Re: Kali's diet

[Guest guest]

I am glad to hear your daughter is doing so wonderfully on the diet! Hold tight,

it will get better!

Unfortunately, it is hard trying to get these young kids to understand about

the diet. I have one child who is autistic, and one who is ASD. Unfortunately,

the last two weeks we were having unexplained regressions, and I came to find

out this week, my two adorable little children were sneaking food from the

refrigerator, mainly my husband's sandwich bread and some food he brings home

from traveling. I unfortunately, for the time being (isn't this embarressing to

admit?) had to put one of those plastic covered wires around my refrigerator

with a padlock. We did this monday night, and already we are coming around to

clearness with the boys. In the past, to recover from a regression took a month,

now, it is a week, so I know we're on the road to healing.

I read the part about Mcs. Ourselves, we just don't go out to eat.

However, I keep working on packaging ideas. If you package some food, without

your child seeing you, then put it in the fridge or freezer, that can be kind of

fun. If it comes from a package, it has got to be good! Also, the mum's who

wrote the cookbook " Cooking To Heal Little Tummies " have some kid friendly

recipes and adorable illustrations at the beginning of each section. Most of the

recipes are pretty simple, requiring just three or so ingredients. I have been

using my copy as the kids cookbook, they like to look at the pictures and pick a

recipe. They also recommend in the cookbook to go to places like Mc's,

etc. and ask for some empty food boxes, french fry wrappings, etc.

I also try to get my kids really involved in the food they eat. When we shop,

I let them pick stuff out from a couple of choices. It has taken a long while,

but as time goes on, my kids have come to the point where they eat a wider

variety of food, and think it is fun to pick up food on co-op day or go

shopping. SCD is so much easier now, but even saying that, is not meant to imply

we don't have hard times with it.

For us, the hardest time is when we are at friends houses, or at a birthday

party, etc. The hardest part of SCD is to have your child in a situation, where,

they are already different, but must sit there with other children eating a

beautiful birthday cake or scrumptious pizza, and not be able to partake. SCD

food is delicious, don't get me wrong, but there are times at school or on

special occassions, I have to be the overprotective parent and guard my children

like they are in a bubble.

All in all, the benefits of SCD way out weigh the negatives of it, and SCD is

great, but it is only truthful to acknowledge it is super hard as well at

certain times. However, more and more solutions keep popping up, like getting a

Mc's child's meal box, with a toy and tasty SCD treats wrapped in

Mc's containers, for an occassional treat. I like that idea! Also, we just

ordered some apple chips from Digestive Wellness. I am going to keep them on

hand when friends have their own chips at the playground, or at their house,

basically, when we are lunching out with our SCD food with others. There are

times when fitting in and blending in are called for. Plus, I like the idea of

having treats on hand that other kids not on SCD will dig! Occassional SCD

appropriate honey sticks too (with an enzyme of course!).

Summer

Jim & Jennie jlessard@...> wrote:

I know it is worth it for me to keep her on this diet because she would have

to take meds for behaviors and sleeping and we just can't ever go back to that

life again. She has made so much progress. I will be here to get help unless

someone else takes me off this list:). Thanks for understanding! Jenn & Kali 95

% scd 6 months

[Guest guest]

Hi Summer,

>go to places like Mc's, etc. and ask for some empty food boxes,

french fry wrappings, etc.

This is a great idea. It has been suggested many times over the years

on the list.

Sheila