Wheat free vs. gluten-free

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a, beware that wheat-free and gluten-free are not the same thing...though wheat-free is probably a good step and will greatly reduce gluten in the diet...it won't bring the gluten down to zero. We are mostly wheat-free and that has helped us. To get rid of the rest of the gluten, though, if you choose to do that, you have to also eliminate barley and rye, and possibly oats (I think you can find gluten-free oats, but most oats contain gluten). If you decide to do a GF diet, be careful what grains you replace the gluten-containing grains with...rice, and rice flour, can be very constipating. There are lots of good resources out there about the GF diet...you might also want to try the SCD website (www.pecanbread.com) or any of the raw food websites (though not all of those recipes are GF) for some creative ideas.

Bonnie

I'll try easying up on the Natural Calmfor a week or two and see what

happens. His poop is semi-solid when it first comes out, then it gets

super-runny (pretty much liquid). I do agree his colon may still be

stretched out and can hold quite a bit. Once he does go, there's so

much of it, that I am pretty sure there is no impaction.

My other thinking in terms of retraining his bowels and his mind is

that it may be easier to feel that his bowels are full when the poop

is just a little more solid...

Thanks for the tip on the apples. Easy enough to cut them out this

time of the year, so I'll do that right away.

I have also read that high dose of vitamin C turns into oxalates... if

that's the case, wouldn't I be better off with a magnesium supplement

that doesn't have so much vitamin C?

My other concern about vitamin C is that personally, if I take it, I

do get diarrhea.

, yes, I did go casein free for those weeks. I cannot say I saw

a significant difference. But I need to try the wheat-free diet,

although I do find the idea very overwhelming.

Thank you for the reminder about the potty-training. I guess part of

me had already resigned to have him in diapers until he's 5, and

seeing him so eager... I just want to do everything I can to help him

out.

Does anyone know what is the reasoning behind the high dosage of Vit.

C in Natural Calm? Have people who tried other Mag. supplements

noticed the loose stools as well?

Thank you so much for all your help. I can't tell you how much it

means to have someone to bounce ideas off... Some times I feel I'm

driving myself crazy with guessing work.

Paola

> > >

> > > we have lots of luck adding dried fruit in some form to that

> mix.

> > a handful of dried cherries or a couple of prunes, etc. a day.

> there

> > are some great recipes out there for a fruit paste, many that

> include

> > senna, which we've never used for our son. since he eats the dried

> > fruit okay, i haven't taken on the paste challenge.

> > >

> > > and all the vegetables/fruit they will eat (for fiber.) That

> part

> > is a challenge for us as my son has significant disabilities, and

> it's

> > a miracle he can eat orally as it is....i am blessed to have made

> the

> > transition when he was about three to " no dessert w/o vegetables. "

> i

> > just try to make that serving every night HUGE. helps to load it up

> > with butter and garlic and salt. you have to pick your battles in

> my

> > life.

> > >

> > > We too have been VERY pleased with the natural calm. We had been

> > using a liquid calcium with magnesium, and just switched to NAtural

> > Calm. We are really pleased.

> > >

> > > sharry, aidan's mom

> > >

> > >

> > > Magnesium transition - questions

> > >

> > >

> > > I've managed to move my son from Miralax to Natural Calm and I

> am so

> > > relieved about it. We went through about 10 days of oxalates

> dumping,

> > > but he seems fine right now.

> > >

> > > However, his poops are runny and liquidy. They also do not come

> every

> > > day. I'm not sure what to do.

> > >

> > > I give him probiotics every day, plus 4 gel caps of Nordic

> Naturals

> > > Children DHA, and 1 DSSP (somewhere in between 1 TSP and 1

> TBSP) of

> > > Natural Calm Kids. I have tried to skip the DHA but it doesn't

> seem to

> > > make a difference. I have also tried a dairy free diet but it

> also

> > > didn't seem to make a difference.

> > >

> > > His timeline:

> > > he's been constipated since about 1 year old.

> > > around 2 years old, his constipation (and his mood changes

> because of

> > > it) became severe and the doctor prescribed an X-ray. He was

> indeed

> > > quite backed up and we put him on Miralax. This was last

> November.

> > > Miralax indeed cleaned him out, but I was never able to 'phase

> it

> > > out'. I'd get to a certain dose and it'd stop working.

> > > About 3 weeks ago I took him off Miralax. He never had any

> adverse

> > > effects on him, but I was getting really uncomfortable with it.

> > >

> > > I'd like to now make some progress in terms of the consistency

> of

> > > poops (he's doing great progress towards potty training, but

> when it

> > > comes to pooping he still wants a diaper and I cannot blame him

> for

> > > it, since it's quite messy).

> > >

> > > Should I decrease the Magnesium? Or try a different Magnesium

> > formula?

> > >

> > > I wonder if it's the vitamin C in the Natural Calm that is to

> blame

> > > for the runniness...

> > >

> > > Thank you for any ideas you may have.

> > >

> > > a -

> > > Mom to Seb

> > >

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