SCD for 4 months and can't move forward...

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody,

has been on SCD for 4 months now and is doing really well.

She's gaining weight again and her cognitive abilities are coming

along too.

However I still feel as though I'm really limited to the foods in

the stage 1 category with her.

My main concern is that all of the sudden she's started having very

loose bowel movements again. Where a couple of months ago they were

quite formed now they're loose and the main thing I notice is that

they're very gritty. It looks sometimes like somebody has dumped

sand in her nappy. I've not made any real changes to her diet so

can't understand why this is happening. Its been like this now for

the last 3 or 4 weeks. She's only having 1 bowel movement a day and

is gaining weight so I know she's absorbing what she's eating.

Whats going on here? Every time I try and introduce something new

she starts getting loose BM's. They're pretty foul-smelling but

they don't have that " fermented " smell so I'm not sure if this is a

yeast issue. I'm about to have a faecal microbial analysis to see

whats going on.

Also whats the word on split peas?? I know they're on the legal

list - I'd love to give them to as another " fillerupper "

because at the moment the only really filling vegetable she eats is

butternut pumpkin and its turned her skin yellow (not that i'm too

worried about that but a bit more variety would be great for her).

She eats bananas too along with eggs, meats, fish, pears, apples

(sometimes), honey, avocadoes and tomatoes.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated..

Thanks,

Mum to (3 years, NT) and (18 mths, GDD & Autistic

Traits)

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara,

I am glad that your daughter is showing signs of cognitive gains.

Did you introduce any new supplements? Is your daughter getting into

illegal foods? The SCD goat yogurt should really help the tolerance for new

foods. Start with only 1/8 of a teaspoon and drip it first for a day.

Get more info inside the yogurt section of our website:

http://www.pecanbread.com

BTW, sandy stools are a sign of fat malabsorption. I have heard of other

theories

for sandy stools but the research indicates that the other theories are not

correct.

Mimi

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara,

Please read this webpage:

http://www.pecanbread.com/new/Improvethediet.htm

It explains what could go wrong and how to improve your child's SCD

results. It might be clostridia; the webpage gives some info about

treating clostridia..

Mimi

[Guest guest]

Thanks Mimi,

I'm assuming that by having a faecal microbial analysis done that

it will show up Clostridia?? Or is this a separate test that needs

to be done?

Does the fact that she's putting on weight nicely rule out fat

malabsorption as the culprit?? What do I do if this is whats

happening? There's truly nothing that I have changed but there have

been a few illegal " incidents " that occurred around the time the

sandy poos started happening... But that was weeks and weeks ago!

Would it have affected it this badly?

Should I go intro again for the next couple of days? Has all my

hard work been undone?? This is such an upsetting setback...

I have S.boulaardis capsules at the moment - should I start giving

them to her in case its clostridia? Or wait until I have more proof?

The funny thing is her behaviour is just fantastic!! She's sleeping

well, she's happy during the day and is learning things every day -

it just doesn't seem to add up!

> Hi Sara,

>

> Please read this webpage:

>

> http://www.pecanbread.com/new/Improvethediet.htm

>

> It explains what could go wrong and how to improve your child's SCD

> results. It might be clostridia; the webpage gives some info about

> treating clostridia..

>

> Mimi

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sara,

The fact that a few illegal " incidents " occurred around the time the

sandy poos started happening gives us a good clue that this is a reaction

to the illegal " incidents " . Some children have very long reactions to

illegal foods.

Yes, going back to the intro diet would be very helpful. S Boulardii would

also be very helpful. I would open the capsules and spill the contents into

a SCD legal juice or water.

Keep us updated.

Mimi

> >There's truly nothing that I have changed but there have

> been a few illegal " incidents " that occurred around the time the

> sandy poos started happening... But that was weeks and weeks ago!

> Would it have affected it this badly?

>

Should I go intro again for the next couple of days? Has all my

> hard work been undone?? This is such an upsetting setback...

