My little guy seems to be crossing the line from picky eating to ARFID — he’s having a hard time eating even the “safe foods” and subsisting mostly on milk these days. He doesn’t have an “official” diagnosis but I’m pretty sure he fits the DSM-V criteria (physician here).

It’s killing my wife and me.

We are desperately trying to wrestle our own anxiety but we are honestly crumbling. My wife broke down into tears at the dining table and I’m barely holding the line myself.

We have his pediatrician and a psychologist on board but they seem a bit out of their depth (no indictment on them as professionals) and I’m already looking for an eating disorders specialist.

What I want to know from you is — what do you fell your parents could have done for you, that might have helped.

And if anyone’s beaten or improved their condition, please, please, let me know. I am in dire need of hope.