My son is 12 years old in the first year of high school. He attends mainstream education and is academically fantastic
Over the last few months, he has started to eat less and less, both at school and at home. He won’t currently even eat his ‘safe foods’. He has never been a big eater, but the dietician wasn’t concerned when he was referred previously. Given that he has never been a big eater, there is nothing of him so he can’t really afford to lose weight.
I have spoken to the school who are not being especially forthcoming, I’ve had a telephone appointment with his GP who is referring him back to CAMHS (previously had a 6 week programme for understanding emotions which was hard fought - but again this was via teams, and not especially effective), and to the paediatrician team.
He also doesn’t drink much, has a very limited range of foods that he will consider, and will not open up to me about anything. He is also incredibly angry, all of the time. We are living on eggshells. His dad struggles to accept and understand his needs at the best of times, his younger brother is getting the raw end of the deal, his grandmother was a mental health nurse for many years, and I am a trained SENCO. All of this expertise and experience is still not helping us to understand, or helping him to talk to us.
Any advice, ideas, experience or miracles are welcome!
