Re: What to eat - diahrrea

[Guest guest]

: I feel for you. My little guy, A.J., developed diarrhea again this

weekend after months of pretty good poop. He's 3 and has been on the diet for

almost 5 months now. He also got the virus bug, an extremely high fever, and

vomiting. I broke down too and gave him Motrin with the dang sweetner in it. I

got a prescription from our pediatrician for a sugar free version, but there

wasn't a pharmacy open over the weekend to compound it.

A.J. is on his 5th day of diarrhea, but I also think it's a bug. However, I

don't think the sugar helped. I am trying to feed him pear sauce, baked apples,

eggs, chicken pancakes, hamburger, and cashew nut butter cake. His appetite is

really down though.

Good luck to you and your son--Tricia

What to eat - diahrrea

My son has had chronic diahrrea for 4 years so you would think I

would know what to do about it. He has not had diarrhea since the

first week of SCD in December but now he has it bad. He had a high

fever over the weekend so I broke down and gave him Tylenol. Sunday

his fever was gone and he had that sparkle back to him but then came

the diarrhea. I don't think it is from the sweeteners in the Tylenol

but from the bug he has. Lots of kids in his school are out. This

time the diarrhea is really bad. It is totally liquid and making him

really sore. I am struggling to figure out what to feed him. He is

tired of bananas, won't eat apple sauce since the day I tried to put

SNT in it (3 years ago) and of course rice is out for the SCD diet.

I don't think almond toast would be good because isn't almond flour

supposed to be hard to digest? I have gotten him to eat eggs and

chicken but that is it. What he really wants to eat is baked goods

using almond flour and fruit. Any ideas?

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

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[Guest guest]

wrote: " This time the diarrhea is really bad. It is totally

liquid and making him

> really sore. I am struggling to figure out what to feed him.

When Adam got a bad cold in Jan, his stools went to diarrhea with NO

medicine. I think it is really hard on teh kids to be sick - just

all that more work for their bodies to fight off the germs, rid the

body of toxins, etc.

His stools slowly got better. At first I did not change his foods,

but after a week or 1o days of still very soft and fuzzy stools (but

not diarrhea), I put him back on the intro diet (hamburgers,

gelatin, well cooked carrots, green beans, sneaky pancakes) for a

couple of days and that firmed up the stools.

You may want to give him some of what he wants. My mom's advice was

always that " your body knows what it needs " . You many want to try

this for a few days, say to the weekend. Then if things are not

getting better, try a couple of days of VERY EARLY diet (intro if

possible).

There were several posts back when I was struggling with this from

others saying loose stools also happened to their kids when they got

sick.

Meanwhile you can try Monistat on his bottom (if it works well, you

know it is yeast irritation), or even just some desitin. And keep

him well-hydrated.

Good luck. Go with your mommy-gut instinct.

-- Sue, mom to Adam and

[Guest guest]

He ate too many bananas early on in the diet that he is tired of

them. I will try to get him to eat some though. Maybe make some

banana/egg pancakes again.

" This time the diarrhea is really bad. It is

totally

> liquid and making him

> > really sore. I am struggling to figure out what to feed him.

>

> When Adam got a bad cold in Jan, his stools went to diarrhea with

NO

> medicine. I think it is really hard on teh kids to be sick -

just

> all that more work for their bodies to fight off the germs, rid

the

> body of toxins, etc.

>

> His stools slowly got better. At first I did not change his

foods,

> but after a week or 1o days of still very soft and fuzzy stools

(but

> not diarrhea), I put him back on the intro diet (hamburgers,

> gelatin, well cooked carrots, green beans, sneaky pancakes) for a

> couple of days and that firmed up the stools.

>

> You may want to give him some of what he wants. My mom's advice

was

> always that " your body knows what it needs " . You many want to

try

> this for a few days, say to the weekend. Then if things are not

> getting better, try a couple of days of VERY EARLY diet (intro

if

> possible).

>

> There were several posts back when I was struggling with this

from

> others saying loose stools also happened to their kids when they

got

> sick.

>

> Meanwhile you can try Monistat on his bottom (if it works well,

you

> know it is yeast irritation), or even just some desitin. And

keep

> him well-hydrated.

>

> Good luck. Go with your mommy-gut instinct.

>

> -- Sue, mom to Adam and

>

>

>

>

>

> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read

the book _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read

the following websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

What my son really wants is oranges and pineapple which I know would

be the worse thing for his diarrhea. He does love cooked carrots

though so I will try to get him to eat some of those. I was getting

concerned that he is going on his 3rd day of diarrhea so it is good

to know I shouldn't expect instant healing. Thanks for the

encouragement.

" This time the diarrhea is really bad. It is totally

> liquid and making him

> > really sore. I am struggling to figure out what to feed him.

>

> When Adam got a bad cold in Jan, his stools went to diarrhea with

NO

> medicine. I think it is really hard on teh kids to be sick - just

> all that more work for their bodies to fight off the germs, rid the

> body of toxins, etc.

>

> His stools slowly got better. At first I did not change his foods,

> but after a week or 1o days of still very soft and fuzzy stools

(but

> not diarrhea), I put him back on the intro diet (hamburgers,

> gelatin, well cooked carrots, green beans, sneaky pancakes) for a

> couple of days and that firmed up the stools.

>

> You may want to give him some of what he wants. My mom's advice

was

> always that " your body knows what it needs " . You many want to try

> this for a few days, say to the weekend. Then if things are not

> getting better, try a couple of days of VERY EARLY diet (intro if

> possible).

>

> There were several posts back when I was struggling with this from

> others saying loose stools also happened to their kids when they

got

> sick.

>

> Meanwhile you can try Monistat on his bottom (if it works well, you

> know it is yeast irritation), or even just some desitin. And keep

> him well-hydrated.

>

> Good luck. Go with your mommy-gut instinct.

>

> -- Sue, mom to Adam and

[Guest guest]

> What my son really wants is oranges and pineapple which I know

would

> be the worse thing for his diarrhea.

Would he be happy with a LITTLE bit of very watered down juice?

Definitely don't expect a quick resolution, even if the body is

doing what it should. One mom told me it took her son almost a

month to get back to trophies when he had been sick.

-- Sue, mom to Adam and