DS Not eating, worries and concerns

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I'm still struggling with my son not eating. He ate a ton last night but it was

because we had a party (very SCD friendly...and no one complained). There was

lots of food and he had a friend there. My husband made proscuitto wrapped

cantaloupe and melted brie and apples, steak, fish, carrots, stuffed

zucchini....

Today my little one is back to feeling lowsy and not eating much. He's hungry

I can tell. I am just so worried. He seems to be fairly normal in that he eats

sometimes and not others. But he just doesn't go for much of the SCD staples

except for the yogurt and even that is waning (I'm going to put him on calcium

supps now). He ends up just eating fruit and honey. I have tried to explain to

him that this won't do him much good if he doesn't also eat meat and

veggies....oh how I wish he would eat his veggies.

I've hired a woman to cook for me for a couple of days per week. She's read

through the legal/illegal list and has come up with some stuff. She uses

Nourishing Traditions type food so she isn't too far off from our diet. I'm very

excited as she uses all organic, in season, local produce and meats. She also

teaches people how to ferment foods...when we are ready for this.

My concern though is whether my skinny guy is getting enough calories. And

how do I get him to eat what doesn't feel good to him. For instance, tonight we

had chicken. He loves chicken normally, but he took a few bites and then said

no more. He ate the heads off several broccoli spears dipped in Holandaise

sauce. That was it. Is that enough? I'm not into the reward thing for eating

and I'm concerned about being too controlling about food, because I hated it

when my mother tried to force me to " eat my peas " . How do I know what he

needs? I know that for myself, I just don't feel like eating somedays but then

I know I need calories or something to make me feel better. I know what foods

those are and the results of eating them. I'm trying to teach him this but it's

slow going. I'm also worried that he will be obssesed with eating and food as

that is all we talk about these days. Plus I'm cooking all the time!

I guess I'm looking for the secret ingredient to just see a little

improvement in his eating. Are his eating habits " normal " for a little 3 year

old boy? Everyone else with kids comments on how much he does eat! He's just

not gaining all that much. I feel, sometimes, like a neglectful mother because

I feel like he's not getting the kind of foods that make him gain weight. He

acts hungry but then just doesn't eat that much which sounds like reflux to me.

Has anyone tried HCI for their kids or themselves? That might be my next move

and is recommended by Dr. Natasha -McBride.

Thanks

gwen

luca-3

SCD 5 weeks, second time around, for digestive problems and low growth.

" Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives,

everything is animated, everything seems to speak

to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it. "

--Anne de Lenclos--

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