2 days on SCD! and a question

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My son has been SCD (following the ASD intro diet) for 2 days now.

No apparent problem on intro diet (although he seemed hungry a lot

of the time). He was constipated when we started and still

constipated now. My question is, can we add something new now? I

know I read a response from Elaine to someone w/ constipation on

breakingtheviciouscycle.com where she told them to do intro for 2

days, then add 1 daily muffin along w/ cooked fruits and

vegetables. It went on from there with future instructions. So

should I follow this same protocol?

Thanks everyone for your help and support.

Anita

Mom to Tyler (SCD 2 days!) 5 yrs

and Payton 23 months

[Guest guest]

> My son has been SCD (following the ASD intro diet) for 2 days now.

> No apparent problem on intro diet (although he seemed hungry a lot

> of the time). He was constipated when we started and still

> constipated now. My question is, can we add something new now? I

> know I read a response from Elaine to someone w/ constipation on

> breakingtheviciouscycle.com where she told them to do intro for 2

> days, then add 1 daily muffin along w/ cooked fruits and

> vegetables. It went on from there with future instructions. So

> should I follow this same protocol?

>

> Thanks everyone for your help and support.

>

> Anita

> Mom to Tyler (SCD 2 days!) 5 yrs

> and Payton 23 months

Welcome Anita and Tyler!Anita,

You have several choices.

See the middle of page 71 in BTVC about what to do after the introduction diet

and also check out The Stages on the food preparation link of the website:

www.pecanbread.com

The Stages are just a guideline and you do not need to follow exactly them but

can slowly add foods in any order with these exceptions:

yogurt, wait at least a month

beans and seeds much later

peanuts in shells also later

These items are discussed elsewhere n BTVC

Carol F.

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the list Anita,

> My son has been SCD (following the ASD intro diet) for 2 days now.

> No apparent problem on intro diet (although he seemed hungry a lot

> of the time).

That is pretty common. You can give him more food, just try to

balance out meat and veggies etc. so there isn't too much of any one

thing. Many notice that appetite increases at the beginning of the

diet. A couple of reasons for this are

- some kids were in pain before and didn't want to eat, now no more

pain so they're hungry

- they are changing from rumen type digestion to actual human

digestion - that change-over will require more (food) energy

- kids often go through growth spurts upon starting SCD. Their

injured guts slowed down growth and once they start absorbing

nutrients their little bodies make up for lost time.

Once they adjust their appetites usually settle down - not including

the periodic growth spurts all kids go through.

.. He was constipated when we started and still

> constipated now. My question is, can we add something new now? I

> know I read a response from Elaine to someone w/ constipation on

> breakingtheviciouscycle.com where she told them to do intro for 2

> days, then add 1 daily muffin along w/ cooked fruits and

> vegetables. It went on from there with future instructions. So

> should I follow this same protocol?

Absolutely yes. If after the mufin the constipation continues you

can try the constipation protocol

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/constipation

..htm also please check out

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/knowledge_base/kb/constipation

_continued.htm

.. Part of it may be the adjustment to the diet since you are so new

to it. If the constipation gets worse with the mufin you might want

to try using nut butter to make the muffin.

Sheila 44 mos SCD, 20 yrs UC

mom of 29 mos SCD