Re: Re: New and need advice

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You can boil, bake, or steam your fruits and veggies. You just want to make

sure that they are soft when you stop the cooking process. Eventually, he

should be able to tolerate raw produce with pealings on, but it will be several

months. I don't know if this is typical, but my son has been SCD for over 10

months, and he still needs his fruits and veggies pealed and cooked. He can

occassionally tolerate raw fruit that is naturally softer like a pear, but not

with the pealing on it. It is going to prevent progress if the school staff is

not monitoring him closely to make sure that he doesn't steal foods, or they're

just allowing him to have them. Do you have it in his IEP that he must only

have the foods brought from home? This doesn't necessarily mean that they will

adhere to it, but you have legal recourse if they do not. I find that this is

one of the problems with the children going to school with staff that doesn't

believe in the powerful work that SCD can do.

Meleah

Re: New and need advice

Still hoping to receive some advice/help please....

>

> Hello all, I am new to the SCD diet. I pondered the website after

my

> son who is 6 with autism was very sick with a stomach virus , and

his

> stomach was very bloated to the point I thought he was

> obstructed.This has happened a few times, plus he is very

constipated

> often. I have a lot of concerns here, and wanted some advice about

> the usual things that happen when beginning this diet.

>

> One thing I wanted to know is how long do people usually boil the

> fruit and veggies? Is there a point where you go to raw skinned

fruit

> and know it is right? My son still has alot of abdominal

distension.I

> would love to see him go a week without his belly becoming bloated

or

> without constipation or what appears to be hyperactivity aggrevated

> by certain foods.

>

> I started to give him chicken nuggets fried and fried squash but

now

> wonder if the oil used is bothering him. I wonder if I am advancing

> too fast. It will be a month MOnday of being on SCD, and it is

tough

> for him at school, where he tries to sneak food, or I feel the

staff

> may not watch him close enough. Does anyone have any tips to offer

> me about this. I am still waitin on the Acidophilus to arrive, I

feel

> that would help alot too, but it is on back order. I tried goat

> yogurt but maybe it was too soon? He loves green veggies, chicken

and

> fruit of all sorts. I just really need some support and help!

>