Re: oscar mayer bologna; & improvements noted after 2 weeks gfcf

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My 3 yr old daughter has been dairy free since February and Gluten

free for 3.5 weeks. Initially her behavior worsened drastically and

she refused to eat the substitute items I had previously tested out

on her. I felt like I was starving her. At exactly two weeks into

the diet she suddenly became potty trained (for #2 anyway). She

began speaking in longer phrases. At 2.5 weeks she answered the

question: What is your name?, for the very first time in her life.

She now takes great pleasure from answering that question because of

the excited reaction she gets from us. At 3 weeks she demonstrated

that she finally knows her colors, an issue I have been struggling

with for several months. Her behavior is evening out a bit. She

still fights be quite often, but at least I am able to reason with

her occasionally now.

She has really come out of the fog. She really understands what we

say to her for the first time.

I have neglected to mention that my daughter has no real diagnosis,

Just speech delay/regression. I know that she is autistic but she

appears normal to most people that she meets. We are just getting

started down the road to getting her the help she needs. Her

pediatrician suspects Asperger's but is not trained to make a

diagnosis.

I am really excited and have hope that she may make a full recovery.

> I've just begun my three year old son on a dairy free diet, and

I've

> seen no significant changes, although he's not had trouble with

> aggressive behavior recently (at school). I'm beginning to remove

> the wheat, and the one question I have is this... is Mayer

> bologna really gfcf? I found it listed on the gfcf website as

> being " ok " , but I suppose that I'm really being over cautious. I

> spoke with oscar mayer directly and they said that the flavorings

> were just spices, not wheat or dairy in them. I have an issue with

> nitrites, but I'm saving that for another day. Bubba is very

> particular, and the only meat I can get him to eat is chicken

> nuggets, hot dogs or bologna. The shape of food is very important

to

> him. Has anyone else had their child show little reaction to

> removing dairy, but more of a reaction to removing the gluten? I'm

> going to give it at least a year, even if I don't see very much

> improvement. I do notice that his bowel movements are softer, and

> don't cause him to bleed from the rectum. His D.O. simply gave me

a

> prescription for colase, but I didn't fill it. It's not normal for

a

> three year old to bleed with a bowel movement. He doesn't do it

all

> of the time, just occasionally, and he has really very large

> movements when he does go. (when he was on the milk, that is). The

> soy has helped him in this area, so he won't see dairy again!

Also,

> did anyone's child show an improvement in their hunger after

removing

> the wheat and dairy? Bubba's always eaten very little, just drank

> his milk, but I'm hoping that he will have a better appetite now.

> Thanks!