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Could this be a sign of diabetes - or WHAT?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 486050" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>The test for diabetes is relatively simple. If pediatrician doctor will go for it, I'd do it to put your mind at rest. I'm all for ruling out the physical first. </p><p></p><p>Chewing on metal? Possible mineral deficiency. Might want to have that checked as well. Just a blood test. </p><p></p><p>I don't know the background on your son. So I'm assuming that since you said "since you met him" that he is adopted? If so, could there have been periods of time before he came to you that he went long periods without adequate food? This could both cause the drama king reaction when hungry as well as the eating like there is no tomorrow when he finally gets it.......could also explain the sneaking sweets and picking it up off the floor. </p><p></p><p>Now I will say when my son was younger.........he had a thing for food. He snuck it (some of the most unusual things too), especially sweets, he hid it in his room, even at age 2 he could eat 2 full plates of adult size portions of food. He was not fat in the least either. And it drove me crazy.</p><p></p><p>To the point where I asked his doctor about it. Well now in infancy Travis did "starve". He had failure to thrive due to having an under developed sphincter muscle at the top of his stomach and dropped below his birth weight at 6 months before we finally got the darn docs attention. His doctor told us that sometimes when a person has at a very young age been "starved" or food deprived it tends to trigger what they believe to be an old survival instinct in humans. And they will do anything to get food even if not hungry. It's like the switch doesn't turn off. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately Travis eventually outgrew it. </p><p></p><p>Just a suggestion. Some kids just obsess over food too for whatever reason.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 486050, member: 84"] The test for diabetes is relatively simple. If pediatrician doctor will go for it, I'd do it to put your mind at rest. I'm all for ruling out the physical first. Chewing on metal? Possible mineral deficiency. Might want to have that checked as well. Just a blood test. I don't know the background on your son. So I'm assuming that since you said "since you met him" that he is adopted? If so, could there have been periods of time before he came to you that he went long periods without adequate food? This could both cause the drama king reaction when hungry as well as the eating like there is no tomorrow when he finally gets it.......could also explain the sneaking sweets and picking it up off the floor. Now I will say when my son was younger.........he had a thing for food. He snuck it (some of the most unusual things too), especially sweets, he hid it in his room, even at age 2 he could eat 2 full plates of adult size portions of food. He was not fat in the least either. And it drove me crazy. To the point where I asked his doctor about it. Well now in infancy Travis did "starve". He had failure to thrive due to having an under developed sphincter muscle at the top of his stomach and dropped below his birth weight at 6 months before we finally got the darn docs attention. His doctor told us that sometimes when a person has at a very young age been "starved" or food deprived it tends to trigger what they believe to be an old survival instinct in humans. And they will do anything to get food even if not hungry. It's like the switch doesn't turn off. Fortunately Travis eventually outgrew it. Just a suggestion. Some kids just obsess over food too for whatever reason. [/QUOTE]
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