Considering SCD for 6 yr old with constipation...any advice?

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My son diagnosed with PDD at age 2 is now almost 6. We have started

GFCF diet. He has limited food choices. Don't know how to get other

fruits & vegetables into him. Any help?

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cmas447 <no_reply > wrote: My son diagnosed with PDD at

age 2 is now almost 6. We have started

GFCF diet. He has limited food choices. Don't know how to get other

fruits & vegetables into him. Any help?

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SCD solved my son's constipation problem. Please try this diet. We

have lots of people here to help you along the way. Could you be more

specific about his problems eating fruits and vegetables?

, mom to

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> My son diagnosed with PDD at age 2 is now almost 6. We have started

> GFCF diet. He has limited food choices. Don't know how to get other

> fruits & vegetables into him. Any help?

>

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For what it's worth, I have a 7 year old daughter, SCD since Feb, who has

struggled with

constipation for years. We had been to Riley Hospital for Children to see their

GI

specialist, etc. Nothing any doc told us helped. She was also a VERY picky

eater (wouldn't

even eat applesauce) and very opinionated, so I just knew starting SCD would be

a

struggle. I decided cold turkey was the way to go for us--the whole family

together!

At 6 or 7, they are old enough to understand the explanation of why the diet is

necessary--the gut bug talk! The beginning was a bit rocky, but amazingly she

just

started eating more variety without a fight. I still have to get creative with

the some of the

veggies (puree and hide it in meatloaf, muffins, etc).

I have discovered that if I turn something into muffin form, pancake form, or

give it a silly

name she loves it! (our butternut squash puree is called a " pot of gold " - I

make it in little

individual dishes for her, and we make " shrek-pops " which are frozen pureed

green beans,

avocado, and apple cider or homemade yogurt) A little creativity goes along

way with the

6 year old set. Her grandparents who always commented on what a poor eater she

was

before, can't get over the change.

The good news - the constipation is gone! After the first week with SCD! and

her

behaviour has vastly improved as well.

Good luck to you and your little guy.

Mom to Chloe, age 7, healing leaky gut

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> My son diagnosed with PDD at age 2 is now almost 6. We have started

> GFCF diet. He has limited food choices. Don't know how to get other

> fruits & vegetables into him. Any help?

>

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My son won't try any new foods. He used to eat canned green beans,

carrots, corn. Now that I started fresh or frozen veg, he won't eat

them at all, except for corn.

I made legal zucchini muffins and blueberry muffins, but the novelty

has worn off. Doesn't really like them too much anymore.

He used to love regular french fries. He won't even try sweet potato

fries.

This is his menu

Breakfast

legal plain or blueberry pancakes (I am mixing honey with maple syrup

since he didn't like honey)

eggs

legal waffles

apples or ripe bananas

pear fruit cup

Lunch (can't bring anything with nuts to school)

legal turkey or chicken hot dogs

corn

I keep offering him the carrots & green beans too but he really

doesn't eat them

apples

ripe bananas

pears

Dinner

legal chicken nuggets

legal turkey or chicken hot dogs

legal fish sticks

I'm hoping that he will soon try new foods.

I told him that I would give him Dollars (play money) for every juice

(with all his supplements in them) he drinks and for also trying new

foods. It's not working that great.

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I sneak veggies into my kids using the egg fu yung recipe found here:

http://www.geocities.com/momtobandj/recipes/eggfuyung.html

Instead of the onions (which we can't do yet) I blend in veggies that

we can tolerate. Today I made it with 2 small zucchini (peeled and

deseeded) and some leftover deseeded green beans. They ate it up

without hesitation. All they taste is the egg and chicken! These could

probably be made in advance and sent to school for lunch as well.

My kids won't eat cooked carrots that are just sliced, but if I puree

them in the blender and add lots of butter and a pinch of salt, they

eat it up! You can also sneak chicken broth into this as well!

Try making pancakes out stuff, I love the sneak veggie pancake recipe

found here: http://pecanbread.com/new/recipes1.html

so far we have made this with carrots and with butternut squash,

either way my kids clean the plate!

Also the pumpkin pie filling recipe (same website above) is a great

way to get squash into the kids. We make ours with vanilla instead of

honey because we can't tolerate honey yet.

In the begining I wouldn't worry too much about variety, if you do the

intro diet, you will be slowly introducing foods and for a while your

diet will be pretty basic. For example, we just did the intro diet a

week ago. We are currently eating: meat, fish, butter/oils/fats, eggs,

ripe banana, zucchini (peeled and deseeded), green beans (french

style), cooked pureed carrots, and butternut squash. That is it right

now, I just try to vary it so it looks different each meal, LOL.

Different combinations, methods of prep, etc etc. Once you get the bad

bugs in the gut dieing off, you'll find your son might expand his

tastes a bit too. Before starting SCD most kids on the spectrum are

pretty carb crazed. Once you get them past that they usually will try

new foods and eat things you never thought they would. It is working

that way so far for my son.

