undigested food in bm/need help!

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Okay, need some advice and help.

We have been adhering to this diet for a little over a month now with the

exception of non-allowable enzymes and vitamins. Plan to change that soon. Ds

has been doing good, meaning he has been passing a bm every day and sometimes

more than once. They aren't always the best looking bms but still it's better

than constipation.

A couple of days ago his babysitter gave him regular yogurt instead of our 24

hour yogurt. That night he had a bm with all undigested food in it. It was

really strange. He hasn't had a bm like this for about a year. I had given him

peas the day before and some apple muffins that night and they were all there.

The other concern that I have, though it seems to have gone away now, is his

behavior. My once fairly even keeled boy has been falling apart left and right

this past week. He seems hungry and/or over tired. He has had a cold that

won't go away. That hasn't helped. Plus I haven't been in the greatest of

moods due to hormonal fluctuations. I am still nursing and wonder if he doesn't

get my hormonal stuff through my milk. I feel like he just isn't getting enough

calories. He won't eat all the usual stuff that he used to eat. He won't eat

the nut muffins, apples, veggies, etc. He has been eating a lot of meat. I

know that children don't always eat what we would call a balanced diet in any

given meal. I've noticed that he sometimes just eats meat, then he eats

veggies, then he eats fruit...actually he always wants fruit and yogurt!

Before his bms now he is complaining of stomach pain. Perhaps this is a good

sign that he is recognizing when he needs to go. The pain he points to is up

high under his rib cage in the middle. I'm still concerned about reflux and

know that constipation can exacerbate reflux.

Lastly, his weight isn't coming up like the last time we were on the diet.

Last time he gained a pound in a month and went from 3rd percentile to 5th. Now

he is well below 3rd. I wonder if he lost weight this time.

I'm trying not to let my worry get the best of me, but it isn't easy. I am so

inspired by those of you with children with harsher issues than mine. My child

is enigma to me. He is social, articulate and funny. The only thing I'm

worried about is his weight and constipation. I'm seeing some improvement on

the diet but still worried about his weight and moods.

gwen

luca-3 yrs

scd 1 month second time around.

" 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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