O'Child of Mine

I have to vent, after all that is part of why I started this blog. It is absolutely maddening to me to watch my child NOT eat. Most of you know that Connor's eating habits have been a struggle since he began eating solids. It has not gotten any better. For a little while, we took him to the Marcus Institute where they worked with him on what they call "Pediatric Food Selectivity." Regardless of what it is called, my child doesn't eat much at all. We had made progress going to the Institute but our insurance changed and financially we just could not pay the absolutely astronomical fee for hour long visits. So......here we are three months later and Connor has regressed and now won't eat his favorites (Red Baron pizza, waffles, yogurt, Teddy Grahams).

I long for the day that I can actually pass a McDonald's and my child ask for a Happy Meal. I long for the day that I can fix a normal dinner, make him a plate and have him eat without any problems. Connor REFUSES to try new foods. He's tired of the old ones and wont give anything new a chance. I worry about his nutritional intake. He gags on liquid vitamins and so giving him vitamins is a whole other blog!

I often watch my child struggle to find something to eat and wonder if I am being punished??? Have I really done something so bad that I have a child that refuses to eat??? What am I supposed to do to get him to eat???? Not having $300 a week for an hour long session seems to have cut our options short. I'm over it. I've cried and paced the floor so many times watching my child turn down "normal" toddler foods to where I no longer know what to do. Some parents have told me "let him go without, he eventually eat." Well....I've tried this....it didn't work....Connor held out!

Soooo...not having any answers.....all I know to do is rely on faith and believe that my child will eventually have a change in opinion regarding food. This is extremely hard to do when I know he isn't eating enough or even anything nutritional for his body. So tonight I go to bed extremely frustrated and over it! Why won't my child just eat???