The ARFID Mum

The ARFID Mum A parent’s take on ARFID — real talk, support, and simple tips to help you feel less alone.

It has been a long time since we last posted.The last post was back in September and honestly life has been so hard.Our ...
05/02/2026

It has been a long time since we last posted.

The last post was back in September and honestly life has been so hard.

Our little one has turned 8 and since then we have lost more foods than I can count.

What once felt manageable now feels fragile.

At the moment we are relying on one thing.

A Co op cheese sandwich.

That is where we are.

Add in exhaustion, back to school pressures, appointments, constant worry, and my own perimenopausal battles, and it has felt like everything is happening at once.

Some days it feels like we are just trying to get through the next meal, the next day, the next wave.

This journey can be relentless.

It wears you down quietly.

It asks so much of families who are already doing everything they can.

Right now we feel tired.
We feel broken.
But we are still here.

If you have been quiet too, if life has knocked the wind out of you, if ARFID has taken more than it has given lately, please know you are not alone.

Sometimes surviving is the bravest thing we do.

Sending love to every parent holding it together when it feels like it is all falling apart 💜

It has been a while since we last posted and the last few weeks have been a rollercoaster. 💔Back to school has brought s...
30/09/2025

It has been a while since we last posted and the last few weeks have been a rollercoaster. 💔

Back to school has brought so many challenges.

ARFID does not pause just because life gets busy.

Big changes can make it even harder.

Settling back into routines, navigating meals outside the home, and managing the tiredness after long school days have all taken their toll.

There have been moments of progress and moments of worry.

There have been plenty of days where food feels like the biggest mountain to climb.

But we are still here.

We are still learning.

We are still showing up one small step at a time.

If the last few weeks have felt heavy for you too, you are not alone.

Sending love to every family doing their best in the middle of it all 💜

💭 Back to School Challenges We’ve not been posting for a few weeks due to the stresses and strains of life. Back to Scho...
16/09/2025

💭 Back to School Challenges

We’ve not been posting for a few weeks due to the stresses and strains of life. Back to School hasn’t been the simplest. My son has struggled with his routine and this is having a bigger impact on his ARFID.

We are truly grateful for the support we do have, but it feels so isolating at times. I feel a constant shift in communication and sometimes it feels like everything is a battle. I feel like I lose part of myself, and that’s hard when trying to juggle everything.

My own health is not great either, and it definitely makes everything harder on the whole family.

Dear ARFID, this is not the end of my story. I now get support to help me.I’m still here, still learning, and still tryi...
26/08/2025

Dear ARFID, this is not the end of my story.

I now get support to help me.

I’m still here, still learning, and still trying.

Dear ARFID, you’ve tested me!But you’ve also made me stronger and braver.But most of all you’ve made me more determined ...
25/08/2025

Dear ARFID, you’ve tested me!

But you’ve also made me stronger and braver.

But most of all you’ve made me more determined than I ever knew I could be.�

Dear ARFID, Birthdays, day trips and other events are hard.You find a way to complicate them all. But I always try my ha...
24/08/2025

Dear ARFID, Birthdays, day trips and other events are hard.

You find a way to complicate them all.

But I always try my hardest to enjoy my life.

Dear ARFID, most people can’t see you. But I know you are real, and I live with you every day.�
23/08/2025

Dear ARFID, most people can’t see you.

But I know you are real, and I live with you every day.

Dear ARFID, you can make meals stressful.But I know my safe foods make me happy.
22/08/2025

Dear ARFID, you can make meals stressful.

But I know my safe foods make me happy.

Dear ARFID, you’ve taught me to celebrate the tiniest steps. Patience isn’t just a virtue, it’s a survival skill.       ...
21/08/2025

Dear ARFID, you’ve taught me to celebrate the tiniest steps.

Patience isn’t just a virtue, it’s a survival skill.

Dear ARFID, you’re part of my story, but you’re not the ending. I am more than you.
20/08/2025

Dear ARFID, you’re part of my story, but you’re not the ending.

I am more than you.

Dear ARFID, some days I’m exhausted by you. I’ll keep trying my hardest but some days I need rest.
19/08/2025

Dear ARFID, some days I’m exhausted by you.

I’ll keep trying my hardest but some days I need rest.

Dear ARFID, you made me question everything. But now I know, it’s not my fault, and I’m trying my hardest.
18/08/2025

Dear ARFID, you made me question everything.

But now I know, it’s not my fault, and I’m trying my hardest.

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