Guest guest Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I'm not an expert, but it looks like he is getting way too much protein and not enough vegetables and fruit. With everything going well and it being week three, can't you add in some more variety, such as zucchini, pear sauce, etc? Pale stools Good morning, We're starting the third week of the diet with GREAT success with my 10 year old son diagnosed with Crohns one year ago. We now officially have CONSISTENT formed stools, little to no gas pain and he is still eating fantastic. My question is this...we're still dealing with very pale stools. It hasn't darkened up. Here is a sampling of what he is eating: Breakfast: banana pancakes (2 eggs with mashed bananas) 2 slices of cheddar cheese Grape juice Snack: 1/2 banana Lunch: Turkey patty green beans (french style) cheddar cheese Snack: sliced chicken strips Dinner: fish butternut squash slices jello maybe some cheese or a banana or banana yogurt smoothie if still hungry. Can you offer any help on how to darken the stools? We're also doing the B vitamins, A vitamins and digestive enzymes. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I agree. I would add in another veggie or fruit. Zucchini or spinach would be an easy to digest veggie, and applesauce or pearsauce would be a good fruit choice. Meleah Pale stools Good morning, We're starting the third week of the diet with GREAT success with my 10 year old son diagnosed with Crohns one year ago. We now officially have CONSISTENT formed stools, little to no gas pain and he is still eating fantastic. My question is this...we're still dealing with very pale stools. It hasn't darkened up. Here is a sampling of what he is eating: Breakfast: banana pancakes (2 eggs with mashed bananas) 2 slices of cheddar cheese Grape juice Snack: 1/2 banana Lunch: Turkey patty green beans (french style) cheddar cheese Snack: sliced chicken strips Dinner: fish butternut squash slices jello maybe some cheese or a banana or banana yogurt smoothie if still hungry. Can you offer any help on how to darken the stools? We're also doing the B vitamins, A vitamins and digestive enzymes. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I recently googled stool colors, and in all honesty, the results I found indicated that there is a great variation in stool colors. Pale as in white or clay gray is of concern. But light brown did not seem to be a concern. I found out that vegetarians have a lighter colored stool than meat eaters. We are not vegetarian, but we do eat lots of fruits and veggies. Anyway, the variety considered acceptable eased my mind about 's stool. Probably there are others more into science that may disagree with this, but this is what I found. , mom to > > I would go Google the pale stool thing.... I honestly think I remember reading that it has something to do with an inability to properly digest fats. You are already using digestive enzymes.... so I'm not sure. ?? Is there a lipase enzyme in the one you're using? That is, I think, the one that digests fats. > > Patti > > Pale stools > > > Good morning, > We're starting the third week of the diet with GREAT success with my > 10 year old son diagnosed with Crohns one year ago. We now > officially have CONSISTENT formed stools, little to no gas pain and > he is still eating fantastic. > > My question is this...we're still dealing with very pale stools. It > hasn't darkened up. Here is a sampling of what he is eating: > > Breakfast: > banana pancakes (2 eggs with mashed bananas) > 2 slices of cheddar cheese > Grape juice > > Snack: > 1/2 banana > > Lunch: > Turkey patty > green beans (french style) > cheddar cheese > > Snack: > sliced chicken strips > > Dinner: > fish > butternut squash slices > jello > maybe some cheese or a banana or banana yogurt smoothie if still > hungry. > > Can you offer any help on how to darken the stools? We're also > doing the B vitamins, A vitamins and digestive enzymes. > > Thank you > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2007 Report Share Posted March 18, 2007 I would go Google the pale stool thing.... I honestly think I remember reading that it has something to do with an inability to properly digest fats. You are already using digestive enzymes.... so I'm not sure. ?? Is there a lipase enzyme in the one you're using? That is, I think, the one that digests fats. Patti Pale stools Good morning, We're starting the third week of the diet with GREAT success with my 10 year old son diagnosed with Crohns one year ago. We now officially have CONSISTENT formed stools, little to no gas pain and he is still eating fantastic. My question is this...we're still dealing with very pale stools. It hasn't darkened up. Here is a sampling of what he is eating: Breakfast: banana pancakes (2 eggs with mashed bananas) 2 slices of cheddar cheese Grape juice Snack: 1/2 banana Lunch: Turkey patty green beans (french style) cheddar cheese Snack: sliced chicken strips Dinner: fish butternut squash slices jello maybe some cheese or a banana or banana yogurt smoothie if still hungry. Can you offer any help on how to darken the stools? We're also doing the B vitamins, A vitamins and digestive enzymes. