Needing some encouragement

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed today. My son and I have been SCD for 4 weeks

today, and he has made some good improvements. However, his behavior in the

evenings hasn't been the best lately. I would say in the past week. Sometimes he

acts drunk or a little crazy, giggling. Usually though, he does things just to

get in trouble and doesn't care. He just laughs about it, but then when he

looses a priviledge he screams and throws a fit. However, at school his behavior

hasn't been bad. It starts about 5:00 in the evening. I guess he could be tired

too. He's eating a farely wide range of veggies: broccoli, zucchini, butternut

squash, green beans, carrots, spaghetti squash. For fruit he eats, pears,

apples, banana, peaches. I've been using almond butter in recipes too. I did

find some small pieces of apple in his poop two days ago because I shredded it

instead of purre. I've corrected that. He also receives digestive enzymes. I

guess the detective work is what's overwhelming. I was keeping a log for the

first two weeks and then I stopped. I wished I wouldn't have. If something has

slipped in that shouldn't, is there still healing going on? Thanks for

listening.

Diane

8 yr old son with autism, SCD 4 weeks

[Guest guest]

Hi, Diane,

How is he on the weekends?

It is hard to hold it together for school. At home the kids can " let

their hair down " . Dinner time is always the time even NT kids act up.

Still, the acting drunk and giggling is something you want to

investigate. You may have to back up to the foods he was eating before

this started, if you can figure that out and then resume the diary. If

he's eating something that he is not tolerating, then even if healing

is going on, you know it's not happening at the rate you'd like it to

be happening.

mom to -12

SCD 4/23/04

[Guest guest]

Hi Diane,

We're pretty new to the diet, too. Life has been a series ups and

downs for us. Hang in there! I try to keep in mind that my daughter

is going through some pretty big changes and it will probably take

time for things to smooth out. I've had many of those overwhelmed

moments, too. Stay strong and I will too

Sharon

>

> Hi all,

>

> I'm feeling a little overwhelmed today. My son and I have been SCD

for 4 weeks today, and he has made some good improvements. However,

his behavior in the evenings hasn't been the best lately. I would say

in the past week. Sometimes he acts drunk or a little crazy,

giggling. Usually though, he does things just to get in trouble and

doesn't care. He just laughs about it, but then when he looses a

priviledge he screams and throws a fit. However, at school his

behavior hasn't been bad. It starts about 5:00 in the evening. I

guess he could be tired too. He's eating a farely wide range of

veggies: broccoli, zucchini, butternut squash, green beans, carrots,

spaghetti squash. For fruit he eats, pears, apples, banana, peaches.

I've been using almond butter in recipes too. I did find some small

pieces of apple in his poop two days ago because I shredded it

instead of purre. I've corrected that. He also receives digestive

enzymes. I guess the detective work is what's overwhelming. I was

keeping a log for the first two weeks and then I stopped. I wished I

wouldn't have. If something has slipped in that shouldn't, is there

still healing going on? Thanks for listening.

>

> Diane

> 8 yr old son with autism, SCD 4 weeks

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the encouragement Sharon! I've decided to go back to the way we were

eating a couple weeks ago and make sure I didn't miss anything when introducing

foods.

Diane

SCD 4 weeks

Hi Diane,

We're pretty new to the diet, too. Life has been a series ups and

downs for us. Hang in there! I try to keep in mind that my daughter

is going through some pretty big changes and it will probably take

time for things to smooth out. I've had many of those overwhelmed

moments, too. Stay strong and I will too

.