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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here, thanks for your thoughts. I'm getting this checked out asap. Its been worrying me for a year, but ped/Dh kind of told me not to worry. Now DH is worried. We are white...

DS just looks so young compared to his peers, like his face hasn't really changed either. He looks like he's 10.

Its hard to get him to eat more. I am trying but will be more determined about it.

He sleeps about 9.5 to 10 hours a night. [/quote]

Mine fell off his growth trajectories (weight first, then height) starting around age 13. He seemed to be eating normally at home, but over time got pickier and pickier. Finally asked ped & psychiatrist (whom he was seeing for anxiety) to check for eating disorders. Everyone said it seemed ok & not to worry, but he kept not eating much and not growing.. Fast forward 3 years: just before this past Thanksgiving, DS finally admitted to me that he’d been skipping lunch (no snacks either) for the past ~3 years and binge-purging up to 7x per day since last Sept.

After bringing him in for a health check & explaining circumstances to pediatrician, his ped said - ‘your BMI is nice and low’! Wtf says this to a kid who has just been brought in for restricting to &lt;1000cal/day? We are obviously changing peds; but relating this to let you know that there are a lot of licensed doctors out there who are utterly clueless about eating disorders.

Have it checked out by someone with a background in EDs. Anorexia & bulimia are sneaky diseases.[/quote]

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