My Four Year Old Doesn't Eat Anything But,cereal, He Doesn't Have to See Food

no. no problem here.
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khairete
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yes theres a problem. take that child to the dr.

Need more info, this is confusing..

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Please give more information. Your post doesn't make any sense.

If I go by your title. You only feed your son cereal. You've created a monster and made a picky eater.

If he gags to talk? His uvula might be too long. Take him to his pediatrician and talk with your pediatrician who will most likely recommend a food counselor and food therapy

Take him to the pediatrician and make some appointments with specialists. Check for sensory disorders. Take him to a Sensory Therapist. He might have Geographic Tongue. Have the doctor check his uvula to see if it is too long. Check on acid reflux. And also take him to a feeding specialist. Feeding therapy might be a big help to your son....I would definitely get him signed up for this. He may need some regular therapy as well. It could be anxiety. It could be a food allergy so try a food allergist. PS - My son is picky but normal picky and he eats many things...just is picky about it. My nephew is scary picky...he refuses to eat almost every food and will throw up if someone tries to make him. He is 11 years old and is very overweight. He only eats cheese pizza and sweets...some fruit. He won't eat any meat, any vegetables, rice, crackers, nuts, eggs, ANYTHING else. His parents just seemed to give up...they let him eat what he wants and they never try to get him to eat anything else. When we are out to eat he will sulk and eat nothing and then when we get home he will have a cheese pizza. I wish they would have him do feeding therapy because you can see how bad it is for his health now. I wish we could go back in time to when he was 4 and they would stop giving in to him and DO something about it.

Your question is a little hard to understand.
Talk to your doctor about it - he might have texture sensitivity issues.

http://www.foodandnutrition.org/September-October-2014/Pi...

Yes, there's a problem. He wants to eat sugar and milk. He gags because he doesn't like the taste of real food. I do think cereal is a fine breakfast food sometimes but not every meal and every snack.

You need to meet with a pediatric doc that works with kids that can't eat or don't want to eat or something. Forcing him to try new foods won't work. That just makes a person a bully. I was there and I know how it feels. When you finally find out what the issue is you'll feel like a horrible person. So don't force them. Find help and get a way to figure out what the issue is.

Take him to a pediatric dentist. NOT a family dentist that wants your money and says they're a pediatric dentist. One that ONLY does baby teeth and younger kids then sends them on their way as they get older. A true pediatric dentist will be able to help you figure out if there is a physical issue.

Welcome to Mamapedia, C..

We really could use a lot more info here. Can you elaborate and let us know how long this has been going on, what you've already tried, and what discussions you have already held with his pediatrician about it? Otherwise we're just guessing?

If the mere mention of food causes him to gag and if he refuses all other food but cereal, I think you need to see his pediatrician immediately. He can't live on just cereal and water for more than a few days, and obviously his brain development is drastically affected after a long period of insufficient nutrition. So you need to get on top of this right away.

A gag reflex can be affected by a digestive condition or by anxiety or some sort of behavioral issue, so do start with the doctor who knows him the best. If you are not satisfied with your doctor, you can always switch to a new one. I wouldn't let this wait, though.

If he's just fussy and sort of pretending to gag, then it's a behavioral issue and you shouldn't play into it. Put out a few choices of nutritional foods, and then ignore his tantrum. But only if it's just behavioral and recent.