Please help! I have no idea what to do!!

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Hi everybody,

has been SCD for nearly 4 months now (although we restarted

a month in due to some supplementation confusion etc.) At present

we have not moved from stage 1 foods. She has eggs, meats, stewed

pears, ripe bananas, avocados, butternut pumpkin (lots of it), ghee

and coconut oil. She's now 17 months old and has come so far in the

past 2 months. She hadn't put on any weight between the ages of 12

and 15 months and in the last 2 months she's put on nearly a kilo (2

pounds???)!!! She has so far been diagnosed with Global

developmental Delay and autistic tendencies.

My problem is that I STILL for the life of me cannot recognise a

negative reaction to a food. She could be reacting badly to

something she's eating already - but I have no idea!!! I've tried

keeping a food diary and it just never seems to show a pattern with

anything. Other than her obvious developmental problems she's a

very happy child. She plays on her own happily, she's sleeping much

MUCH better during the night (at the moment I'm only getting up once

or twice) and I never see any signs like hyperactivity or

irritability or red ears, lips etc. etc. etc. with anything that

she's eating!!! The only way I can seem to tell what's going on in

her little system is by looking at her bowl movements. And after

spending hours upon hours looking at them and trying to analyse

whether there's any undigested food bits in there (which there

always seems to be), I've just given up because no trends are

showing. One day they can be quite dark, firm and not foul smelling

at all, and then the next they're mushy, orange (probably from the

pumpkin) and absolutely STINK!

In some of the other groups I participate in (centered around

biomedical treatments for autism spectrum disorders) parents seem to

see banana as a huge no-no. It makes me wonder if she should be

having it, but as its a great source of carbs for her i really dont

want to take it out.

And its because of my inability to notice any symptoms or patterns

in Jess's tolerances that I'm so reluctant to move onto any new

foods. I'm terrified that if I introduce something else she will

not tolerate it but I wont' be able to tell and then it will undo

everything!!!

I'm also desperate to get her onto some sort of flour because I'd

love to be making some biscuits or something that she can feed

herself (she has no self-feeding skills as yet). It would also

really help at snack times.

I can only assume that at the moment she's tolerating what she's

eating because she's steadily gaining weight again, she's growing in

length and she's SO much happier than when she first started the

diet. She used to grizzle all day for no apparent reason. Now

she's happy, she's trying to communicate in her own little ways and

her imitative behaviour is beginning to develop. Its amazing the

difference its made. I just really want to move forward..... What

should I do?????

Mum to (3 years, NT) & (17 months, GDD)

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Hi ,

Have you considered adding the SCD goat yogurt? That will help food

tolerance and might also increase cognitive gains.

Please read the yogurt section of our website very carefully.

Mimi

On 8/9/07, sarahellerbock <no_reply > wrote:

>

> Hi everybody,

> has been SCD for nearly 4 months now (although we restarted

> a month in due to some supplementation confusion etc.) At present

> we have not moved from stage 1 foods. She has eggs, meats, stewed

> pears, ripe bananas, avocados, butternut pumpkin (lots of it), ghee

> and coconut oil. She's now 17 months old and has come so far in the

> past 2 months. She hadn't put on any weight between the ages of 12

> and 15 months and in the last 2 months she's put on nearly a kilo (2

> pounds???)!!! She has so far been diagnosed with Global

> developmental Delay and autistic tendencies.

> My problem is that I STILL for the life of me cannot recognise a

> negative reaction to a food. She could be reacting badly to

> something she's eating already - but I have no idea!!! I've tried

> keeping a food diary and it just never seems to show a pattern with

> anything. Other than her obvious developmental problems she's a

> very happy child. She plays on her own happily, she's sleeping much

> MUCH better during the night (at the moment I'm only getting up once

> or twice) and I never see any signs like hyperactivity or

> irritability or red ears, lips etc. etc. etc. with anything that

> she's eating!!! The only way I can seem to tell what's going on in

> her little system is by looking at her bowl movements. And after

> spending hours upon hours looking at them and trying to analyse

> whether there's any undigested food bits in there (which there

> always seems to be), I've just given up because no trends are

> showing. One day they can be quite dark, firm and not foul smelling

> at all, and then the next they're mushy, orange (probably from the

> pumpkin) and absolutely STINK!

> In some of the other groups I participate in (centered around

> biomedical treatments for autism spectrum disorders) parents seem to

> see banana as a huge no-no. It makes me wonder if she should be

> having it, but as its a great source of carbs for her i really dont

> want to take it out.

> And its because of my inability to notice any symptoms or patterns

> in Jess's tolerances that I'm so reluctant to move onto any new

> foods. I'm terrified that if I introduce something else she will

> not tolerate it but I wont' be able to tell and then it will undo

> everything!!!

> I'm also desperate to get her onto some sort of flour because I'd

> love to be making some biscuits or something that she can feed

> herself (she has no self-feeding skills as yet). It would also

> really help at snack times.

