Re: hunger strike-need suggestions!

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> etc. What's really interesting is that he is in a great mood.

> Yesterday he was lethargic and tired after a bad night's sleep, but

> today he is his normal happy self.

>

> I guess my question is, how long do you wait out the hunger

> striike? How many days does it take for the kids to start craving

> more of a variety of foods? I've also tried gelatin, meatballs, and

>

> kidney beans (normally his favorite). He refuses almost all foods I

> offer.

>

> If anyone has advice to offer, I'd really appreciate it!

>

> Sue (mom to age 3 year 4 months, SCD 4 days)

Hi Sue. Good luck. We were dealing with a hunger strike of sorts

ourselves that is hopefully over. My son really misses crunchy stuff.

Dried fruit, like crispy dried apples, is too sweet for his taste. Some

things he likes, until he's sick of them, are cheese crackers made out of

the onion-parmesan bread recipe on p. 69 of Lucy's Cookbook, and cheese

crackers, p. 122 of Adventures in the Family Kitchen (the other cookbook

from Lucy's Kitchen). A modified form of the second recipe can also be

found on the scdrecipes site but I don't have internet access so can't

find it for you. It has cheese, almond flour, oregano, cayenne pepper,

oil, and water, and salt. And he's well enough that he can also eat nuts

and raw vegetables, which meet some of his crunch needs.

I realize that this must be harder for you on a number of fronts. My son

didn't start with the introductory diet. He's on it for Crohn's, had his

symptoms under control with steroids, but due to the steroids was also

really hungry so we were advised to jump right in, waiting a few months

to introduce certain few foods. So I don't know when you'll be ready for

some of our favorites.

Taek care, Fay

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His symptoms sound like it might be die off. It can produce flu like

symptoms. If this is the case he may not feel like eating. Just

thing of when you have the flu. Eating is the last thing you want to

do ( for me anyway.) If he is eating peanut butter try mixing some

honey in with it for a few extra calories. You could also put peanut

butter on the chicken, muffins and pancakes (add honey too if you

think he'll eat it.) You could try making juice drinking fun. My

son will drink anything with a straw or from " mommy's cup. "

My son will also drink homemade aple sauce or pear sauce through a

straw (add water if needed.) He thinks it is extreamly funny (I do it

because it is good for oral motor exercise.)

Iv'e never done it but you could water down peanut butter have him

drink it.

From all the posts it sounds like to me that many of our kids resist

change in general but really resist change to something that makes

them (and their yeast) feel bad. OUr kids have been feeding thier

yeast and other bad bugs with now illegal foods. Now that that is

gone, and the body is out of wack, it just takes a while for the body

to feel good again.

Hang in there. He will eat again. You might also try activated

charcoal to help absorb some of the toxins.

Hope this helps!

andrea mother of Caden 2.5 years old, SCD since 2/05 for intestinal

yeast and Emmalynn 11 months mostly SCD

>

> Hi Everyone, this is my first post:

>

> We are on day 4 of the diet with our 3 year old with ASD. As each

> day goes by, he is refusing more foods, won't eat eggs any more,

> won't eat chicken, scd muffins or pancakes, etc. I've been cooking

> all weekend trying different recipes to no avail. He is surviving

> on just peanut butter today so far. At least yesterday he drank a

> little juice and ate some frozen blueberries and chicken sausage.

> He has had 2 instances of vomiting this weekend after eating eggs

> and something else (can't remember what else set off the vomiting)

> and then drinking a lot of water. I think he is nauseated, and I'm

> worried that his weight is dropping. He has lost about 2 pounds so

> far. He had no BM on day one, and one each day so far. I should

> mention that he has been a progressively picky eater in the past

> year, and has been self limiting to mostly refined starches,

cereal,

> etc. What's really interesting is that he is in a great mood.

> Yesterday he was lethargic and tired after a bad night's sleep, but

> today he is his normal happy self.

>

> I guess my question is, how long do you wait out the hunger

> striike? How many days does it take for the kids to start craving

> more of a variety of foods? I've also tried gelatin, meatballs,

and

> kidney beans (normally his favorite). He refuses almost all foods I

> offer.

>

> If anyone has advice to offer, I'd really appreciate it!

>

> Sue (mom to age 3 year 4 months, SCD 4 days)

>