Child is not responding to diet

[Guest guest]

Sorry to say but four weeks is not enough time to see a difference. Some

children take 4-6 months to see a difference. Many people in my support

group have kids who are severely autistic and the changes are slower. Each

child reacts different to medications, food, etc. and you need to give it a

little bit more time.

Keep up the good work and don't give up you are doing a great job.

Sharon

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am new to this group and relatively new to this diet. I have 4

children and three with autisim. Recently (4 weeks) I put all of the

kids on GF/CF diets. This has been an interesting challenge, to say

the least!!!!

Although I have seen a difference in 2 (one autistic 5 year old, one

typical 5 year old), we have not seen any changes in our most severe

autistic son (he is 7 and extremly picky about his food). I am

confident in the fact that he does not have any hidden sources of

Gluten or Casein in his diet (as well as any of the other children).

I guess my question is this: does anyone have children that do not

respond to this diet?

[Guest guest]

> Hi

> Three children with autism . How do you manage? The 7 year < I

believe

> will just take longer than the younger ones. I really don't think

my son

> truly responded , until 9 months.. We started him at 4 years. We

saw

> little minor changes to give us incentive, but there were times I

said " I

> don't think this is working " ....It was working, but it took longer

than some

> kids who instantly respond... With some kids I think it takes a

good

> year.. .. I am glad to hear your little ones are responding and

I believe

> the older one will too... Take care .. kelly

>

Thanks for the advice, I am sticking with it. Especially since

beginning an elimination diet on my 7 year old produced some

results. I believe he has reacted to peanuts.

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