3yr old, wakeful, grumpy, aversion to food

Hello and Thank you so much!
She doesn't really seem to have any specific fears to speak of. When in bed, she has stated she is scared of the dark but I believe the phase has passed or may come and go. She may fuss on occasion during sleep but will easily go back to sleep if I caress her or sush her. She has formed an attachment to her blanket but is fine without it when we are out. She seems to be more interestead in drinkimg Chocolate milk, to which I only add 1tsp to, I do try to limit the amount of Milk she drinks. I wouldn't say she is a very thirsty child. If we are outside She does ask for water to quench her thirst nothing out of the ordinary. She is like her father and brothers she sweats from her head pretty heavily. Her date of birth is 01/14/2014 she was a scheduled C-section. I would say the diseases that run on her father's side are diabetes, hypo-thyroid, "deadly disease of the mouth", heart disease, asthma, high blood pressure and cholesterol.
On my side...diabetes, hypo-thyroid, amyloidosis-heart related (not sure if it's genetic, I need to find out), high blood pressure, cholesterol, "deadly disease of the breast" , heart disease. I can't think of anything else.
I wouldn't quite say she alternates between diarrhea and constipation but the stool loosens up past a normal occasionally. She doesnt eat meat or veggies so there nothing to normalize her bowel movement. Maybe, when she eats Cucumbers more consistently with juice. She is pretty bright is very vocal but seems to have a slight speech delay or slight speech impediment compared to her brothers. They spoke with great ease from very a very young age 5-6 months. Her speech has greatly improved in the last year. But there are still some words she mis-pronounces for example she says "nilk" instead of milk, she says "fuend" instead of "friend". I do not speak to her like that nor do her brothers or father. Her voice can be a little raspy. She loves to dance, sing, and run around pretty normally. I haven't really noticed anything that would strike me as a red flag for any childhood concerns other than her lack of appetite or interest in food & difficulty falling asleep. She is the youngest, she has two older brothers ages 12 and 8. I cant think of anything else.


***she is bright, she knows her letters, their sounds, shapes, numbers to 12 and colors...I would also add she is a night person, she can stay awake pretty late if I don't put her to bed. I have to be strict with her or her wakefulness can turn into a circus.
[Edited by Buttercup1414 on 2017-07-01 23:21:53]

