No!

Everything with Troy lately has become a struggle. He fights us about every little thing, testing our patience and pushing the boundaries to see how far he can go before we snap. I hate to say that it’s not far anymore. We’re so emotionally drained that we are on edge. It doesn’t take much to push us over.

The latest and perhaps worst thing is food. He absolutely refuses to eat anything. We know he’s got to be starving, but still he pushes our hands away and says, “No!” We’ve tried new food and food he used to like, nothing works. Something he might have eaten yesterday, he’ll refuse today. This morning I tried to feed him two different kinds of pouches and a yogurt, but he refused it all. So, he had no breakfast at all. We sent him to school hungry.

We know we have to pick out battles with this age, but the food one is a hard one to lose. It’s hard to watch your son not eat, and you think to yourself that you’re failing as a parent. That he’s harming himself, and there’s nothing you can do about it.

It’s even harder when he can’t express himself clearly enough. Is he not hungry? Does he not feel well? Does he not like the food? If we knew the issue, we could adjust. But when you’re flying blind, all you can do is crash and hope to make it through the wreckage.