I put fish oil in her yogurt 2x a day and 1 multivitamin tab in the morning. She has cream in her yogurt 3 x a day. The only thing she is missing is enzymes from live food. Not sure if I should supplement? I will have to figure that out.

Bella has a food aversion, she can’t tolerate food even touching her skin. The only way she eats her food is by distraction. Otherwise she would run off and happily not eat. Bella cannot chew, so finds food scary as she used to choke and now associates food with danger. we have an unspoken understanding that we need to just get the food in without making a fuss and making her feel uncomfortable. She has verbal Dyspraxia which means that her neurons in the her brain can’t tell her mouth muscles to talk properly. It may also affect chewing? She is actually beginning to really talk now and I can see that one day she will talk quite adequately. The art is good as it relaxes her and she can eat without having to think about it. It is a very strange thing I know. Hard to believe. I’m just thankful that she eats at all. It could be worse.

Is the art a pleasant treat after eating or does she do both at once? I hope she’s not distracted while eating, that would be difficult for her digestion to handle. Filippa’s suggestions are awesome especially the raw egg yolk. I’d add butter to her other additions.

Also, feel her tummy, if it is cold, she may have a cold, damp Spleen disharmony. Ginger tea in a sippy cup will help (honey to make it more attractive) and if she cops that, maybe a chinese herbal remedy made just for her, Ginger in her baths and a hot water bottle on her tummy at night will warm the Spleen energy. If she does have cold, damp digestion it’s no wonder she abhors fruit and raw vegetables. They will not help at all. When I was a child I hated salad. It’s only when I was able to heal my digestion that I could enjoy the taste of raw food and I still don’t like fruit much. Other things that weaken the spleen energy are processed milk (and even raw milk in severe cases), refined sugar, drugs, over-thinking, over-sitting, over-sleeping, emotional issues, damp environment, lack of exercise (probably not the case with Bella).

It’s sad that she’s unable to join the community due to her eating issues. But she’s only young, you have many years ahead to welcome her into the world of food. Please let us know how you’re coming along, especially if you do a Kinesiology a session for her.

I just find Bella’s food issues so puzzling as I watch other kids tuck into there food and am sad when I see families sitting around with their kids sharing a meal. The sharing of food really does connect people and is an important social element. It is especially obvious when it there is an eating problem. I took Bella to occasional childcare last week and had to leave early because when the fruit platter came out and the toys got packed away and the kids all sat down to eat, Bella became distressed and cried uncontrollably. To her it was like all the supposedly normal kids became strange Star Trek Klingon characters who began eating disgusting food. Bella was also then unable to participate in the social gathering which the kids had formed. She was left an outsider. I think I will bring yogurt for her next time and see if she feels alright with eating it whilst the other kids eat strange food.
I also worry about her only eating cooked mashed food, but have started giving her kids vitamins and can one day I think give her digestive enzymes which she might be missing out on because she doesn’t eat raw foods. I feel o.k I guess because I can in many ways feed her nourishing foods with the help of NTD and supplements.
Thanks
Suzanne

Kind regards,

Katherine Cobb