> I can only assume that at the moment she's tolerating what she's

> eating because she's steadily gaining weight again, she's growing in

> length and she's SO much happier than when she first started the

> diet. She used to grizzle all day for no apparent reason. Now

> she's happy, she's trying to communicate in her own little ways and

> her imitative behaviour is beginning to develop. Its amazing the

> difference its made. I just really want to move forward..... What

> should I do?????

>

> Mum to (3 years, NT) & (17 months, GDD)

>

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Thanks Mimi, I'm thinking I definately will give the goat's yogurt a

go now. I was advised to leave it out for the first few months but

I think she's ready for it now. My biggest problem is finding a

source of fresh goat milk.... I've noticed they sell goat milk in

my local supermarket but its produced by quite a commercial brand.

It just has on the label " pasteurised goats milk " . Would this be

suitable?? Other than that I dont' know where I can obtain some as

even the health food stores don't seem to stock it.

In pecanbread , " pecan post " wrote:

>

> Hi ,

>

> Have you considered adding the SCD goat yogurt? That will help food

> tolerance and might also increase cognitive gains.

> Please read the yogurt section of our website very carefully.

>

> Mimi

>

>

> On 8/9/07, sarahellerbock <no_reply > wrote:

> >

> > Hi everybody,

> > has been SCD for nearly 4 months now (although we

restarted

> > a month in due to some supplementation confusion etc.) At present

> > we have not moved from stage 1 foods. She has eggs, meats, stewed

> > pears, ripe bananas, avocados, butternut pumpkin (lots of it),

ghee

> > and coconut oil. She's now 17 months old and has come so far in

the

> > past 2 months. She hadn't put on any weight between the ages of

12

> > and 15 months and in the last 2 months she's put on nearly a

kilo (2

> > pounds???)!!! She has so far been diagnosed with Global

> > developmental Delay and autistic tendencies.

> > My problem is that I STILL for the life of me cannot recognise a

> > negative reaction to a food. She could be reacting badly to

> > something she's eating already - but I have no idea!!! I've tried

> > keeping a food diary and it just never seems to show a pattern

with

> > anything. Other than her obvious developmental problems she's a

> > very happy child. She plays on her own happily, she's sleeping

much

> > MUCH better during the night (at the moment I'm only getting up

once

> > or twice) and I never see any signs like hyperactivity or

> > irritability or red ears, lips etc. etc. etc. with anything that

> > she's eating!!! The only way I can seem to tell what's going on

in

> > her little system is by looking at her bowl movements. And after

> > spending hours upon hours looking at them and trying to analyse

> > whether there's any undigested food bits in there (which there

> > always seems to be), I've just given up because no trends are

> > showing. One day they can be quite dark, firm and not foul

smelling

> > at all, and then the next they're mushy, orange (probably from

the

> > pumpkin) and absolutely STINK!

> > In some of the other groups I participate in (centered around

> > biomedical treatments for autism spectrum disorders) parents

seem to

> > see banana as a huge no-no. It makes me wonder if she should be

> > having it, but as its a great source of carbs for her i really

dont

> > want to take it out.

> > And its because of my inability to notice any symptoms or

patterns

> > in Jess's tolerances that I'm so reluctant to move onto any new

> > foods. I'm terrified that if I introduce something else she will

> > not tolerate it but I wont' be able to tell and then it will undo

> > everything!!!

> > I'm also desperate to get her onto some sort of flour because I'd

> > love to be making some biscuits or something that she can feed

> > herself (she has no self-feeding skills as yet). It would also

> > really help at snack times.

> > I can only assume that at the moment she's tolerating what she's

> > eating because she's steadily gaining weight again, she's

growing in

> > length and she's SO much happier than when she first started the

> > diet. She used to grizzle all day for no apparent reason. Now

> > she's happy, she's trying to communicate in her own little ways

and

> > her imitative behaviour is beginning to develop. Its amazing the

> > difference its made. I just really want to move forward..... What

> > should I do?????

> >

> > Mum to (3 years, NT) & (17 months, GDD)

> >

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Hi ,

Is the brand found in your supermarket called Meyenburg? That brand is OK

but other brands are better tasting. Meyenburg is ultra pasteurized.

The best milk is raw milk. Ask your local 4H association for the name of

farmers

who have goats. If that is not possible then try pasteurized goat milk. I

used to live

near Trador Joe and they used to carry pasteurized goat milk two years ago.

I hope

that they still do carry it. Whole Foods also carries a pasteurized goat

milk as well

as Meyenburg. The least desirable option is ultra pasteurized Meyenburg. The

only

advantage of Meyenburg is that it is easy to buy. If you have no other

choice then

use Mayenburg. The yogurt from Meyenburg is more liquidy.

Mimi

> ---

> Thanks Mimi, I'm thinking I definately will give the goat's yogurt a

> go now. I was advised to leave it out for the first few months but

> I think she's ready for it now. My biggest problem is finding a

> source of fresh goat milk.... I've noticed they sell goat milk in

> my local supermarket but its produced by quite a commercial brand.

> It just has on the label " pasteurised goats milk " . Would this be

> suitable?? Other than that I dont' know where I can obtain some as

> even the health food stores don't seem to stock it.

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