RE: Re: food allergies again--Shona

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HiShona-

I saw your posts about the GFCF diet & how

preservatives really upset your childs health. My

son, who just turned 4 has also been on GFCF & an

extremely restricted DAN diet, before seeing Dr.

Goldberg. We have reintroduced a few things & have

had to give up some of his favorites ( such as

berries).

What really excited me was the end of a post that said

your son had actually spoken a couple of times & that

you'd waited so long for that... (A HUGE OOO to

you & your son!!) would you mind telling me a little

more about his " diagnosis " and what you have done that

you think may have helped him be able to speak? My

little guy was " normal " until around 15-18 months, had

some words & things & then stopped. He hasn't

" spoken " since. :-( He's being treated by Dr.

Goldberg, and a speech pathologist and we've seen some

improvement, albeit SLOW! of course, we know there's

no such thing as a miracle-over-night-fix! I'm always

interested in seeing what has helped someone else's

child.

Congrats again on your sons incredible progress!! It's

always encouraging to hear and makes my heart happy

for the child & families it happens to.

Thanks-

--- Kristy Nardini <krnardini@...> wrote:

> Hi Shona,

>

> Wow!! I'm impressed your son will eat veggies and

> rice. My little guy is

> very picky, and will have nothing to do with

> 'healthy' foods ;-(

>

> For breakfast he eats a Mickey Mouse waffle made

> with Namaste foods no-sugar

> added waffle mix. I mix it according to directions,

> but I also add no-sugar

> applesauce or pear sauce (baby food pears), and 2-3

> tablespoons of flax

> seeds, and handful of blueberries (fresh, dried or

> frozen) - these to battle

> constipation - and use rice milk, served with a

> little maple syrup. He also

> likes nitrite-free bacon (which they now sell at

> Costco and it's very

> good!!!!) or nitrite-free sausage.

>

> For lunch at school I send a cut-up nitrite-free hot

> dog (they make chicken,

> turkey and beef so he gets some variety), rice

> cakes, apple slices (both

> Costco and Trader Joe's sell fresh cut-up ready to

> go), dried fruit (no

> sugar or sulphites added) or a fruit leather, fresh

> veggie juice (in a

> reusable juice box), etc. He also likes goat-cheddar

> cheese, which I can

> find at some of our health food stores.

>

> For dinner we usually have grilled steak or another

> meat and he eats either

> apples or bananas. I serve veggies, which he never

> eats, so I also serve him

> veggie chips so I feel like I'm being a good mom.

>

> He does not like sauces of any kind, but I think you

> can Google gluten-free

> soy sauce and find one. Try www.glutenfreemall.com,

> too. www.tacanow.com has

> tons of good GFCF info.

>

> In the summer, I usually have all-fruit popsicles or

> Rice Dream ice cream on

> hand. There are also several gluten-free cookies in

> the stores, so he gets

> those on rare occasions.

>

> For holidays, I keep enzymes from www.houstonni.com

> on hand for invariable

> infractions. If he gets gluten without the enzymes,

> he flings things (toys

> or whatever) and sometimes crumbles things in front

> of his eyes, but he

> doesn't do these things with the enzymes and gluten.

>

> He NEVER gets dairy, or he gets an ear infection or

> other respiratory

> infection.

>

> We actually were able to successfully reintroduce

> corn about 2 months ago,

> after over 1.5 years off of it.

>

> HTH a little.

>

> Kristy

>

> food allergies again

> >

> >

> > Hi all! Thanks for your support through this

> journey with the

> kids.

> > I've spoken with Dr. Goldberg's office and he

> wants me to

> continue

> > what we had already started. I keep a food

> journal for Skyler and

> > note what he eats and his behavior, bowel

> movement(He has a lot

> of

> > trouble with diarrhea.), whether he's more

> hyper, hard to get to

> > sleep, etc. It's really helped us out a lot. I'm

> really

> interested

> > in finding out more about how to remove the

> preservatives from

> his

> > diet. I have tried a gluten free casein free

> diet with him

> before,

> > but he reacted horribly to all the additives in

> the gfcf foods

> that

> > I bought. Nothing is easy with this kid. :-)

> Someone had posted

> > about having their child preservative free along

> with gfcf. If

> you

> > would, please either e-mail me privately or post

> on the list. My

> e-

> > mail is chaia98@... Food is such an important

> trigger

> > with Skyler that I just have to get this right

> for him.

> >

> > We've all been so excited because Skyler has

> spoken twice in the

> > past couple of weeks! I've waited so many years

> for this.

> >

> > Take care.

> >

> > Shona

> >

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