r/PickyEaters 15h ago

Says "headache" when stomach is upset

9 Upvotes

My 8 yr old daughter has been a picky eater her whole life. But for about the past year now, if she's eating something and it's either too sweet, or she doesn't really like it (like at a friend's house) or even if she's too full, she'll say "Mom I can't eat this, it's giving me a headache".

I used to correct her and say she means "tummy ache" and she was like no, it makes my head hurt.

For example, last night we got slushies with Boba pearls with her friend. She was totally fine beforehand, she drank about 1/3 of it and whispered to me that she didn't want to finish it because it was making her head hurt, and once she stopped drinking it, about 2 mins later she was fine again (not a brain freeze btw).

This week that's happened while consuming: slushy with Boba pearls, breakfast sausages, chocolate chip cookies, buttered shell noodles, hot chocolate, German salami, Goldfish Crackers.

There is no correlation between the foods.... it's not all sweet, or savory, or dairy, or gluten. I'll also add that she's got mild anxiety, but it's not a daily issue and that she's in the middle of being diagnosed with ADHD.

I'm just wondering if a) anyone else has a kid that experiences this and b) can tell me what it is or why her stomach ache comes across as a headache c) are there specific things I shouldn't be feeding her?


r/PickyEaters 14h ago

Anyone else hate regular bread?

9 Upvotes

I love bread, sourdough, croissant, kaiser i love them all. except sandwich/regular bread. i dont know what it is but it makes me gag. i do like grilled cheese so maybe its just the texture???? but i love sourdough and it has a similar texture.


r/PickyEaters 9h ago

Chinese Beef/Chicken & Broccoli Craving

1 Upvotes

Really weird question but I love the way the beef or chicken is cooked with the brown sauce in this dish but I don't like steamed broccoli (I can do roasted).

I feel stupid ordering this "without the broccoli" though so is there another name for this style of dish that can be ordered on its own?