Having problem with candy and gaining weight

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Hi guys,

It has been a while since I posted. I hope everyone is doing well. We needed

your humble opinion. We have been eating SCD now for 6 and a half months. As

most of you know we are practicing SCD by the book and with " fanatical

adherence " and having wonderful success as a family. Needless to say, last

week, we introduced candy with nuts to our 2 year old (Kiki) and I wish we had

not. I assumed that since we all where doing so well that it was going to be OK

and she was ready. She truly enjoyed this treat. The book says six months. But

our experiment blew up in our face.

This candy nut roll, caused her a set back and a flare of " celiac " like diarrhea

and much pain. I still do not know if it was the boiled HONEY (to make the

candy) or the NUTS in the stuff?? Thankfully the rest of our celiac family did

fine with this much needed treat. I have heard that some have problems when the

honey is boiled into candy. Is this true?

After going back to intro foods and increasing her acidophilus and yogurt we got

her back into balance and avoided a hospitalization. With every set back, it

does not take her long to thin down, since she is growing so fast. This always

seems to worsen her ASD problems too for the set back duration only. So, she

never " looses " weight but her body becomes much thinner...and her behavior

becomes more asd like. Does this make since?

We are becoming very frustrated with this roller coaster ride. I know that

Elaine said two years for cd...but I am often fearful that we may be doing

something wrong. I (cd myself) have gained a much needed 16 pounds so I know

that SCD is not to blame. But my SCD food choices and preferences are much

broader than hers now.

I am very concerned about her being so thin. She looks better and is growing

much better than six months ago, thanks to SCDiet. Her ASD problems have almost

all but vanished. But at the age of 2 she is as tall as an average 2T but has

the waist of a baby that wears 9-12 month clothes!

Does any body have anything to suggest??? She still can not tolerate the beans

or peanuts either. She refuses to eat the baked goods at all. I think she

thinks that they are poison or something. Before we went SCD we where gf and

the starches/grains and refined sugars made her deathly ill!

This leaves our SCD choices for her being the SCD yogurt (both goat and bovine),

cheeses, dry curd, meats, eggs, fruits and vegetables. WE are truly having a

difficult time putting weight on her. Like many kids on this list serve, she is

PICKY too! Yet, if we could accomplish this feat and get her to gain weight,

she would look even better. It would be nice if we didn't have to pen her pants

up anymore.

Is this just going to take time and we need to become more patient?????...or is

there something that we should be doing...or not doing. Ideas please...

Thank you, Antoinette and (both celiac), parents to three kids (celiac,

colitis, adhd, ASD, and hyperekplexia)