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Patti, i was just reading these posts and had to mention that since I have introduced Coconut milk Sebastian's stool colour has changed to a " not quite mustard " / " not really yellow " /light green sort of colour with bits of white in them. Is this something I should be concerned about. I followed the recipe using half a cup unsweetened shredded coconut and adding boiling water, and blending together. I started with 50ml Coconut milk adding 300ml of water to dilute the coconut milk. He really enjoys this drink a lot!! Thanks Tina Pale stools > > > Good morning, > We're starting the third week of the diet with GREAT success with my > 10 year old son diagnosed with Crohns one year ago. We now > officially have CONSISTENT formed stools, little to no gas pain and > he is still eating fantastic. > > My question is this...we're still dealing with very pale stools. It > hasn't darkened up. Here is a sampling of what he is eating: > > Breakfast: > banana pancakes (2 eggs with mashed bananas) > 2 slices of cheddar cheese > Grape juice > > Snack: > 1/2 banana > > Lunch: > Turkey patty > green beans (french style) > cheddar cheese > > Snack: > sliced chicken strips > > Dinner: > fish > butternut squash slices > jello > maybe some cheese or a banana or banana yogurt smoothie if still > hungry. > > Can you offer any help on how to darken the stools? We're also > doing the B vitamins, A vitamins and digestive enzymes. > > Thank you > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Hi Patti, Yes I'm definitely straining out all the fibrous bits. Sebastian still drinks from a baby bottle so it would not fit through the hole in the teat. Even if by chance one tiny bit got through the sieve, but that I would have noticed because the tiny bit would have gotten stuck in the teat and I would have had to take it out, so that he can carry on drinking. Sebastian had that sort of stool a while back instead of white specks it was yellow. Just tiny little parts of the stool. The other thing I noticed is his stool is slightly more textured/grainy/gritty something like that, on Saturday. Not a lot just a little. Sunday and Monday the texture was better and the colour still the same. The colour just amazes me though. previously it was always sort of crocodile green(leaf green) now it's like someone mixed a lot of white paint in with the crocodile green colour. Could the colour at all mean that he is not digesting the coconut milk and it's going right through? I'll wait and see what happens tomorrow. I've started giving Sebastian the coconut milk twice a day as he really likes it. Any advice? Thanks Tina ---- Original Message ----- From: Patti To: pecanbread Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 7:18 PM Subject: Re: Re: Pale stools Tina, You are straining out the fibrous pulp of the coconut after blending? You really should do that at this point. If you're not, that could account for the " white bits " . I would not be at all surprised to find that introducing coconut milk causes a bit of die-off, too..... because it has anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-viral qualities. So, *possibly*, the greenish stool is a result of that? I'm not sure. I just know that we frequently hear reports of greenish colored stool in the beginning of SCD..... and it's usually temporary. Elaine was always delighted to hear about green stools..... because she said that indicated that big changes were happening down there! Patti Re: Re: Pale stools Patti, i was just reading these posts and had to mention that since I have introduced Coconut milk Sebastian's stool colour has changed to a " not quite mustard " / " not really yellow " /light green sort of colour with bits of white in them. Is this something I should be concerned about. I followed the recipe using half a cup unsweetened shredded coconut and adding boiling water, and blending together. I started with 50ml Coconut milk adding 300ml of water to dilute the coconut milk. He really enjoys this drink a lot!! Thanks Tina Recent Activity a.. 27New Members Visit Your Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Tina, Did you strain it after blending? If not, the little white flecks are probably coconut fiber that is undigested. Meleah Pale stools > > > Good morning, > We're starting the third week of the diet with GREAT success with my > 10 year old son diagnosed with Crohns one year ago. We now > officially have CONSISTENT formed stools, little to no gas pain and > he is still eating fantastic. > > My question is this...we're still dealing with very pale stools. It > hasn't darkened up. Here is a sampling of what he is eating: > > Breakfast: > banana pancakes (2 eggs with mashed bananas) > 2 slices of cheddar cheese > Grape juice > > Snack: > 1/2 banana > > Lunch: > Turkey patty > green beans (french style) > cheddar cheese > > Snack: > sliced chicken strips > > Dinner: > fish > butternut squash slices > jello > maybe some cheese or a banana or banana yogurt smoothie if still > hungry. > > Can you offer any help on how to darken the stools? We're also > doing the B vitamins, A vitamins and digestive enzymes. > > Thank you > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2007 Report Share Posted March 19, 2007 Tina, You are straining out the fibrous pulp of the coconut after blending? You really should do that at this point. If you're not, that could account for the " white bits " . I would not be at all surprised to find that introducing coconut milk causes a bit of die-off, too..... because it has anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and anti-viral qualities. So, *possibly*, the greenish stool is a result of that? I'm not sure. I just know that we frequently hear reports of greenish colored stool in the beginning of SCD..... and it's usually temporary. Elaine was always delighted to hear about green stools..... because she said that indicated that big changes were happening down there! Patti Re: Re: Pale stools Patti, i was just reading these posts and had to mention that since I have introduced Coconut milk Sebastian's stool colour has changed to a " not quite mustard " / " not really yellow " /light green sort of colour with bits of white in them. Is this something I should be concerned about. I followed the recipe using half a cup unsweetened shredded coconut and adding boiling water, and blending together. I started with 50ml Coconut milk adding 300ml of water to dilute the coconut milk. He really enjoys this drink a lot!! Thanks Tina Recent Activity a.. 27New Members Visit Your Group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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