Hi ladies, babies and toddlers. Hope all is well.

Sorry I haven't been on in a while. My little princess has been in hospital As some of you will know, she has been having problems eating ( I posted on here a while back about it )
She started refusing to eat ANYTHING at all last week. I tried asking her about why she wouldn't eat and she said she was fat!! This is a 3 year old!
She said she had nightmares about food and she woke up screaming every night. She point blank refused any food and got extremely upset about it all.
Anyway I took her to the doctor who weighed her and said she was getting severely sp* underweight.(Finally a doctor who listened to us!) He admitted us to hospital and they did endless tests on her. Her face was all pale and she was getting really worn out. 2 days later they decided she was dehydrated! So they put a drip into her to get some fluids round her body. They were feeding her through a tube and it was the most distressing experience in my life. Seeing tubes and wires in her body
Then I had a visit from social services because they were concerned I wasn't feeding her properly!! I had to have a horrible meeting with them and they questioned me and interviewed me. Finally they came to watch Daisy have her tea and they saw how distressed she was about food. They will be keeping an eye on us though
Thankfully she started getting stronger and eventually she ate toast by herself with alot of persuasion! She was allowed home yesterday evening and is starting to look a little more interested in her toys and starting to look a little better.
A child physciatrist Sp* is coming tomorrow morning to visit her to see if we can get to the bottom of this aversion to food.

I am absolutly exhausted after spending a week with hardly any sleep at all. I've had to catch up on kip in the waiting room and had to cancel my MW appointment. With all the stress of Daisy being ill I completley forgot how many weeks and days I was I feel so so guilty towards bump

Sorry for the big moan and depressing post. Hope everyone is ok and there are some upbeat posts for me to read and cheer me up lol. I am just so stressed out with trying to get Daisy to eat and get her better as well as being heavily pregnant and so so tired all the time! Sorry if this post is muddled I am shattered

Love KIrsti, Poorly Daisy (3) and 28+1 Yellow bump

xx

Just want to say..

A BIG BIG thankyou to you all for the replies.
It means alot knowing I have support on here.

Daisy has seen the physciatrist this morning and it went quite well. She is picking up now and drinking lots and eating a little bit more today. Im going to try some of those yummy recipies over on nikki's thread to see if she will like them and try something new!
We have no idea why she kept calling herself fat The physciatrist thinks it's an emotional problem rather than physical as the doctors couldn't find anything wrong with her body.

Elizabeth suggested I use something called EFT I think? Which involves tapping! I read up on it and it's something I am definatly going to be trying.

OH is watching Daisy today so I can have a bath and relax this afternoon. It has been an awful week but hopefully we're getting this sorted once and for all now!


Thanks again.
Much love from Kirsti and gang.x

I'm sorry and good luck!

Kirsti, Daisy, and Baby-On-Way,

I'm so sorry for all of the trouble you have been going through - it sounds like a terrible situation for anyone to be in! I know I don't know you as I am new to this forum, but perhaps I can offer some advice, though I have never had either of my two daughters (Poppy, 4 1/2, and Selena, 3) call themselves fat. How terrible for you!

Anyway, for toddlers, eating can be a challenge anyway, since you can't disrupt their play time for meal time or they will get very upset and think food is a bad thing. So, healthy snacks throughout the day could help get more calories in little Daisy! Perhaps if you work with her to develop healthy snacks, she may be more willing to eat those rather than, say, a bag of crisps, because they are healthy and good for her. Now, I'm not saying to let her think she is fat, but you might have to just go with it without acknowledging it directly for a time. Something like a glass of milk is good for protein, energy, and calcium, and you can flavor it too. Or, peanut butter is great for protein and tasty for little tummies! Try that with maybe some sliced apples, as fall is apple season! Or, perhaps Daisy would like some berries or peaches? Something like that might be nice. If worse comes to worse, perhaps you can make her some little finger sandwiches - put cooked chicken pieces in the blender with a bit of mayonnaise and seasoning to make a simple ground chicken salad and then put it on some little tea breads without crust. Make it like a tea party for Daisy, with some little tea pots, tea sandwiches, and fruit salad, and perhaps she could even invite a friend over to make it like a fun little thing. She'd be eating good healthy food and thinking it was fun! My youngest daughter, Selena, went through a huge food aversion phase, and this helped her, so hopefully it will work for you and Daisy! I'm dreading this happening with my son, 3-month-old Luther!

Anyway, best of luck to you and your family. Remember to eat healthy yourself and relax a bit, and your pregnancy and little bump will be fine! I'm sure the child psychiatrist will be able to help you out!

Love,

Mathilde

Mathilde Julie Rodin and Rufus James Rodin
Parents to Poppy Jezebel, Selena Jade, and Luther Johnston

Hey hun,

I can't imagine what you must be going through.... sounds like you both had a tough time of it. At least now you are getting some help, sounds like it wont be easy but I'm sure Daisy will be fine eventually.

Just make sure you try and get a few minutes to yourself hun, a long soak in the bath to destress you and I'm sure your bump will be fine!!

Love and hugs Eileen and 2wks and 4day old Calum xxx

Well firstly well done Daisy for having some toast!
I really hope she gets better and the phsyciatrist gets to the bottom of it.
Do u not have any idea of why she said she was 'fat' then ? Bless her it must be so hard for u atm and my thoughts are with you!
Love brooke xx

Oh hun

So sorry for everything you guys have been through! It must have been so tough on you all!
I am glad she seems to have picked up a little and has managed to eat some toast! hopefully with help from the psychiattist you will be able to find a way to help Daisy through it and get to the bottom of it.
HUGE HUGS (((((((( )))))))) for you daisy and Bump x x

Nikki B x x x x x x x x

Aw hunni

(((((massive hugs)))))

So sorry to hear that Daisy has been in hopsital, glad she is home now, must be so stressful for you, I rememember you posting about her not wanting to eat a while back. I really hope you manage to make some progress with her eating and get to the bottom of things, now you are getting some help. Hope the child psychiatrist is nice and good at their job!

Sorry you had SS on your back, I guess it's just protocol they have to interview everyone in that kind of situation to be sure or they would never realise who was actually behaving like that with their kids. Must have been really upsetting though

Hope you manage to get some proper rest now that you are home again. Don't feel guilty about the bump it's not your fault hun.

Lots of love and hugs.

Rach xx + Holly 7 months

oh my god, i hope daisy gets better soon and you atleast get some rest as u need it with ur bump!... bloody social services how annoying for you to see ur daughter in the state she is in, let alone soical services questioning you!... but there getting even more strict because of the baby P incident.

Keep stronge and i really hope Daisy starts eating a bit better

Lucy & Rosie (9wks + 4days)xx

Hey

I am so so sorry your going through such a hard time, i hope the meeting tomorrow goes ok and you start getting to the bottom of it all.
Cant say anything to help unfortuantely but thinking of you all

Lots of hugs

Nat and Megan xxx

Hi daisy

I will keep you guys in my thoughts and prayers. I hope your DD gets over this adversion quickly and you guys can concentrate on your new arrival.

Hugs

Mrs V

Oh honey

poor you, what a stressful time. Poor little Daisy, hope the child psychiatrist can help you get to the bottom of it. I dread Sam ever being ill, must be heartbreaking. Hope you can try and get some rest now, and don't feel guilty about little bump, he/she won't mind, they'll know mummy has been a bit preoccupied with big sis.

Take care sweetie

Rach and Sam x x x