Newbie with a million questions. Please help me.

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Hi. My family started SCD two and a half weeks ago. Mostly, it was for my son

(7) who

has salicylate sensitivity (we discovered this by being on the Feingold

Diet--which we've

been on for 2 years) but I thought my daughter's (she's 5) sporadic eczema might

be

helped by it and my recent food sensitivities (intermittent reflux, intermittent

hives on my

bottom and sometimes my head--I think maybe it's a salicylate issue, but I'm not

sure).

So we all decided to heal our guts and now I have a ton of questions.

1) ME: I used to vary between normal stools and slight constipation, but

generally normal

stools. I have had increasing gas issues in the past year, but I it seemed to be

related to

either wheat or milk, so I had cut them both down with pretty good results. So

I'm

surprised that I am now having major digestive issues: a lot of gas and pale

stools. Are

the pale stools normal? I know they can be a sign of serious problems, but is

it common

in the early days of SCD? Why do I suddenly have a lot of gas?

2) My daughter: Right after we started, she got a HORRENDOUS flare up of eczema.

It has

always been pretty rare, but if it flared up, it was a small rough, pink, 1 inch

patch on her

wrist or something. Now, her hands are totally raw and boken skin and a little

bleeding.

Now it's gotten somewhat better, but they still hurt. I tried putting Aquaphor

on--that

hurt. Olive oil was ok, but she doesn't like having something on her hands. I

read that

there is a connection between the gut and eczema, but does this make sense?

3) My son: he is really sensitive to salicylates and he hasn't been able to

tolerate honey

(not even tupelo). I've been using " 100% pure dextrose " since I read that

Elaine Gottchall

said it is probably okay. I want to move towards honey, but we tried it last

night (after 2

and half weeks on SCD) and he had a crying fit tonight. So I'm a little

discouraged. His

behavior (which is his " reaction " ) has gotten worse on SCD--which I know often

happens.

I know some of this must be die-off. (He does " explosions " a lot of the

time--definitely

out of place) and this has increased a lot. How long can I expect this to last?

Also, could

the yogurt be making his explosions worse? And has anyone had experience with

reversing a salicyate sensitivity? I be happier if we could do honey, for sure,

but tomato

sauce would be divine! I'm sure that every person is different--and someone just

wrote

that we can't know someone's gut status, and I understand that. But is there

any idea of a

time frame for *some* improvement?

Thank you soooo much! I know this was long!

Eileen