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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 488125"><p>I need your help. difficult child 1 has been extremely tired for the last 3 days. Let me give you some background before I ask my question.</p><p></p><p>When difficult child 1 was a toddler, he was frequently mildly anemic. This went away as he got older and started eating more iron-rich foods.</p><p></p><p>Friday night he did an overnight "Chess Tournament" with his Boy Scout troop. Usually he doesn't sleep while he's there (he claims) but he said he actually did this time. Since then he sleeps 12-13 hours a night and takes a 1-2 hour nap late morning and then goes to sleep at bedtime at 9:30. This has been going on for 2 days now.</p><p></p><p>He is a different kind of eater. He eats the same things for days and then suddenly stops when he's tired of that food. An example is he ate 1-2 WHOLE bags of the Green Giant frozen boxes of Broccoli with Cheese Sauce a day for about 3 weeks. I could never keep enough of it in the house. Now I couldn't pay him to eat it. I do make him eat other foods each day also and he takes a multivitamin daily. His "food of the month" is always a part of each meal. Lately it has been fruit. Whole cans at a time.</p><p></p><p>He has been on Tenex since his hospitalization in October. It has worked well for him (so far).</p><p></p><p>Now my question is, could this sleepiness be a side effect of the Tenex (he's slow to develop them but they hit hard when they hit) or could it be he's anemic again or....or.....or? Should I be concerned right now or should I give it some more time? What kinds of foods are high in Iron so I can try to increase his intake to see if that's the issue (he HATES needles of any kind). I'm not sure what to do right now and could used some experienced advice. TIA.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 488125"] I need your help. difficult child 1 has been extremely tired for the last 3 days. Let me give you some background before I ask my question. When difficult child 1 was a toddler, he was frequently mildly anemic. This went away as he got older and started eating more iron-rich foods. Friday night he did an overnight "Chess Tournament" with his Boy Scout troop. Usually he doesn't sleep while he's there (he claims) but he said he actually did this time. Since then he sleeps 12-13 hours a night and takes a 1-2 hour nap late morning and then goes to sleep at bedtime at 9:30. This has been going on for 2 days now. He is a different kind of eater. He eats the same things for days and then suddenly stops when he's tired of that food. An example is he ate 1-2 WHOLE bags of the Green Giant frozen boxes of Broccoli with Cheese Sauce a day for about 3 weeks. I could never keep enough of it in the house. Now I couldn't pay him to eat it. I do make him eat other foods each day also and he takes a multivitamin daily. His "food of the month" is always a part of each meal. Lately it has been fruit. Whole cans at a time. He has been on Tenex since his hospitalization in October. It has worked well for him (so far). Now my question is, could this sleepiness be a side effect of the Tenex (he's slow to develop them but they hit hard when they hit) or could it be he's anemic again or....or.....or? Should I be concerned right now or should I give it some more time? What kinds of foods are high in Iron so I can try to increase his intake to see if that's the issue (he HATES needles of any kind). I'm not sure what to do right now and could used some experienced advice. TIA. [/QUOTE]
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