DC were messing around and DS2 (6) got bounced off something onto concrete. Stitches in his chin and a broken jaw means a non-chewing diet for 6 weeks. We've made it through 3 weeks, but he almost passed out one day, he's hungry at school despite my attempts to give him more calories, and now he's constipated.
His preexisting condition is encopresis, so we normal stay away from (or limit) dairy, bananas, and soy for him. This week, trying to get more calories in him after the near-fainting, I dropped off Pediasure, which he loved. He's had 2 accidents since then and is now bound up. We would normally be giving him a clean-out dose of Miralax this weekend, but we aren't so sure his body can handle that right now.
He's not a completely picky eater, but he is 6, and sometimes he just turns away stuff. He's thrown up 2x after having smoothies with protein powder, so I feel like that's out. (pea protein and vega one natural powder).
Breakfasts that have worked: scrambled eggs- chopped, mashed up blueberry muffin w/almond milk mixed in
breakfasts that haven't: bacon/eggs/buttered toast in blender
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(school) lunches that have worked: (canned- desperate) spaghettio's and ravioli, in the blender, blenderized lasagne and spaghetti, low-sodium bean and bacon soup, pudding made with unsweeted almond milk, blenderized canned green beans
lunches that haven't worked: he said no more ravioli
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dinners that have worked: soups in the crockpot, if we crumble a corn muffin or oyster crackers and let them sit, of course - individually pureed chix nuggets, mac n cheese, mixed veggies, le seuer peas, Madras Lentils and rice, blended, refried bean from a can, crockpot meatloaf - blended until smooth with extra ketchup
dinners that haven't worked: broccoli did, but then it didn't, mashed potatoes did, but then not.
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Snacks at home are whatever he will eat, but at school, he's been having an applesauce pouch. I bought 20 other babyfood varieties, and he won't touch them. Sent him with a carnation instant breakfast made with coconut or almond milk, but he won't drink it (and it's made with milk too- so i'm looking to replace that idea with anything caloric and similar/non dairy/non-soy)
What other ideas would you try? This is exhausting, expensive, and a bit scary (when he nearly fainted after not eating his lunch.)