Lots of ?s about Starting SCD w/ my 2yo

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My barely 2yo DS is currently on a GF/CF and allergy elimination diet

(per IgG results). We are getting ready to challenge some of the IgG

foods soon. Since starting this whole rollercoaster last year (EI

eval, PDD-NOS diagnosis, many hours of behavioral therapy), DS is

doing remarkably well cognitively, and I say he is now more a " gut "

kid than an ASD kid (although he still has some precocious

peculiarities like a huge fixation on letters and numbers, and a

speech delay). He was scoped last August, and has enterocolitis and

lymphonodular hyperplaysia, as well as esophogitis and ulcers in his

GI junction and duodenum.

Diarrhea has never been a problem. He was constipated beginning at 3

weeks of age; removing casein at 18 months made a huge impact on his

stool pattern, although we recently had a relapse of skipping days

and straining hard with BMs. Our nutritionist thinks it may have been

from the addition of Vance's Darifree (potato milk), which we have

since stopped.

I really think SCD is the right thing for him, and his best chance at

someday eating a normal diet, but I have a few questions (sorry this

is so long-winded):

1) I'm really worried about the intro diet. There is no way my child

will eat soup. Also, he's casein free and I'm afraid to give dry

cottage cheese, not that I think he'd eat it anyway. He does eat

scrambled eggs, but only if I add crumbled sausage to it. He will

sometimes eat meatloaf, but for some reason has always snubbed

hamburger patties without even tasting them. Plus he's used to

snacks like dried fruit, Larabars, crackers, Weelshire Farms meat

sticks, etc. I'm really worried he's just going to get mad at the

choices I give him and then work himself into a frenzy and not be

able to eat anything all day for 3 days. What do I do if this happens?

2) BTVC recommends waiting on certain foods until diarrhea is under

control. Since diarrhea was never a problem, can I give these foods

right away? I'm specifically taking about eggs and raw fruit. He

currently eats apples, grapes, and bananas (on occasion) in addition

to some dried fruits like pineapple, papaya and raisins. There is no

way I can see him eating cooked fruits - he won't even eat anything

pureed like applesauce anymore. As for eggs … they are on the intro

diet, and since diarrhea has never been a problem, I assume this is

OK.

3) He currently takes Pentasa for his bowel problems and has been

doing really well on it. I have to open the capsules and mix the

beads into something soft … meanwhile he doesn't eat any pureed

textures like applesauce. So for now I either put it in peanut

butter, chicken salad or hummus. I'm sure I can figure something out

after the into, but what do I do while he's on the intro diet for

meds? He's way too young to swallow pills. Should I just skip them

for the 2-3 day intro? I obviously wouldn't do this without

consulting with his GI doc first, but I wanted to know if anyone here

has BTDT.

I think that covers all my questions, at least for now. Thanks!