Newbie-post intro diet

[Guest guest]

Well, I think we made it past the intro diet, yay!After giving my

daughter only chicken, eggs, soup and very diluted scd legal juice I

think we are past the worst.

I will just say that I am wondering what you all do with your

children who are unable to tolerate the proteins in the beginning and

wondering how long that has lasted. This post may be kind of long,

but if you have the experience and the time to read on, or just share

on what I have said in short...any feedback is appreciated!

After the tantrums, nightmares and lack of sleep-not to mention the

irritabillity and impossibleness, I began adding food-after about 5

days of the intro diet.

The tantrums and rigidity continued so I tried cutting out the fruits

one at a time. It didn't help, so I cut the eggs, after preparing

them several different ways...didn't help either. So, I cut out the

chicken and meat and by golly, she improved by leaps and bounds. On

a side note, she had a protein sensitivity stool test and it came

back negative, (although she wasn't eating much protein at the time,

wonder if I should retest?).

SO then I added squash...and lots of it. She eats around 1 large

butternut squash a day, as well as well steamed and deseeded zucchini

(2 medium sized ones), and steamed carrots (1 large), also 10 green

beans.

I am worried about the lack of protein and when to try it again...She

just seems so much better without it.

A little background on Ella...She is 3 years old now. When she was

around 6 months old she began having very hard infrequent stools and

extreme fussiness. At 9 months I saw a naturopathic doctor who

suggested stopping most all food, nursing her and cutting out soy,

nuts, wheat, dairy and sugar from my diet. I did this until 2.5, at

which point I began feeding her more and weaning.

By 2 years 7 months we had stopped nursing and things got really

bad. I had her tested for celiac (negative, but she has only had

gluten in the form of spelt, and not for 1-2 months before testing).

Her colonoscopy came back normal. I guess that is good and bad, in

that her autistic spectrum like behavior, sleep trouble and

constipation continued.

SO I decided to try the scd diet, and I will say things have improved

a great deal..I am just in a Quandry over how much of what she is

needing and it is all very " perplexing " , as HElen says in her book.

Sorry about the novel here...hope someone might be able to share!

Susie Hansen

mdsuzetta@...

[Guest guest]

Hi, Susie,

Your dd is getting protein when you give her eggs. Would you be

willing to try a legal cheese? Cheese has protein. How about starting

yogurt? It also has protein. Nuts have protein, but it's probably too

early for nut butter. There are many kinds of meat and fish. Would

you want to try wild-caught salmon? Some people find they can only eat

somewhat exotic meats like ostrich. List member Donohue said

this in Aug. '06:

Many sensative kids don't react to game meats simply because they

have not had them. Ostrich, emu, elk, rabbit, cornish hen, quail

etc. www.eatwild.com has lots but everything I've just mentioned I

have seen at Whole Foods one time or another.

Hope I've given you some ideas.

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04