Onions and Lemons

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Onions and Lemons
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Thu, 05-18-2006 - 7:32pm

When Peter was 3: he woudl eat anything; provided it was cheese pizza, and drink anything provided it was blue.

We worked for years to expand his range, one pea at a time.

We created a monster! LOL

Peter now (almost 8) craves intense flavors, particularly lemons and onions. He was home with a sore throat today and DH, about to leave for the Dr's; found him in the kitchen snacking on raw pearl onions. LOL DH said he made Peter brush his teeth twice and then fed him several Altoids, but the onion smell was pervasive. He had to warn the Dr before she looked into his throat

Does anyone know if eating lemons (he will eat an entire peeled lemon in a sitting) or raw onions is terribly bad for one?

Also does anyone have any ideas on how I can control/ replace this sensory seeking behavior?

-Paula

-Paula

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Wed, 05-24-2006 - 4:44pm

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Wed, 05-24-2006 - 8:26pm

LR,

That is FASCINATING. Peter has has problems with trace amounts of blood in the urine, but has been tested for almost everything (except one particularly gruesome test I wouldn't let them perform).

I wonder....

-Paula

-Paula

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Fri, 05-26-2006 - 8:00pm

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Fri, 05-26-2006 - 11:58pm

We are ruling out serious medical and genetic conditions -as much as possible without a biopsy, which I won't allow for trace amounts and no other symptoms or indicators whatever (such as family history). There is just one more to rule out.

Peter used to be crazy for lemonade. I think it's time to re-kindle that relationship..
-Paula

-Paula

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