I appologize for taking so long we are visiting family.
1. She does sweat from her head in her sleep.
2. She can be overly defensive if her brothers don't allow her to get her way for little things while playing. She will react by yelling at them, hitting them or throwing things at them. Much the same way she behaves when it's naptime.
3. As far as her belly is concerned it isn't big or protruding like a severely malnourished child but it does bulge out a little bit. Maybe, it's normal for her age I don't know but I feel as if it looks like it bulges out a little more than it should. As I mentioned before she has only complained of a belly ache maybe once or twice before. She has a daily bowel movement but they are like goat pellets, or can also be solid but you can still see the individual pellets. She hardly ever has normal bowel movements (firm, whole, no clumping) she makes more than one trip to the potty at times because of this.
4.environment- we live in deep South Texas, McAllen Tx. It is known as the Rio Grande Valley on the border of Mexico, about 1.5 hours away from the Beach (The Gulf of Mexico), the air is rarely dry. The heat here is pretty intense. I believe the worst times of the year for her would be the transition period from fall to winter and from winter to spring. That is when she gets her stuffy & runny nose, and post nasel drip. We have very high pollen counts here. The northern winds cause our pollen counts to be very high and since we are on lower ground the pollen lingers. We have orange orchards every where and we also have many various crops surroumdimg us. We recently went to the beach for about half a day and she did well. We are visiting family, we are further north but still on the border of Mexico about 3 hours away from home and She tends to have her allergies aggravated here it is hotter here and the air is dry with little or no breeze. I can not comment about other environments as we do not travel much. As far as her health is concerned in connection to the environment I believe thay would be it.
5. Her sleep position to fall asleep is on her side left or right in fetal position but she does travel, she spreads out, and changes position.
6. Temperament- for the most part she is good. She is well behaved with me and my husband. Other than her morning and nap time moodiness she is a good girl, happy. If her brothers pick on her She defends herself by telling them to stop which is fine with me but she can be overly defensive if they don't listen to her. She'll yell, hit and throw things, not ok. They are playful with her and may pick on her from time to time but they don't generally mistreat her. She can be very loving and gentle with them too. She is gentle with our dogs I have never seen her mistreat either one of them. So she isnt agressive.
7.Crying- for a 3 year old pretty much anything can make her cry. If she asks for Ice cream and is told she can't have any
Because she hasn't eaten real food she'll cry and even become angry. If she wants to paint and is told it's not time for painting she'll cry. Her 8yr old brother is the one that makes her cry more than anything.
8. Anger- she can be somewhat bossy and can be easily angered if her 8yr old brother doesn't want to play or do what she wants. We are currently visiting family and She was surrounded by her 3 female cousins and one male cousin all ranging in age from 15 to 9 and She did well. Never crying or getting angry. She even cuddled with her older brother for about 20 minutes because he had been with them at their house for the last two nights (she, my 8yr old & I are at my mother's house).
9.affectionate- she is affectionate. Gives kisses hugs and caresses us gently, she is sweet. She loves her older brother he is the one she cuddles with when I or my husbamd are busy. She also loves her other brother he is the one that plays with her more.
10.sympathetic- if any of us are hurt and are in pain she shows concern and sympathy. If she hurts us She will eventually apologize. She also apologized on her own when she does things that she shouldn't. If she does something wrong and I ask her about it the guilt is all over her face, sometimes she'll deny it, she'll cry and be very embarrassed. She will eventually apologize or admit fault.
11.most preferred food - cake and ice cream which we rarely buy or make due to the fact that she doesn't eat well.
12.food to satisfy - plain spaghetti, no sauce is. She eats pizza very well when he order it.
13.thirst-I would say that her thirst varies... She has been given a glass of milk and She can finish it right away and other times she can have one or two sips and it can sit there for a while before asking for more.
I wish I could be more specific with this...I would say if we've been outside she'll ask for water or juice and She will drink till she finishes what she was served. I would say she does not have a diabetic thirst.
I apologize again for taking long to reply...I am helping with my mother who is ill so I go back and fourth between her, my children and replying to you. I hope this was helpful. Blessings!



***No ice... She does not request it. I add ice on occasion if I am serving her water that has beed sitting in a pitcher on the counter. But she doesn't not request it. Nor does she request her drinks warmed up.
[Edited by Buttercup1414 on 2017-07-02 15:54:01]

No ice... She does not request it. I add ice on occasion if I am serving her water that has beed sitting in a pitcher on the counter. But she doesn't not request it. Nor does she request her drinks warmed up.

She is irritable in the morning. It takes about 10-15 min to pass. She falls asleep at about 10pm and wakes up at 10am (I stay at home with her). I have tried changing her sleep schedule a little bit at a time but she resists.

She is worse ar naptime at accepting that she needs a nap, this is when she is angry yelling, crying, throwing things. But she is a little less irritable after her nap if she wakes up on her own. I try not to allow her to sleep more than 2 hours. The irritability takes about 15 minutes to pass. I usually put her down at about 2-3 pm she wakes up at 4-5pm depending on what time she actually falls asleep.

BEDTIME: Her behavior is not as angry or aggressive but she can hold out for a long time and or be very excitable when we put her to bed. The time she starts getting excited is about 9-9:30. When I start warning her that it is bed time. She sleeps 12 hours most nights and her sleep is continuous.

In the morning after her irritibility passes she is pretty calm most of the day. She watches tv, she'll pick her own DVD's. She'll ask to paint after a while, she'll color...she has several activities she likes to do everyday. She is never really bored or restless unless she skips a nap (it's not very often). I wouldn't describe her as restless. She can sit and relax with me and not need to do anything at times.

Change: She does ok. There hasn't been much change at home lately , and so far there have been no traumatic events. She will be attending school in August. And I desperately need to normalize her sleep schedule and of course