Re: Intro diet for 3 yr. old ASD

[Guest guest]

Leah,

Have you been to the website: www.pecanbread.com ? Once there, click on " Food

Preparation " .... there is a whole section on intro for ASD kids. MANY more ideas

there, too... and recipes. There is also an entire section on the site about

yogurt and all the ins and outs.... when to start and how. Yes, it's a bit

different for ASD kids than in the book.

Patti, mom to Katera

Intro diet for 3 yr. old ASD

Hello there. I'm gearing up to start the diet and am trying to get a

feel for what our meals might look like the first week. Can anyone give

me guidance on whether or not to use yogurt on the 1st days of the

diet? BTVC recommends it with the dry curd cottage cheese, but using

dairy with ASD seems to be a concern. I have no idea if he has a

sensitivity to dairy as this is our first dietary intervention. If we

do delay yogurt...what in the world do we eat the 1st 3+ days? I am the

furthest thing from a cook...we are junk food junkies...I know that

this is the best thing that we can do and am willing to go the whole

enchilada (without the enchiladas - ha) but I'm nervous about my

ability to pull it off. Words of encouragement would be great, but help

getting through the first week would be even better. Thanks!

Leah

[Guest guest]

Leah,

Have you been to the website: www.pecanbread.com ? Once there, click on " Food

Preparation " .... there is a whole section on intro for ASD kids. MANY more ideas

there, too... and recipes. There is also an entire section on the site about

yogurt and all the ins and outs.... when to start and how. Yes, it's a bit

different for ASD kids than in the book.

Patti, mom to Katera

Intro diet for 3 yr. old ASD

Hello there. I'm gearing up to start the diet and am trying to get a

feel for what our meals might look like the first week. Can anyone give

me guidance on whether or not to use yogurt on the 1st days of the

diet? BTVC recommends it with the dry curd cottage cheese, but using

dairy with ASD seems to be a concern. I have no idea if he has a

sensitivity to dairy as this is our first dietary intervention. If we

do delay yogurt...what in the world do we eat the 1st 3+ days? I am the

furthest thing from a cook...we are junk food junkies...I know that

this is the best thing that we can do and am willing to go the whole

enchilada (without the enchiladas - ha) but I'm nervous about my

ability to pull it off. Words of encouragement would be great, but help

getting through the first week would be even better. Thanks!

Leah

[Guest guest]

Personally, I feel the most important thing to remind yourself

constantly of is this... Take it easy, don't rush into nut products,

wait on the yogurt; I believe the protocol is 4-6 months into SCD

before introducing yogurt, someone else might have a better figure on

that one. Cooked fruits are fairly easy, homemade ketchup w/ beef and

eggs shaped into meatballs or burgers, crockpot chicken w/ mild

seasonings, carrots, celery, and onions, but only give child the

chicken and broth (there's a protocol for the chicken in BTVC and

online at the Pecanbread site), scrambled eggs (no milk, just salt,

pepper, and mix the eggs w/ a whisk), and a nice PB Banana muffin, but

I usually substitute the Banana w/ fresh squash (baked, mashed,

pureed, and measure into about a cup instead of the 2 bananas)...

I'd be leary of enzymes until you pass through your first few die-off

phases... We started enzymes at about 3 months into SCD, I believe?

We had previously been detoxing w/ GFCF(SF) off and on, Nurse's Herbal

Tea, Supplements, and Mangosteen...

The Epsom Salt soaks/baths are great... 3 times per week... There's a

website on epsom salt that talks about making it into a lotion as

well, which you can implement into your sensory diet (if you have one

w/ a local OT)... We usually just use the soaks in the tub .

.... Rambling, but trying to be helpful...

The website definitely has about the same information .

-Carol / Froggypeach

Mother of 4 children, ages 14, 5-1/2, 4, and 2 years old; 4-year old

son dx regressive autism 10/2004, scd 10/2005; 5-1/2 year old daughter

dx benign childhood epilepsy 1/2003, recovering/healing w/ rx therapy

and time. (and a great ped. neuro.).

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