K, guys...need encouragement...

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Hi, guys...

Well, I've been trying SCD for almost 2 weeks now (not that that's a

long time, but...) My daughter Phoebe, who we were starting to get

worried about because she had been exhibiting some signs of ASD,

hand flapping, stimming, echolalia, but she is MUCH more social than

Wesley who has been diagnosed with PDD-NOS. He is very high

functioning...I believe he actually has Aspberger's, but he is

definitely on the spectrum. Anyway, I DO have a point here

The route I have chosen is to start substituting SCD legal foods for

the foods they already eat and then transition to the intro diet

later. They are completely SCD legal now. Phoebe has been like a

classic case of someone beginning to recover while on SCD. She has

been using her words more and whining less (except NOW, she's really

cranky! She's had what I think are die off poops every day for the

past 3 or so...dark green, loose, and FOUL!) stimming less, but the

most noticeable thing is that she is quickly expanding her food

repertoire. Yesterday she ate 2 egg whites for dinner! She's never

eaten a whole egg before in her LIFE! She said " I want to eat egg "

and not wanting to waste eggs considering the number of eggs used in

these recipes, I said, do you want some cheese? (which she usually

eats with no problem) No, I want egg. Do you want cake? (the cashew

butter bread I made yesterday) No, I want EGG! So I made her some

eggs...poached in the microwave. She ate 'em all up! (she didn't

like the yolk, but neither do I, so...)

My concern is that Wesley is not doing nearly as well with the

eating. I try to make pancakes and waffles, he won't try them if

they don't look like eggos. (He just can't leggo his eggo...ha

ha!) It's really tough to get him to try any of the breads I

make...he ate the pecan bread I made using the basic bread recipe in

BTVC, originally gobbled it all up, but the last time I made it a

couple of days ago, he totally shunned it! Made a basic muffin

recipe and he liked that, but he has been increasingly picky about

taking " crust " off everything...even muffins! Never was like this

before. So the only things he is eating are bananas, peanut butter

balls (loves peanut butter, but I haven't found a good bread yet)

and MAYBE those muffins. This IS a bit expanded since before

starting the diet because at that point he had eliminated EVERYTHING

except eggos. Seems like he is slowly working in reverse adding

back the foods that he cut out in reverse order. My concern is that

since he is not making progress the way Phoebe is, does that mean

the diet is not going to work for him, or should I just remain

patient and realize that every kid is different? Just need some

advice and encouragement. Thanks, guys.

--Mel