Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hi, Background: 10 year old son diagnosed with Crohns. Just beginning the diet. My son came crying to me this evening because he snuck a pretzel stick this afternoon at school. We have just started the intro diet (this is the end of the 2nd day). I don't know if I have to start over from scratch and make him do another 2 days or if I chalk it up to a lesson learned and give him warnings about what will happen. Do I need to start over? I was going to be introducing a new food tomorrow. How can I help him with this in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2007 Report Share Posted March 5, 2007 , In the very beginning, cravings for illegal and familiar starches will be off the charts, as bad gut bugs are desperate to survive. Having him in an environment where you can't watch him and control his food intake is a challenge that almost any one of us would not be able to surmount, under the same circumstances. This is probably a really good example of why it works better to start the Intro Diet on a weekend, or during a school break. I think it sort of depends on your child, as far as what to do now. *Ideally*, I think you should do another day of Intro.... but if your child is just teetering on the edge of non-compliance and finding it very, very difficult.... and would sort of feel like he was being punished or something, then maybe you should just move on. This diet really does require absolutely strict compliance to work properly.... so he just has to get into the habit of only eating foods from home. Remember that he may begin going through die-off and not feel well at all.... another reason why it may be ideal to start this during a break. Some kids feel flu-ish.... and very tired or run down. If he is not able to monitor his own food intake, you'll need to put something in writing for the school staff that they need to be sure he's eating " only from home " food. Patti My son snuck food today Hi, Background: 10 year old son diagnosed with Crohns. Just beginning the diet. My son came crying to me this evening because he snuck a pretzel stick this afternoon at school. We have just started the intro diet (this is the end of the 2nd day). I don't know if I have to start over from scratch and make him do another 2 days or if I chalk it up to a lesson learned and give him warnings about what will happen. Do I need to start over? I was going to be introducing a new food tomorrow. How can I help him with this in the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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