Re: Antibotics for strep throat/need advice!

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Hi, I am very new to all of this. Only a week in reading a few things. My

soon to be 3 year old son has been diagnosed with ASD.

I have 2 other boys. My oldest, 7 brought a case of strep home from school

and the other 2 children got it as well. The ped. gave me Augmentin for all

of them as the last time we had strep in this house my 2 older boys didn't

recover til they had a 3rd round of antibotic, Cleocin. At that time my

youngest never got it. So the only thing I knew at this point to do for him

was to buy the Pacific Ultra with the good bacteria in it. He is getting

about 16oz a day. Is there anything else I should know or be doing? I know

strep isn't something to fool around with but I just HATE having to give my

son the antibotic.

I have gone dairy free this week but not yet gluten free. I am trying to be

gluten free for one meal a day thus far. I am quite overwelmed though and

hope I can soon get enough new foods in the house to do this properly. Right

now my cabinets are full to the brim with large packages of gluten containing

snacks from BJ's warehouse. I know lots of things have to be donated to a

food bank. Any other advice as well would be appreciated. How did you deal

with other children in the house? Do you still have reg. milk for them or

does everyone make the switch. If so how do you explain to the other

children what you are doing? I truely suspect my 5yo has an intolerance to

casein and glutin as well but my 7yo is not affected.

thanks for you time.

Debbie

[Guest guest]

Any other advice as well would be appreciated. How did you deal

> with other children in the house? Do you still have reg. milk for

them or

> does everyone make the switch. If so how do you explain to the

other

> children what you are doing? I truely suspect my 5yo has an

intolerance to

> casein and glutin as well but my 7yo is not affected.

> thanks for you time.

>

Debbie,

My ASD son just turned 3, and he is the youngest of 5 kids (ages 12,

10, 7, and 4). We've been on the diet since the first of Feb, and it

hasn't been as hard as I thought to implement. I couldn't force all

of my kids to go on the diet. (I already worry about Brett getting

the lion's share of mom's attention and am not looking for any more

resentment!) I've explained to my kids that since we all want Brett

to talk (his most obvious problem), he needs to follow the diet. And

we've compromised:

The older kids drink regular milk, and Brett drinks watered down

juices. Brett doesn't like the milk substitutes, and he isn't aware

enough to realize that the other kids are getting

something " better " .

For breakfast, I put out an assortment of gfcf cereals, and one of

the kids' old favorites. They know that if they leave their non-gfcf

cereal unatttended, or even drop a piece on the floor without picking

it up, I will no longer buy it.

Lunch is usually not a problem, since the older kids eat whatever

they want at school, and Brett eats gfcf at home.

I only buy gfcf snacks and make gfcf cookies. There are plenty of

yummy junk food items that are OK- potato chips, popcorn, corn chips,

Munchos, etc., so this has not been a problem at all. I've also

switched to gfcf candy and sorbet for desserts.

For dinner, I make a gfcf meal that we all eat. Of course, Brett

usually eats little or none of the dinner (he prefers the junk

food!), but I figure one of these days, if I keep offering and he

sees the other kids eating, he might go for it!

Good luck! The diet can be overwhelming at first, but it's really

not that bad once you get into it.

Sue