Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Sorry you’re having such a time of it. I struggle with C, too, so I know how hard it is, but when it’s your child it is tough. :-( I wouldn’t say that the diet isn’t working. The C can take some time to clear up. In my case, it took a couple months. But for some reason I’m struggling with this again. What I’m doing is making sure I drink ½ my body weight in ounces of water and having a brisk walk everyday, and eating more cooked veggies. A website I read today said to add olive oil to veggies, this will help, too. I’m sorry I don’t know what else to tell you. Hopefully some other moms who’ve been there will know. Blessings, IBS '97 * SCD 2/04 (C, bloating, painful gas wakes early am.) _____ From: novaharris Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 4:40 AM To: pecanbread Subject: Need Help.... I am a little at my wits end here. I have been doing the diet for about 1 1/2 weeks (we started earlier, but I wasn't using " legal " only). I did the intro diet for two days, no infractions. We have had no real infractions except this morning my son got up early and found pineapple that I had cut up...not really illegal, but it wasn't cooked. He is very very constipated. I called the dr. and she wants me to give him Miralax because he hasn't gone really for over 10 days. He has gone three times in which two were little balls with mucus and sand and once a pretty good size. His bowels are worse than ever on this diet. I have not been giving honey at all...but he is allowed 1 banana per day. I did have him eating applesauce, then cut that out and only made pearsauce because I thought maybe the apples were doing it. He is eating like a HORSE. I will make the chicken cupcakes recipe (this will count for his 1 banana) and he will eat ALL the cupcakes. He is eating chicken, hamburger, zucchini, butternut squash, pears, banana, eggs, (apples). I cook all veggies/fruits (except this mornings pineapple). He is drinking prune nectar every day....I don't want to introduce lots of new things until he is going semi- regularly... What am I doing wrong? His behavior has improved since the initial reaction, but he is still not himself (pre-diet), and neither would I be, not going for so long. How should I or SHOULD I hold the doctor off on the Miralax? Nova 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 Nova, Constipation is common in the beginning...... especially if he is eating a lot of the concentrated proteins..... meat, eggs. Apples can be somewhat " binding " , due to the pectin...... but I've heard that bananas can be, too.. So, you've done a good thing with switching to pears. How about adding green beans or spinich? Those are usually well tolerated at this point. Are you doing the constipation protocol.... the prune nectar and O.J. .... or just the prune nectar alone? I would definitely try adding magnesium...... but you may want to do the enema as Jody mentioned. You really need to get him going. This is not how it will always be...... but it is common at first. Eating like a horse is very common, too...... we aren't sure why. Maybe their little bodies are saying " AH!! Good, nutritious food...... AT LAST!! " ... and trying to make up for lost time. Hang in there. Patti, mom to Katera, SCD 15 months Need Help.... I am a little at my wits end here. I have been doing the diet for about 1 1/2 weeks (we started earlier, but I wasn't using " legal " only). I did the intro diet for two days, no infractions. We have had no real infractions except this morning my son got up early and found pineapple that I had cut up...not really illegal, but it wasn't cooked. He is very very constipated. I called the dr. and she wants me to give him Miralax because he hasn't gone really for over 10 days. He has gone three times in which two were little balls with mucus and sand and once a pretty good size. His bowels are worse than ever on this diet. I have not been giving honey at all...but he is allowed 1 banana per day. I did have him eating applesauce, then cut that out and only made pearsauce because I thought maybe the apples were doing it. He is eating like a HORSE. I will make the chicken cupcakes recipe (this will count for his 1 banana) and he will eat ALL the cupcakes. He is eating chicken, hamburger, zucchini, butternut squash, pears, banana, eggs, (apples). I cook all veggies/fruits (except this mornings pineapple). He is drinking prune nectar every day....I don't want to introduce lots of new things until he is going semi- regularly... What am I doing wrong? His behavior has improved since the initial reaction, but he is still not himself (pre-diet), and neither would I be, not going for so long. How should I or SHOULD I hold the doctor off on the Miralax? Nova Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 Nova, I hope that your son is feeling better about the constipation issue. One of my