Re: Any other Beverage Options?? Should we hire a nutritionist to help?

September 29, 2006

My daughter likes plain water most of all... but also enjoys honey lemonade.

Fresh lemon juice, squirted into plain water... sweetened with honey. You could

use saccharin instead of honey. Limeade is also good, made the same way.

Some parents use weak mint tea... sweetened with honey (you can use saccharin).

I have also made ginger tea... by pouring boiling water over slices of fresh

ginger, cooling it, then straining.... adding honey to sweeten. I think others

have added sparkling water to this, and honey (or saccharin) to make sort of a

" ginger ale " kind of soda.

I know that doctors recommend kids not drink so much juice these days.... not

just for tooth decay, but just generally. Remember that we are always diluting

the juice in the beginning.

You don't HAVE to use dry curd cottage cheese. You can use dripped SCD yogurt in

place of it in any SCD recipe.

Snacks.... how about trying the baked cheese? Any SCD legal cheese can be used.

Slice it, bake it on a parchment sheet (or a silpat) at 350, until bubbly (I

don't remember how long... haven't done this in a while... can anyone else post

a reminder??). I just watched them, I think... didn't time them. Ten minutes??

Anyway, then you let them cool completely and peel them off the parchment.

Cripsy, crunchy... just like a cracker or chip. Easy... and legal.

I think that if you go to the nutritionist that your pediatrician recommends....

if he/she is not familiar with SCD, you will not get much help from them.

If I had three month old twins and was facing starting this diet.... I would

experiment with the legal recipes... come up with a few things from the recipe

section on www.pecanbread.com that he will eat... and then have someone come in

and help you do some batch cooking.

When I'm pressed for time, my daughter's meals are VERY simple.... left over

cooked chicken breast, sliced very thin across the grain and mashed with avocado

(and a little salt).... steamed butternut squash and scrambled eggs.

Grated zucchini and carrots, with a bit of finely minced onion... sauteed in

olive oil. Mashed banana and peanut butter... with SCD yogurt is her favorite

breakfast. An quartered, peeled and cored apple can be " baked " in the microwave

in two minutes.... sprinkled with cinnamon... so good.

I do veggie/chicken stew/soup.... in the crockpot. Throw everything in the pot

in the morning... dinner is ready at 5. I take out enough for her, with a

slotted spoon and puree it with a handblender (she is not a great chewer and is

just learning to self-feed with a spoon).

I cook whole chickens in the crockpot... so I will have leftovers for several

days. I just put the whole (washed) chicken in the pot... put onion, garlic, bay

leaves, rosemary, ground pepper, etc. ..in the cavity and put the lid on. I

don't add any liquid. Done in six hours.... VERY tender. Couldn't be easier.

The tomato juice you found looks fine. As long as it only has salt and vit C

added.

<<i am so afraid i don't have the expertise or time to do this right.>>

(((((((Eileen)))))) Don't worry so much.... you can do this. It's not that

hard... just different. Hang in there with us and don't panic! We're here to

help. If you lived anywhere near southwest Washington, I'd drive over and help

you with cooking and babywatching.

Patti

Any other Beverage Options?? Should we hire a

nutritionist to help?

my dentist told me to only give my son juice 1x/day or he will end

up having tooth decay. he isn't crazy about the tomato juice or

plain water. are there any other bevarage options?

i am so afraid my 2 1/2 yr old will get very sick when we start the

SCD diet. he is already losing weight because we have eliminated

milk and most of his snacks (eg. cornpops, cocoa puffs, rice

krispies, potato chips, etc) so all he has to munch on are raisins.

we want to try cooking a bunch of the SCD recipes first and freeze

some. i will puree some and sneak small amounts of it inside of his

jar babyfood (which will be phased out when we start the SCD) and

try to introduce a new item every day so we know there will be

something we can fall back on when he turns his nose up at pureed

spaghetti squash. i am still searching for some of the hard to find

ingredients.

i still don't know where we will find the dry curd cottage cheese in

south carolina or georgia. we have looked at the publix and kroger

already with no luck. everytime i buy something, especially generic

brands, i start to second guess if it is really legal. for instance,

i bought a can of Red Gold brand fresh squeezed tomato juice because

it was the cheapest and it only had tomatoes, salt & vitC (ascorbic

acid). it also said it had no artificial colors, flavors or

preservatives. Should i have just bought heinz or campbells?

did anyone hire a nutritionist to assist with balancing out the

menus? i have 3 month old twin girls and i don't know how i am going

to pull this off (researching, planning menus, shopping, cooking,

feeding, etc.). i am so afraid i don't have the expertise or time to

do this right. i got my pediatrician to refer my son to a

nutritionist but what diagnosis code would health insurance require

in order to pay for the visits? my son is malnourished and sick and

needs immediate intervention but justifying this to my health

insurance company may be difficult.

eileen

mom of 2 1/2 yr old asd son and 3 month old twin girls

September 29, 2006

I give my boys two ounces of juice to 6-8 ounces of water. I started out giving

them whole juice, then 3/4 juice 1/4 water, then 1/2 to 1/2 and now down to

small amount of juice to much water. They got weaned off the juice and still

get the juice flavor. So, that way through the course of the day they only

drink the equivalent of one cup of juice. Also, I give them goat yogurt to

drink. To them it is like milk because it is so runny.

That is what my boys drink throughout the day and they are doing fine with it.

It does help to keep them from getting to much sugar in the juice.

Dana

Mom to and Garrett 2 years old

Celiac Disease

SCD 3 months

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