private Paediatrician, or perhaps take him to the Paediatric A&E if I can’t afford private.

One thing that I’ve found to help with his appetite is taking him out to burn his energy and have fun.

I had my son’s first dietician appointment this morning. She said he has ARFID I definitely knew he had it, it was nice to get the confirmation. My son is also autistic and has sensory issues.
He always had issues with food so we got referred for the dietitian around 16 months and he’s 25 months now.

He really has never had any interest in food at all. You could have a tonne of chocolate, ice cream, sweets in front of him, he doesn’t care. He only really eats carbs and he is limited to about 10 foods but now but we keep losing safe foods.
He doesn’t eat any protein, only 1 fruit, no diary, just soft or crunchy foods like crackers, chips, pasta, noodles.

We have started to supplement him with clear protein powder drinks so he’s getting some sort of protein. We give him a multivitamin but it doesn’t have calcium or iron in it so I give him them separately. He refuses these a lot.

We have tried food chaining, also just keep trying the food they don’t like along with safe foods.