sons had a huge C problem as well. After few days on having him on SCD he started to have his BMs every day. But I didn't have any idea how to do the things and I introduced a lot of food and fruits very soon. After a week of being on the diet my son started to be constipated again; it was really bad. I started to contact this group and read more about the diet. I had the good fortune that Becky and answered my messages and advised me to slow down. So I started to do everything again and mostly introduce each new food very slow. I started a calendar that I wrote that I gave to them and the data about them for each day. Many people told me to give to my son magnesium or Miralax, but I didn't pay attention, because I knew very deep in me that the SCD will help him... and it did! I re-started everything over again and he reacted very well. I peeled and cooked all his fruit and vegetables. I quit giving them nut flour, but I substituted PB or other nut butter for it. My son started to have his BMs every other day. It made me happy but I was not satisfied, because I wanted to find the way that my son had his Bms every day. So, I started to give to him a lot of liquids...soups. And from that day on he and his brother have soup once a day every day. I am very creative " chef " and it helps him a lot. Also I added a lot of beet in his diet (pancakes, cookies, and juice that is the combination of beet juice, OJ and water). In the cookies I added other fruit such as pear or apple or squash. My son is doing very well, and I hope that your son does well soon too. Good luck! (mom to & Simon) SCD since 02/17/04 > I am a little at my wits end here. I have been doing the diet for > about 1 1/2 weeks (we started earlier, but I wasn't using " legal " > only). I did the intro diet for two days, no infractions. We have had > no real infractions except this morning my son got up early and found > pineapple that I had cut up...not really illegal, but it wasn't > cooked. > He is very very constipated. I called the dr. and she wants me to > give him Miralax because he hasn't gone really for over 10 days. He > has gone three times in which two were little balls with mucus and > sand and once a pretty good size. His bowels are worse than ever on > this diet. > I have not been giving honey at all...but he is allowed 1 banana per > day. I did have him eating applesauce, then cut that out and only > made pearsauce because I thought maybe the apples were doing it. > He is eating like a HORSE. I will make the chicken cupcakes recipe > (this will count for his 1 banana) and he will eat ALL the cupcakes. > He is eating chicken, hamburger, zucchini, butternut squash, pears, > banana, eggs, (apples). I cook all veggies/fruits (except this > mornings pineapple). He is drinking prune nectar every day....I don't > want to introduce lots of new things until he is going semi- > regularly... > What am I doing wrong? His behavior has improved since the initial > reaction, but he is still not himself (pre-diet), and neither would I > be, not going for so long. > How should I or SHOULD I hold the doctor off on the Miralax? > Nova Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2004 Report Share Posted September 11, 2004 > > I am a little at my wits end here. I have been doing the diet for > > about 1 1/2 weeks (we started earlier, but I wasn't using " legal " > > only). I did the intro diet for two days, no infractions. We have > had > > no real infractions except this morning my son got up early and > found > > pineapple that I had cut up...not really illegal, but it wasn't > > cooked. > > He is very very constipated. I called the dr. and she wants me to > > give him Miralax because he hasn't gone really for over 10 days. > He > > has gone three times in which two were little balls with mucus and > > sand and once a pretty good size. His bowels are worse than ever > on > > this diet. > > I have not been giving honey at all...but he is allowed 1 banana > per > > day. I did have him eating applesauce, then cut that out and only > > made pearsauce because I thought maybe the apples were doing it. > > He is eating like a HORSE. I will make the chicken cupcakes recipe > > (this will count for his 1 banana) and he will eat ALL the > cupcakes. > > He is eating chicken, hamburger, zucchini, butternut squash, > pears, > > banana, eggs, (apples). I cook all veggies/fruits (except this > > mornings pineapple). He is drinking prune nectar every day....I > don't > > want to introduce lots of new things until he is going semi- > > regularly... > > What am I doing wrong? His behavior has improved since the initial > > reaction, but he is still not himself (pre-diet), and neither > would I > > be, not going for so long. > > How should I or SHOULD I hold the doctor off on the Miralax? > > Nova Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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