> I have S.boulaardis capsules at the moment - should I start giving

> them to her in case its clostridia? Or wait until I have more proof?

> The funny thing is her behaviour is just fantastic!! She's sleeping

> well, she's happy during the day and is learning things every day -

> it just doesn't seem to add up!

>

>

> > Hi Sara,

> >

> > Please read this webpage:

> >

> > http://www.pecanbread.com/new/Improvethediet.htm

> >

> > It explains what could go wrong and how to improve your child's SCD

> > results. It might be clostridia; the webpage gives some info about

> > treating clostridia..

> >

> > Mimi

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks I will go intro again for a couple of days and see if that

changes things.

It just seems strange because even before she started the diet and

was consuming all kinds of illegals she never had poos like this!

Its to the point now that she needs a bath ever time she has a bm!

And its extraordinarily difficult to remove from her skin....

Anyway, will push on with intro and see what happens.

Thanks for your help Mimi,

-- In pecanbread , " pecan post " wrote:

>

> Hi Sara,

>

> The fact that a few illegal " incidents " occurred around the time

the

> sandy poos started happening gives us a good clue that this is a

reaction

> to the illegal " incidents " . Some children have very long reactions

to

> illegal foods.

>

> Yes, going back to the intro diet would be very helpful. S

Boulardii would

> also be very helpful. I would open the capsules and spill the

contents into

> a SCD legal juice or water.

>

> Keep us updated.

>

> Mimi

>

> > >There's truly nothing that I have changed but there have

> > been a few illegal " incidents " that occurred around the time the

> > sandy poos started happening... But that was weeks and weeks ago!

> > Would it have affected it this badly?

> >

>

>

>

>

> Should I go intro again for the next couple of days? Has all my

> > hard work been undone?? This is such an upsetting setback...

> > I have S.boulaardis capsules at the moment - should I start

giving

> > them to her in case its clostridia? Or wait until I have more

proof?

> > The funny thing is her behaviour is just fantastic!! She's

sleeping

> > well, she's happy during the day and is learning things every

day -

> > it just doesn't seem to add up!

> >

> >

> > > Hi Sara,

> > >

> > > Please read this webpage:

> > >

> > > http://www.pecanbread.com/new/Improvethediet.htm

> > >

> > > It explains what could go wrong and how to improve your

child's SCD

> > > results. It might be clostridia; the webpage gives some info

about

> > > treating clostridia..

> > >

> > > Mimi

> > >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

To check for clostridium bacteria you can do a Urine Metabolic (MAP) from Genova

Diagnostics. If you have elivated DHPPA which is a malapsorption marker then

you have clostridium. I think it is a couple of hundred dollars to run the test

but it will also show what nutrients you are missing and how your Krebs cycle

works. (how you turn the food you eat into the energy your body/brain needs to

run) It is an interesting test.

Beth

UC 28 years

Re: SCD for 4 months and can't move forward...

Thanks Mimi,

I'm assuming that by having a faecal microbial analysis done that

it will show up Clostridia?? Or is this a separate test that needs

to be done?

Does the fact that she's putting on weight nicely rule out fat

malabsorption as the culprit?? What do I do if this is whats

happening? There's truly nothing that I have changed but there have

been a few illegal " incidents " that occurred around the time the

sandy poos started happening... But that was weeks and weeks ago!

Would it have affected it this badly?

Should I go intro again for the next couple of days? Has all my

hard work been undone?? This is such an upsetting setback...

I have S.boulaardis capsules at the moment - should I start giving

them to her in case its clostridia? Or wait until I have more proof?

The funny thing is her behaviour is just fantastic!! She's sleeping

well, she's happy during the day and is learning things every day -

it just doesn't seem to add up!

> Hi Sara,

>

> Please read this webpage:

>

> http://www.pecanbread.com/new/Improvethediet.htm

>

> It explains what could go wrong and how to improve your child's SCD

> results. It might be clostridia; the webpage gives some info about

> treating clostridia..

>

> Mimi

>