Potty Training Update

It looks like we are going to be changing diapers for a considerable time longer. We took Little Bug to his ASD specialist (a separate update in itself) and The Wizard is concerned that the reason Little Bug isn’t acknowledging that he has gone poop or has to go, is because he is blocked up with poop. There is a special name for this condition, but basically it means the child goes back and forth from constipation to diarrhea, however they are never fully emptying their bowels.
Nick and I was obviously overwhelmed when the doctor began to talk about the surgery that could fix this problem and what tests- x-rays and ultra sounds- would be needed. We were also concerned when the wizard told us that a cause of this could be lack of nutrition. We could only shake our heads along with the wizard when he said that unfortunately a nutritionist would be involved.

Nothing personal against nutritionist, however when you have a child with restrictive requirements about food, nutrition is the tip of the ice berg. Simply eating some days are a battlefield. While Little Bug has gotten more flexible in many ways, food isn’t one of them. He now will only eat plain chicken- there can’t be salt, pepper, or discoloration or grill lines from cooking. If there is any of the above, he will take the time to pick of the marks with grill lines or will rub the chicken on his pants to get the seasoning off. He refuses milk at this point- including chocolate milk. He only wants juice or water. He has begun to become a carb junky- whole wheat, raw pasta, and handfuls of just plain flour are the items he seeks. We have to lock up our flour as he has been sneaking it. Behaviors like these don’t leave much room for nutrition. A good eating day at our house is when he doesn’t find a way to get to the flour while Nick or I are going to the bathroom and he has eaten something other than chicken. At this point, getting 1 serving of fruits or vegetables (that isn’t plain lettuce) is a miracle