K

Hashi's, Fibro, CFS, yeast/candida, copper overload, adrenal fatigue

(mostly healed!!!)

kids: son Rhowan 5 yrs old, chronic diarrhea/loose stools,

yeast/candida, ADHD, salicylate intolerance, daughter Willow 6.5 yrs

old, mild GI issues, salicylate intolerance

Started SCD June 2006, went slightly off for awhile in Nov 2006, back

on strict SCD starting May 2007. (Just redid intro the last week of

June 2007 and are taking it SLOW and we are seeing some real

progress!!!!!)

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> My son won't try any new foods. He used to eat canned green beans,

> carrots, corn. Now that I started fresh or frozen veg, he won't eat

> them at all, except for corn.

>

> I made legal zucchini muffins and blueberry muffins, but the novelty

> has worn off. Doesn't really like them too much anymore.

>

> He used to love regular french fries. He won't even try sweet potato

> fries.

>

> This is his menu

> Breakfast

> legal plain or blueberry pancakes (I am mixing honey with maple syrup

> since he didn't like honey)

> eggs

> legal waffles

> apples or ripe bananas

> pear fruit cup

>

> Lunch (can't bring anything with nuts to school)

> legal turkey or chicken hot dogs

> corn

> I keep offering him the carrots & green beans too but he really

> doesn't eat them

> apples

> ripe bananas

> pears

>

> Dinner

> legal chicken nuggets

> legal turkey or chicken hot dogs

> legal fish sticks

>

> I'm hoping that he will soon try new foods.

>

> I told him that I would give him Dollars (play money) for every juice

> (with all his supplements in them) he drinks and for also trying new

> foods. It's not working that great.

>

[Guest guest]

Corn is a grain and not a vegetable. It is not legal. Maple syrup is

not legal either.

Try some popscicles? That is how my son has been able to get lots of

veggies into his diet. You can hide lots of veggies in grape juice or

orange juice. His favorites though are purreed squash, peaches, and

coconut oil.

Smoothies with a really cool straw?

Good Luck!!!!!!

[Guest guest]

Hi cmas447,

<<My son won't try any new foods. He used to eat canned green beans,

> carrots, corn. Now that I started fresh or frozen veg, he won't

eat them at all, except for corn.>>

Have you started the diet yet - (I noticed this thread started

beginning of June)? If yes, corn is not SCD legal - it is a grain.

<<> I made legal zucchini muffins and blueberry muffins, but the

novelty has worn off. Doesn't really like them too much anymore.

>

> He used to love regular french fries. He won't even try sweet

potato fries. >>

Sweet potatoes are not SCD legal - too much starch. Butternut squash

can make pretty good fries; recipe in BTVC and also at

www.pecanbread.com

<< This is his menu

> Breakfast

> legal plain or blueberry pancakes (I am mixing honey with maple

syrup since he didn't like honey)>>

Maple syrup isn't SCD legal , it is natural but has illegals in it.

There is a good syrup recipe in BTVC, with the pancakes. You can add

a little butter/ghee/coconut butter, and/or vanilla extract and water

to thin honey so it is more like syrup.

<<eggs

> legal waffles

> apples or ripe bananas

> pear fruit cup>>

Most commercial pear fruit cups have added sweetener. A legal one

would have to be pears in their own juice (not " Pears in pear juice " -

this can have added sugar.)

If he is still suffering from constipation all fruits and veggies

should be peeled and cooked for easier digestion.

> Lunch (can't bring anything with nuts to school)

> legal turkey or chicken hot dogs

> corn

> I keep offering him the carrots & green beans too but he really

> doesn't eat them

> apples

> ripe bananas

> pears

>

> Dinner

> legal chicken nuggets

> legal turkey or chicken hot dogs

> legal fish sticks

>

> I'm hoping that he will soon try new foods.>>

Does he like spaghetti sauce? Some parents puree veggies into the

homemade meatsauce and serve it over spaghetti squash or veggies.

Sheila, SCD Feb. 2001, UC 23yrs, PCOD 22yrs

mom of and

[Guest guest]

We were GFCF for a month. I am slowly moving over to SCD. He just

ate a hamburger for the first time in his life !! Now his has BM's

about 4 to 5 times a week, and they are watery (probably due to S.

Boulardi / CANDEX. I am starting slow since he can be very very hard

to handle behavior-wise. He is very smart IQ of 122. If I take

everything away at once, he'll tear my house apart.

Chris

Mom of 6yr old, Aspergers / Constipation 4 yrs.

GFCF 1 mth, just starting slowly SCD

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> > My son diagnosed with PDD at age 2 is now almost 6. We have

started

> > GFCF diet. He has limited food choices. Don't know how to get

other

> > fruits & vegetables into him. Any help?

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