DH took him to see a dr 2 weeks ago. A famous chinese kids dr who said DS has too muchy heat and put him on a diet on rice, vege and egg with just alittle tofu/ soy. Also gave as us some medicine for him but he wont eat the medicine- to take the heat out of his body. We did the diet for 10 days- we inc plain pasta bread and marmite cause he wasnt eating anything.
I dont see this helping and the drs here are not helpful either. On his last stay in hospital a month ago they said he had a weak immune system and gave him a booster, said he needs to eat more and exercise more. Exercise I am on to, talk him for a walk most days- my thinking is the more he does the more he'll eat- but its a fine line between enough and too tired, if he gets too tired he gets sick and then he wont eat for days and loses more weight and the cycle continues.
I wish we were home in au!
To help our DS' through winter we give them a daily dose of inner health plus for kids in their yoghurt & the kids vitamin pentevite. They say a healthy immune system starts in the gut & so far DS1 has only had one lot of runny nose & cough. DS2 on the other hand gets it back every month. We are just starting again but he's just turned one and building his immune system. I am not sure if you can get something like that where you are (probiotic) it may help.
Does he prefer cold food to hot food? What sort of foods does he like to eat? Can you get a vitamin supplement like Pentevite? Sorry I am not much help the above suggestions are what I would think of for my boys as a starting point. If he is low in vitamins & minerals he will get tired more quickly & take longer to get better. I am sorry you can't get the answers you need where you are. do you have any plans for holiday back here?
My almost 3yr old is about 15ish kg. He's also about 98-100cm tall. My 4yr old is 16kg and 102cm. My DS1 is a fairly fussy eater too and some days eats and eats but most days he just picks at his food. While I do worry about it because he is so active, he is happy and sleeps well, wees and poos as normal, so it seems to the logical side of me that he's healthy. I don't think you DS's weight should be too much of a concern, but if you're worried about his health, then maybe take him to see a paediatrician if the GP is no help to you. The diet he was prescribed sounds very limiting, and if you're worried about his health I wouldn't be limiting his diet at all. Lean meats and protiens are a healthy and important part of a persons diet. Do you give him vitamins, maybe a child-friendly vitamin will help? Sometimes it help increase appetite if they have added vitamins.
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