Re: kind of OT ... two-year-old with mucousy stools ...

[Guest guest]

Cathy,

I have read about many mothers who have delivered very healthy " SCD babies " .

I wish I had the chance to give the " SCD prenatal boost " to my children.

I did not have any obvious digestive problems when I started SCD, I

just did it to support my kids. However, I feel so good that I never

want to go back to a diet.with grains.

Mimi

> Hi everyone,

>

> I have my 5 1/2-yo ASD son on the SCD diet. He is tube fed so I really

> haven't had to worry much about presentation, taste, etc. We have been

> going about 6 weeks now and I do have questions regarding him but will

> post under a different thread ...

>

> My question right now is regarding my younger son. He has been having

> increasingly mucousy stools, often with red, blistering diaper rash

> resulting but not always. They look a lot like rotavirus stools but he

> has not had any of the other symptoms - no fever, no reduced appetite,

> no explosive diarrhea (he has anywhere from 1-4 of these stools a day)

> and no one else in the house has had similar problems. His stool

> changes started about a month ago with alternating between runny stools

> with lots of undigested food and the mucousy stools. He hasn't had a

> normal stool in several weeks now. At this point he pretty much has

> mucous in all his stools, not so much indigested foods but lots of

> sticky black flecks of something at times, and other times just kind of

> a puddle of brown mucousy goo. I do give him probiotics but he is not

> on the SCD diet right now. He is dairy intolerant but did not test

> allergic to dairy. He does not get any dairy products right now and

> actually will refuse to eat even goat yogurt (commercial is all we have

> tried with him so far) or goat milk.

>

> The only other change is the decrease in the amount of breastmilk he

> has been getting. I am about 14 weeks pregnant and my milk supply has

> diminished noticeably over the past few weeks. I do usually avoid

> dairy, since in the past it has bothered him even through my

> breastmilk. I have tried eating small amounts of cheese or yogurt in

> the past few months and it seemed to bother him less but now I'm

> wondering if this isn't in response to my own dairy. I have stopped

> eating it again to see if it helps - I haven't noticed an obvious

> direct correlation and he has been sleeping fairly well, which in the

> past he would sleep terribly if I ate anything with dairy in it at

> all. He has had lots of trouble with reflux in the past, and it seems

> to bother him off and on now but not all the time. He is currently not

> taking any medication for reflux.

>

> I would like to try him on the SCD diet, but am not sure about

> switching over myself since I am pregnant. I know the diet itself is

> safe, but is it realistic to try to make the switch at this point? I

> know my son will not want to wean and I really didn't want to wean him

> until he was ready. (He is just over 2 and is showing no signs of

> readiness to stop nursing.) Also, he has quite significant asthma and

> I feel the immune boost he gets from nursing is important as well. I

> am afraid that if I put him on it but not myself I will be defeating

> the purpose.

>

> We do have an appointment with our ped tomorrow morning - so far they

> have just said to observe and encourage pastas and white grape juice,

> bananas, etc. to help firm the stools. Those measures have not made

> any difference at all as far as I can tell.

>

> Thanks so much for any thoughts!

>

> Cathy

> 5 1/2-yo ASD son SCD since February 2007.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your response, MiMi! Our ped is testing his stools for

bacteria and parasites, and also running tests for celiac. I am trying

to wait patiently for the results ... the frequency of the stools is al

little less right now, but they are still full of mucous most of the

time. I will wait for the results in case they need to do further

testing, but will likely start him on SCD regardless of what those

results show.

Thanks again,

Cathy

>

> Cathy,

>

> I have read about many mothers who have delivered very healthy " SCD

babies " .

> I wish I had the chance to give the " SCD prenatal boost " to my

children.

>

> I did not have any obvious digestive problems when I started SCD, I

> just did it to support my kids. However, I feel so good that I never

> want to go back to a diet.with grains.

>

> Mimi

>

>