Re: Re: Still Constipated

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You wrote:

<<Well, anyway, by using saccharomyces boullardii, probiotics,

and DULCOLAX suppositories, it is not normal size.>>

Did you mean to say that it is NOW normal size? Or that doing these things did

not help at all?

Patti

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<<I've been really worried about how to do this and have a baby at the same

time. Maybe that's not SCD legal :-) >>

LOL ! Well, not " illegal " , but certainly challenging. If you could have asked

us first, we might have suggested starting at a time when you didn't have that

looming. Maybe we can somehow figure out how to get things going more smoothly

in the next three weeks.... or maybe longer, if you do what I usually did and go

two weeks overdue!

I'm sorry he isn't liking the green beans and zucchini very much, and that he

doesn't do well on the carrots.

You don't use any nuts at all.... and I know there might be some other issue or

reason why not (allergy?), but sometimes, I think it really helps for a super

constipated child to add some pecan flour, just a little, in a baked good of

some kind. That extra fiber could help a lot. Let me know if that's just not

an option right now.

How about trying a different yellow squash? I really like butternut for the

beginner kids, but maybe adding one with just a wee bit more fiber would be a

good idea. If you look in the frozen food section, they have already cooked,

pureed yellow squash..... in little boxes... for about 89 cents. It's

completely legal.... and you can use in pancake recipes or whatever (if he

accepts pureed squash, you could just season it and serve).

Anyway, I think they probably use something like a large winter squash such as

Hubbard. It's got just a tiny bit more fiber than butternut but is very tasty,

and certainly easy to have on hand. I use it frequently as a substitute for

pumpkin in recipes.

Have you tried spagetti squash? Can he have tomatoes? You could make your own

quickie spagetti sauce. I like to bake the spagetti squash till nice an

soft..... then I scoop it out into a 9x13, cover it with my sauce (chopped

tomatoes and onions, garlic, basil, olive oil... I know some of those things

your son might not be ready for).... and I add cheese, though that's something

you can leave off. Then I re-bake it for about a half hour or so. I like the

spagetti squash to get REALLY soft.

Does he drink smoothies made with the coconut milk? You could probably hide a

wee bit more plain bone broth in that.

That amount of magnesium *seems* like it ought to be enough for one that small.

Do you give that dose all at once? Or in divided doses? I'm thinking I would

maybe increase it a little, or maybe add some magnesium oxide.

Let me know what you think about any of these ideas. I'd really like to try to

help you through this. I'll see if I can think of anything else to try.

Patti

Re: Still Constipated

I'm sorry. I'm 37 weeks pregnant and very forgetful. We have been

on this diet for only 1 month. That is why there are not a ton of

foods to choose from and since we don't seem to do so well with the

big intro foods - apples, pears, bananas, grape juice, and

especially carrots, it's really hard. I feel like there is hardly

anything he can eat. He does have a bit of zucchini but I have to

carefully hide it, I forgot that, and he was eating green beans, but

now he refuses them. Yes, peeled, cooked, homemade stuff. I

thought that having 3 solid veggies in there was pretty good at this

point. I guess not, but I don't know what else we can really add

right now. I think I might have to give up for now and maybe try

again after the baby comes. It's just so hard, so much work, hours

and hours and hours of cooking and it only seems to be making him

worse. The thought of having to start all over from the very first

is more than I can bear. Hopefully Kirkman will come through with

the probiotics since GIProHealth is unable to. Wish they would have

told me that a month ago so we could have ordered elsewhere. Maybe

that will do the trick, but as I search the archives, it seems like

this diet does not work as fabulously when constipation is the issue

as it does when Diarrhea is the issue. I truely hope I am wrong

about that.

Yes, cod liver oil. He is 24 pounds and taking 280 mgs of the Mag

Citrate.

Anyway, I appreciate the advice. I've been really worried about how

to do this and have a baby at the same time. Maybe that's not SCD

legal :-)