Questions regarding runny stools, frozen yogart and nut flour

[Guest guest]

Hello. I've had my 4 year old Autistic son on the diet for 21/2

weeks. He had really bad runny stools before. After 1 week his

stools got solid for only 2 days then went runny again. Is this

normal? Am I giving too much grape juice?or bananas? He gets maybe

1/2 cup diluted juice in the morning with his supplements and 1 banana

thats it. Also all he'll eat is nut flour pancakes or egg pancakes

and steak and chicken, that is it. Is that ok for the beginning? I

use almonds that have the skins on them, I saw that you should use the

ones without skins where do you get those? and he will NOT eat yogart

at all. He has issues with textures. Is it ok to give it to him in a

smoothie or in the pancakes? I can't even force it into his mouth

because he spits it back out. Thanks for the help!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the list " fourkidsaregreat " ,

> Hello. I've had my 4 year old Autistic son on the diet for 21/2

> weeks. He had really bad runny stools before. After 1 week his

> stools got solid for only 2 days then went runny again. Is this

> normal?

Did you add anything different at that point?

> Am I giving too much grape juice?or bananas?

Did you change the amounts of these? Were the bananas ripe (yellow

with brown spots) What grape juice?

He gets maybe

> 1/2 cup diluted juice in the morning with his supplements and 1

banana

> thats it. Also all he'll eat is nut flour pancakes or egg pancakes

> and steak and chicken, that is it. Is that ok for the beginning?

Sounds like you need more veggies & fruit. If he won't eat veggies

straight up there is a recipe for veggie pancakes at

http://www.pecanbread.com/recipes.html under " Pancakes " .

> use almonds that have the skins on them, I saw that you should use

the

> ones without skins where do you get those?

I can buy them in the baking section of my grocery store. Also health

food store. The skins may be too rough for his gut right now.

and he will NOT eat yogart

> at all. He has issues with textures. Is it ok to give it to him in

a

> smoothie or in the pancakes? I can't even force it into his mouth

> because he spits it back out. Thanks for the help!!!!!

How much yoghurt are you using right now? Yes you can use it in a

smoothie. Did you gradually increase the amounts of the yoghurt?

Sheila, SCD 55 mos, 21 yrs UC

mom of , SCD 40 mos

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the list " fourkidsaregreat " ,

> Hello. I've had my 4 year old Autistic son on the diet for 21/2

> weeks. He had really bad runny stools before. After 1 week his

> stools got solid for only 2 days then went runny again. Is this

> normal?

Did you add anything different at that point?

> Am I giving too much grape juice?or bananas?

Did you change the amounts of these? Were the bananas ripe (yellow

with brown spots) What grape juice?

He gets maybe

> 1/2 cup diluted juice in the morning with his supplements and 1

banana

> thats it. Also all he'll eat is nut flour pancakes or egg pancakes

> and steak and chicken, that is it. Is that ok for the beginning?

Sounds like you need more veggies & fruit. If he won't eat veggies

straight up there is a recipe for veggie pancakes at

http://www.pecanbread.com/recipes.html under " Pancakes " .

> use almonds that have the skins on them, I saw that you should use

the

> ones without skins where do you get those?

I can buy them in the baking section of my grocery store. Also health

food store. The skins may be too rough for his gut right now.

and he will NOT eat yogart

> at all. He has issues with textures. Is it ok to give it to him in

a

> smoothie or in the pancakes? I can't even force it into his mouth

> because he spits it back out. Thanks for the help!!!!!

How much yoghurt are you using right now? Yes you can use it in a

smoothie. Did you gradually increase the amounts of the yoghurt?

Sheila, SCD 55 mos, 21 yrs UC

mom of , SCD 40 mos

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the list " fourkidsaregreat " ,

> Hello. I've had my 4 year old Autistic son on the diet for 21/2

> weeks. He had really bad runny stools before. After 1 week his

> stools got solid for only 2 days then went runny again. Is this

> normal?

Did you add anything different at that point?

> Am I giving too much grape juice?or bananas?

Did you change the amounts of these? Were the bananas ripe (yellow

with brown spots) What grape juice?

He gets maybe

> 1/2 cup diluted juice in the morning with his supplements and 1

banana

> thats it. Also all he'll eat is nut flour pancakes or egg pancakes

> and steak and chicken, that is it. Is that ok for the beginning?

Sounds like you need more veggies & fruit. If he won't eat veggies

straight up there is a recipe for veggie pancakes at

http://www.pecanbread.com/recipes.html under " Pancakes " .

> use almonds that have the skins on them, I saw that you should use

the

> ones without skins where do you get those?

I can buy them in the baking section of my grocery store. Also health

food store. The skins may be too rough for his gut right now.

and he will NOT eat yogart

> at all. He has issues with textures. Is it ok to give it to him in

a

> smoothie or in the pancakes? I can't even force it into his mouth

> because he spits it back out. Thanks for the help!!!!!

How much yoghurt are you using right now? Yes you can use it in a

smoothie. Did you gradually increase the amounts of the yoghurt?

Sheila, SCD 55 mos, 21 yrs UC

mom of , SCD 40 mos

[Guest guest]

Hi Tammy,

> >Did you add anything different at that point?

>

> No, he was eating alot of pancakes made from almond flour.

It may be die off but may also be too much almond flour. If you can

it may be a good idea to back off some with the almond flour to see

if that helps alleviate some of the runny stools. If die off, you

can also try giving epsom salt baths - many have found them to be

especially helpful at the beginning of the diet when die off seems

bad for many ASD kids.

> > > Am I giving too much grape juice?or bananas?

> >

> He only gets maybe 1/2 cup of grape juice in the morning with

supplements

> and 1 bananna, but I backed off the bananna and now only give him

1/2 a day

> and they are really ripe.

> >

> >Did you change the amounts of these? Were the bananas ripe

(yellow

> >with brown spots) What grape juice?

>

> Yes very ripe bananas and Welchs grape juice in the bottle from

Sam's club,

> the purple grape juice.

> >

> > He gets maybe

> > > 1/2 cup diluted juice in the morning with his supplements and 1

> >banana

> > > thats it. Also all he'll eat is nut flour pancakes or egg

pancakes

> > > and steak and chicken, that is it. Is that ok for the

beginning?

> >

> >Sounds like you need more veggies & fruit. If he won't eat

veggies

> >straight up there is a recipe for veggie pancakes at

> >http://www.pecanbread.com/recipes.html under " Pancakes " .

>

> Yes, I started making egg " pancakes " with mushed up squash or

zucchini and

> he eats them, but he gets a lot of eggs, is that going to be good

for him?

Elaine said that three to four eggs/day is okay. Some find that

eggs on their own worsen diarrhea - baked into soemthing seems to be

tolerated better.

Is the zucchini peeled?

> He has only had 1 cup of yogart that I put into a pancake mix. He

wont eat

yogurt at all. So he really hasn't had any plain jogurt just the cup

I put

in the pancakes. I know you start out slow and then move up but I'll

try

the smoothie and see if he'll eat it. I made the " ice cream " and he

wouldn't even touch it!!!!

It probably wouldn't be a bad thing to wait on the yogurt until his

stools firm up at least a little. And then go slow - it is strong

stuff - very good but strong.

Sheila, SCD 55 mos, 21 yrs UC

mom of , SCD 40 mos