Re: diarrhea day 5 ... questions

[Guest guest]

Hi Amy!

Long time, no see.

" about 10 days ago we started making peanut butter & banana

smoothies (pb, bananas, ice, honey, & either pineapple juice or

homemade apple juice) to get his vitamins in. the pineapple

juice is new. he'll have about 2-3 cups throughout the day = 2

bananas, 4T peanut butter, 3-4 T honey, 2C juice.

-->2 cups of juice in a day is a lot of juice, plus 2 whole bananas.

Were you giving this much fruit per day before you started these

smoothies?

" vitamin C, zinc and calcium. "

--> One farily easy remedy for constipation is to take a lot of

vitamin C. So, that could easily be the culprit depending on how

much you are giving him per day.

Does the doctor who recommended the vitamin C know that you

are giving so much fruit? (not that the fruit is a bad thing... just

wondering if he might be getting enough vitamin C from the fruit

and maybe does not need a supplement)

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 15 months

[Guest guest]

> Hi Amy!

>

> Long time, no see.

hi jody! i know ... it's been awhile! fortunately, you know if you

don't hear from me, things are going very well. this is generally

my first place to hit for help!

>

>

> " about 10 days ago we started making peanut butter & banana

> smoothies (pb, bananas, ice, honey, & either pineapple juice or

> homemade apple juice) to get his vitamins in. the pineapple

> juice is new. he'll have about 2-3 cups throughout the day = 2

> bananas, 4T peanut butter, 3-4 T honey, 2C juice.

>

> -->2 cups of juice in a day is a lot of juice, plus 2 whole

bananas.

> Were you giving this much fruit per day before you started these

> smoothies?

probably not quite this much, but he's previously been getting a

fair amount of fruit per day, but not in juice form. typically

he'll have 1 banana, 2 8-10 oz. bowls of apple/pearsauce. since we

started the smoothies, we backed off any extra bananas, but kept

with the applesauce. i was wondering about too much fruit, but

didn't think the reaction would be this extreme. but with the

additional vitamin C (250-500mg/day), that could definitely be the

culprit!

do you make anything of the heavy metallic odor??? and do you

suggest anything in particular to stabilize this, other than giving

him a break from the extra banana/juice/vit C combo?

and on a side note ... are you planning on another children's museum

day out any time soon?

as always jody ... THANKS!!!!

amy

mom to paddy, AS, SCD 4 months

>

>

> " vitamin C, zinc and calcium. "

>

> --> One farily easy remedy for constipation is to take a lot of

> vitamin C. So, that could easily be the culprit depending on how

> much you are giving him per day.

> Does the doctor who recommended the vitamin C know that you

> are giving so much fruit? (not that the fruit is a bad thing...

just

> wondering if he might be getting enough vitamin C from the fruit

> and maybe does not need a supplement)

>

> Jody

> mom to -5 and -7

> SCD 15 months

[Guest guest]

Amy,

I would go back to feeding him what he was eating before you

introduced the smoothies.

Remove the vitamin C too.

Wait a few days and hopefully his stools will straighten out.

Then add these items back, but not at the same time and in

smaller amounts. That way maybe you can figure out how much

he can tolerate.

This is one of those " one new thing at a time " situations. I know

it's hard, but it makes it easier to figure out the source of a

problem.

As for another SCD pitch in, I'm game if there are others who are

interested. Since it is nice out now, I thought about the Zoo

rather than the Museum, but either is fine with me.

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 15 months

[Guest guest]

sounds like a good plan! thanks for confirming some suspicions for

me and helping me figure this out.

the itching for paddy is new, but i've seen some people mention it

as if it's one of the classic symptoms. as i mentioned, he's had

some accompanying skin irritations (visible) but i've been chalking

it up to playing in the yard. is this a safe one to just keep an

eye on? or is this something i need to really worry about? ( i try

hard to keep those two groups separate!)

keep me posted if you're up for another pitch-in or need help

organizing. i know you are quite busy with this site and i'd be

happy to help!

amy

mom to paddy, AS, SCD 4 months

> Amy,

>

> I would go back to feeding him what he was eating before you

> introduced the smoothies.

> Remove the vitamin C too.

>

> Wait a few days and hopefully his stools will straighten out.

>

> Then add these items back, but not at the same time and in

> smaller amounts. That way maybe you can figure out how much

> he can tolerate.

>

> This is one of those " one new thing at a time " situations. I know

> it's hard, but it makes it easier to figure out the source of a

> problem.

>

> As for another SCD pitch in, I'm game if there are others who are

> interested. Since it is nice out now, I thought about the Zoo

> rather than the Museum, but either is fine with me.

>

>

> Jody

> mom to -5 and -7

> SCD 15 months