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[quote=Anonymous]OP, one of my kids had digestive/food issues when he was younger and testing never showed anything. He had terrible gastro issues and there was no question something was wrong but we never found anything abnormal in a test. So I basically did a very slow-moving elimination diet and figured out that he was reacting to dairy and soy (when I finally got in to see a gastroenterologist, she said he was "dairy/soy protein intolerant" and completely supported what we were doing). Anyway, it took years of being 100% off of dairy and soy, no cheating ever for at least two years, for his digestive system to recover. He basically did not have a normal stool until he was 5 or 6.

Anyway, my point is that the testing doesn't always show an issue but there are other ways to figure it out. Given your family history, I would lean into the celiac question and see what you can find out. (I have close friends with celiac disease and the transformation when gluten was strictly eliminated is astounding.) One girl went from sickly and hair falling out, plus difficult behavior, to tall, hardy, and an absolute picture of health a couple years later. And she was diagnosed by a knowledgeable doctor outside of US, in an area where celiacs disease is common, whereas here no one had a clue.

As for eating ideas in general: One of my other kids is low appetite (healthy and ok enough) but super skinny. For lunches, I make sure he has a fruit he likes and always do a home baked good that is healthy but fattening (like the muffin ideas above) but otherwise, let him do whatever he wants: cheese and crackers, sun butter (too bad yours doesn't like it!), bagel and cream cheese, pasta, whatever. When he comes home I make sure I have loads of cashews, peanuts, pistachios, almonds, etc, handy for snacking. Also he has started to drink the vanilla Orgain Kids Protein shakes. And yes I have full-fat chocolate milk.  It's a challenge![/quote]

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