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

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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