Potatos, Pica and Poo

Things are more settled here lately, which is good because the summer holidays are fast approaching and it needs to be as calm as it can before the huge change of routine begins.

Lou Lou's Special Needs High Chair arrived this week, she has taken to it very well. The old chair was not designed for an almost four year old and she would often rock across the kitchen in it! This new Breezi Chair is just perfect and she looks very grown up sitting at the table with her brothers.




We had a trip to the hospital today. Mainly because of the awful bowel problems she's been having. I'm having to change a poo'y nappy 4-9 times a day. She had an X-Ray,which confirmed our suspicions of constipation. The registrar told me to up her dose of medication from 2 to 6 sachets at day. As you can see by the photo above she is a very good eater and its not her diet that's causing the constipation its the fact that perhaps due to her sensory processing difficulties she dislikes the feeling of pooing. and constantly tries to 'hold' it in. Of course if we hold it in it can cause all sorts of problems. Unfortunately i cant explain this to her because of her level of understanding.
The second reason for our trip to the hospital is that she needed a blood test, this takes 3 people to hold her down. Before the needles and things go in her arm she is upset because of the people holding her. The blood tests are necessary because she has been eating raw potato peel, orange peel and a bit of play doh. The paediatrician tells me its Pica. But fortunately she hasn't been eating some of the other bizarre things that people with Pica eat.

Check out my new blog - http://halo-rainbow.blogspot.com/ it's purely photos, videos and pictures - as sometimes words aren't needed. You will see how useful the new high chair box is - she loves it!

Halo♥