OK I think I just may start my son (and my other kids AND me <sigh>) on the diet

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There are several areas I'm suspicious of. Should I start with those first or

should I go in the order that the GFCFdiet suggests - casein, then gluten, then

other suspicious things? I did an ATEC on my possibly PDD child, and his ATEC

was 43. Not bad, but not great either. ;-) My NT son was 8. He sometimes has

dark circles under his eyes, along with just being generally cranky, so I'm

going to do him on the diet as well. (I want to know if his crankiness is

diet-related or just him. <grin>) My 16mo has the dark circles as well. She is

NT.

Anyway, just needed some tips on getting started. It seems so overwhelming to

think of ALL the possibilities out there!!!

Love,

Kirstin <><

Wife to Bobby (7 years)

Momma to Grant (4.5), Caleb (3), Libby (1.25), and " Lil' Bit " (due 4/26/02)

I sell books kids love!!!

I'm an Usborne Books at Home Independent Consultant!

http://usbornekirstin.tripod.com/

[Guest guest]

Hi Kirstin,

Don't overwhelm yourself, start with removing the casein and do that

for a few weeks. Don't forget cal/mag supplements.

> There are several areas I'm suspicious of. Should I start with

those first or should I go in the order that the GFCFdiet suggests -

casein, then gluten, then other suspicious things? I did an ATEC on

my possibly PDD child, and his ATEC was 43. Not bad, but not great

either. ;-) My NT son was 8. He sometimes has dark circles under

his eyes, along with just being generally cranky, so I'm going to do

him on the diet as well. (I want to know if his crankiness is diet-

related or just him. <grin>) My 16mo has the dark circles as well.

She is NT.

>

> Anyway, just needed some tips on getting started. It seems so

overwhelming to think of ALL the possibilities out there!!!

>

> Love,

> Kirstin <><

>

> Wife to Bobby (7 years)

> Momma to Grant (4.5), Caleb (3), Libby (1.25), and " Lil' Bit " (due

4/26/02)

>

> I sell books kids love!!!

> I'm an Usborne Books at Home Independent Consultant!

> http://usbornekirstin.tripod.com/

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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> Don't overwhelm yourself, start with removing the casein and do

that

> for a few weeks. Don't forget cal/mag supplements.

Would I still need something if I substituted with soy milk or

something? And if I just had them drink soy milk instead of cow's

milk, could I possibly wean them onto it, like 25%, then 50%, then

75% soy milk so they get used to the flavor? My oldest and youngest

are big milk drinkers (well, they enjoy it....they only drink about

16 oz. a day - they aren't drinking it all day long or anything).

Love,

Kirstin <><

[Guest guest]

Kirstin,

Sorry, I keep forgetting about soy because my son has sensitivities,

he's on rice milk so we do need to supplement. I believe that most

soy milk has calcium in it, and when I started switching I went 50/50

rice milk/milk until he got used to the new stuff. Weaning is a good

idea so they don't get turned off. Our nutritionist suggested my son

almost ,4yo, 45lb get about 700mg of calcium a day, so we get

powdered stuff and add it to his rice milk.

> ,

>

> > Don't overwhelm yourself, start with removing the casein and do

> that

> > for a few weeks. Don't forget cal/mag supplements.

>

> Would I still need something if I substituted with soy milk or

> something? And if I just had them drink soy milk instead of cow's

> milk, could I possibly wean them onto it, like 25%, then 50%, then

> 75% soy milk so they get used to the flavor? My oldest and

youngest

> are big milk drinkers (well, they enjoy it....they only drink about

> 16 oz. a day - they aren't drinking it all day long or anything).

>

> Love,

> Kirstin <><

[Guest guest]

,

> Sorry, I keep forgetting about soy because my son has sensitivities,

Yes, I'm hoping mine don't! :-P We've never done much with soy

stuff (my oldest was on cow's milk formula and my other 2 were

breastfed and OCCASIONALLY got cow's milk formula).

> Our nutritionist suggested my son

> almost ,4yo, 45lb get about 700mg of calcium a day,

OK that's about how big my boys are - 4.5yo is right at 44-45 lbs.

and 3yo is right at 40 I think. My 16mo is a shrimp though - I think

she is only about 21-22 lbs. (have no idea what happened with her

LOL!) Don't suppose you (or anyone else???) might know how much she

might need?

> so we get

> powdered stuff and add it to his rice milk.

Where can I get it? We live in a rural area in the south, so finding

all these supplements and substitutes is going to be tough! :-(

Love,

Kirstin <><