WEANED!

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Well, Tom is officially weaned as of today. He hasn't nursed in 12

days. I kept up with my pumping through yesterday, but I'm not getting

any milk, really, so I decided it's time to officially pull the plug.

We still have a small amount of frozen pumped milk that he gets twice

a week when there isn't time for a snack.

My diet has been severely restricted for over three years. I've done

multiple allergy elimination diets and have gone for many months at a

time eating just 3 or 4 foods. Since January Tom and I have been on a

very restricted SCD allergy rotation diet - each day just 2

vegetables, 1 meat and 1 oil per day, and we rotate every 2 days. It's

been the roughest time, diet-wise, for me, since he was born. But he's

thriving, and that is all that counts. Still, I was having a very hard

time without carbs, so I started eating some fruits, which he doesn't

tolerate, and he had eczema as a result. I had a lot of guilt about

eating foods he cant' have; I have a strong feeling that he shouldn't

be in his severely restricted diet all alone. I wanted him to at least

have mommy be his partner in his diet. But while he's thriving, I've

become a starving hypoglycemic mess, so it just wasn't working.

I've been working slowly toward weaning him since last August, cutting

down one nursing session every month or so. He is still an avid

nurser, so it has been hard for both of us. He still asks, and I just

tell him that " Mommy's na-na (our word for breasts) doesn't have any

more milk, the milk is all in the bottles now. " He doesn't like it

when I tell him that, he says " I want Mommy's na-na NOW! " It's a

measure of how well he's healing that he can even say that, though -

two months ago he would have just whined and screamed.

So for breakfast today, after I took Tom to school, I poached and ate

a nice big egg. I haven't had an egg since 2002. I have never been a

big egg eater, but it sure tasted yummy with some salt and pepper!

I don't know what foods I'll add back into my diet yet. I've never

really had any digestive problems myself, apart from lactose

intolerance, so I don't really need to stay on the SCD for my own

health. However, I've come to beleive that humans aren't really

evolutionarily adapted to eat grains and dairy, so I will avoid them

for now. I'm going to take it very slow adding new foods to see how

my body reacts. Around Tom, dh and I have agreed to eat what he eats,

so he's not in this alone. I've promised dh we will go out to a

restaurant (Thai) next weekend. I don't know if I'll remain completely

SCD - the food prep burden is heavy and I'm starting a job in 2 weeks

and won't have as much time to cook. Right now, I'm not planning to

eat grains and dairy, but I plan to add back the vegetables and fruits

Tom was allergic to, certain nuts, and prepared juices (because of the

time factor). I hope to avoid most procesed foods and especially any

that contain sugar. I am avoiding sugar and corn syrup, period.

Is there anyone else (adult) on the board who has gone off the SCD and

can relate their experience with it? I am curious how it's gone for

others.

Suzanne

Mom to Tom, 3.6, ASD, LNH, gastritis, inflamed gut, WEANED TODAY,

both SCD 85 days