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  • Arfid,  Eating and feeding disorder,  Family life,  Infantile anorexia

    Elodie 5.5 – 6 years old: eating well, even lots of new foods in China

    December 30, 2024 /

    Pancreatic cancerWe didn’t go anywhere this summer holiday because my mother was having pancreatic cancer. She was hospitalised a few times, and she was getting more tired. Then we heard that she had to stop treatment because it was not working anymore. This absolutely broke my heart. My mother…

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  • Arfid,  Family life,  Infantile anorexia

    Elodie 5 – 5.5 years old: lots of energy, big variety of foods, terminal grandmother

    August 1, 2024 /

    The first Monday in the New Year my mother started chemo therapy for stage 4 pancreatic cancer which was diagnosed end of September. The day before we were trying our best to have a happy New Year’s Eve, knowing it might be our last one. My mother’s first chemo…

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  • Arfid,  Child,  Eating and feeding disorder,  Family life,  Infantile anorexia

    Elodie 4-4.5 years: primary school, flu, enjoying eating

    June 29, 2023 /

    January was the last month at day care. Because at age 4, kids start primary school in the Netherlands. The last two months Elodie wasn’t sick that much anymore, and she could go to day care from 09.30 until 16.30. She didn’t need to stay there the entire day,…

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  • Arfid,  Child,  Eating and feeding disorder,  Family life,  Infantile anorexia

    Elodie 3.5 – 4 years old: sick, viruses, throat infections etc

    December 19, 2021 /

    We haven’t experienced such a bad, exhausting, draining, dark period in a long time. These six months are so hazy in my memory, it was plain survival mode. It made us realise that after our first NoTube eating school our life started to become increasingly ‘normal’. After around 9…

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  • Arfid,  Child,  Eating and feeding disorder,  Family life,  Infantile anorexia

    Today was a good day <3

    July 22, 2021 /

    We went to the Tilburgse Kermis today and for dinner Elodie choose KFC over some burger restaurant. When we wanted to go outside with our order she pointed out that she wanted to take a seat. We were surprised because initially she was in a hurry to go to…

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  • Arfid,  Child,  Eating and feeding disorder,  Family life,  Infantile anorexia

    Elodie 3 – 3.5 years old: Lots of progress, day care and flu’s.

    June 30, 2021 /

    The new year started really well! Elodie was eating, at least, around 800 calories a day on her own. We could see progress almost daily. Eating new foods, bigger amounts, asking for food, telling us she is hungry and saying that she loves eating and loves food. Even though…

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  • Arfid,  Child,  Eating and feeding disorder,  Family life,  Infantile anorexia,  NoTube

    Why we choose NoTube

    June 30, 2021 /

    After the hospitalization in the MMC in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, Elodie’s 18 months old body was in survival mode, she ate and survived on very little food and she was failing to thrive, and severely underweight. The extreme hunger provocation that they did was detrimental for her health and…

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  • Arfid,  Child,  Eating and feeding disorder,  Family life,  Infantile anorexia

    The impact of the flu on a child with an eating disorder (arfid)

    June 27, 2021 /

    Elodie started day care in April. After two days, where she only went a few hours, she got sick with a major throat infection. Oh my, this was the worst month in 2 years. The lack of sleep, miserable days, the feeling of not wanting to face the next…

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  • Arfid,  Child,  Eating and feeding disorder,  Family life,  Infantile anorexia

    Elodie 2.5 – 3 years old: substantial eating improvements, NoTube Eating school, stability

    December 30, 2020 /

    Our family and my employer saw and heard the significant improvements Elodie had made the last few months since the NoTube Eating school. Most importantly, they saw the positive impact it had on us as a family and our mental health. They offered to contribute for another NoTube Eat…

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