Day 4 on diet

[Guest guest]

You can tell my son has lost weight. You can see his

ribs and his back bone. He is alittle peanut to

begin with so he does not have extra to lose. The

intro diet he would never eat that chicken broth or

jello stuff that is listed there. I have just taken

him off most of what he normally eats. He used to have

for breakfast: dari free potato milk with supplements

added to it with Gorilla Munch Crunch, Van GFCF

waffle, maple syrup or honey, two sausages. NOW

he has 1 or 2 scrabbled eggs and a organic hot dog.

Lunch he used to have: meat and green beans out of a

can maybe a pear out of a can, or banana. NOW he will

eat the chicken meat or hamburger but frozen veggies

just sit on the plate. He spits them out. Even fresh

he will not eat. I am not sure what I can do about

this. I have tried adding things like this to his

baked goods in the past and he refuses to eat it. So

that is why I have left him at least have veggies in

the can. Dinner usually more meat and veggies. He

does not snack to much but when he did it was corn

chips, potato chips and torilla chips. In the past 4

days he has not had any of that stuff. He finally

pooped today (first time since Sunday). It was about

4 inches and formed but you could tell it was harder

then it had been in the past. He is not getting any

fiber in his diet, that can not be good. He does

not like taking his supplements off the spoon but I am

doing my best to add them to alittle bit of water an

hold him down til he takes it. Thank goodness for

therapists to help with this. I worked at making

spagetti squash today and homemade tomato sauce all of

wish he spit out. I also made homemade applesauce

and he took two mouth fulls, mind you therapist had to

hold him down dang near for me to even get him to

taste it. And the third mouth ful he spit out. I

also made some carrots in olive oil tonight and he

would not even let me put one in his mouth, so we ate

them. All of this stuff it not that bad. It takes

time to do but when he will not eat it, it makes me

feel so sad. I work so hard at this. I plan to bake

tomorrow and hope to God he will at least give that a

try. I am not sure how he is going to manage a whole

day in school with only eatting meat and bananas. I

can not very well send an egg along, he does eat hard

boiled. Having eggs every morning is that ok? Or

even a few bananas a day? You should not eat the same

thing over and over. I just feel bad for him. Any

suggestions would be greatly appreciated. He has

issues to peanut butter so I can not do anything with

that. Plus I still want to keep him both GF and CF

free at this time. Thanks again for all your help.

We go to see his D.A.N. Dr on Monday so I wonder what

he will think. ((hugs)) to all.

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[Guest guest]

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Try cooking the veggies for longer. Canned foods have a very

different taste and texture to frozen/fresh veggies. Fresh green

beans take a LONG time to get to where they taste like canned

ones. Plus, the longer you cook them the darker green they get.

Once you can get him to eat them time how long it takes to get

them to his liking. Then you can gradually reduce the cooking

time until you get to a more reasonable length of time.

You do not need to use peanut butter, but does he have a

problem with other nuts?

Avocadoes are very high in carbs, fat and calories. If you could

manage to get that into him that would boost his calorie intake.

Will he eat meatloaf or meatballs? That's a good place to hide

the avocado if he won't just eat one.

Also, did you try the chicken pancakes or the chicken cupcakes?

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 19 months

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

> he has 1 or 2 scrabbled eggs and a organic hot dog.

What brand of hot dog is it? Ingredients? To replace the potato

milk will he take his supplements in some of the legal juice

(diluted half with water), or a little homemade nut milk (recipe at

http://pecanbread.com/recipes.html )

> Lunch he used to have: meat and green beans out of a

> can maybe a pear out of a can, or banana. NOW he will

> eat the chicken meat or hamburger but frozen veggies

> just sit on the plate. He spits them out. Even fresh

> he will not eat.

Well cooked green beans are softer, but you really have to cook them

for a very long time. French cut green beans become soft very

quickly. Fresh string beans (yellow and green also cook up very

quickly). Pears from a can are usually sweetened, so they'll taste

pretty bland in comparison. Adding a little honey to the cook water

may help. If he ate pear chunks out of a can instead of pearsauce

you could try cooking peeled pear halves until soft. Same with

apples peel and core the apples but cook them whole or halved until

soft. One thing maybe the texture which he dislikes.

Dinner usually more meat and veggies. He

> does not snack to much but when he did it was corn

> chips, potato chips and torilla chips. In the past 4

> days he has not had any of that stuff. He finally

> pooped today (first time since Sunday). It was about

> 4 inches and formed but you could tell it was harder

> then it had been in the past. ...only eatting meat and bananas. I

> can not very well send an egg along, he does eat hard

> boiled. Having eggs every morning is that ok? Or

> even a few bananas a day?

I send boiled eggs to school for my kids. They really like them.

A couple of bananas every day is not bad (especially when you are in

this transition stage), but if you can get some variety in that is

important. Elaine recommends up to about 3-4 eggs/day.

Sheila

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> " You can tell my son has lost weight "

Cindi, I feel for you............my child doesn't like plain meat and

veggies either. She will eat meatloaf, chili, crockpot beef stew, smoothies.

Since he liked waffles how about some nut butter pancakes? If you want to

try any of those ideas email me and I will help you with the recipes.

Kathy

mom to Hannah and Abby

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[Guest guest]

here are some ideas for you; hope they help!!!

Breakfast

The cashew butter muffins from the pecan website is a great recipe! I

use this same recipe in my waffle maker with great success. You can

also use cashew butter in any of the peanut butter recipes from the

site. We started nut butters right after 2 days of miserable intro

dieting; Sam loved the pb banana pancakes.

If he cannot tolerate nuts at all, some kids do ok with tahini - which

is sesame butter. This is a seed, though, so you probably should wait

a while to try it. Elaine recommend waiting 6 months, but it is

definately a personal decision for every family. We started sooner

because Sam was attending a nut free school and needed something for

snacks; he did ok with it. It subs fine in any recipe calling for nut

butter.

Bacon is a big hit at this house! We keep it at once a week and that

works fine for us.

Lunch and dinner

I also recommend *really* cooking the green beans. You may want to add

a bunch of salt too, since canned green beans are highly salted. In

the beginning, we steamed baby carrots so they looked just like the

raw ones Sam used to eat all the time. Sam also likes sugar snap

peas. He doesn't eat the outside, but likes to pick apart the shell

and eat the sweet peas inside. That means he has to eat with his

fingers, but he eats!!!!

We ate alot of hamburgers and chicken legs in he beginning. Sam loves

chicken legs; they're cheap and you can bake a whole bunch at a time.

Plus, if he'll eat it cold, it would be great to send in lunches.

I think a hard boiled egg would be ok to send for lunch. It's already

cooked and if you have an ice pack in his bag, it'll be fine.

Sam has a problem with mushy textures and didn't eat any cooked fruit.

I tried making popscicles with cooked pear and watermelon, but he

generally refused them. It's frustrating, but I would never force him

to eat something that makes him gag. I made sure he got alot of

carrots and plenty of watered down pineapple juice and lemonade and he

was fine until he could tolerate a very ripe raw pear every day or so.

Of course, we have no problem with him eating veggies here; he's

always been a fruit and veggie guy.

Snacks

We lived on peanut butter cookies. We use the pb brownie recipe from

pecanbread. If you let the dough go for a while in the food processor

the eggs will thicken up enough to scoop out onto a cookie sheet. You

can easily sub cashew butter and I have made these with tahini very

successfully.

We also ate alot of meringues, pineapple popsicles, pb on a spoon and

pineapple jello. We called it sponge bob square pants jello because

it's yellow and I cut it into squares.

We also use the muffins and pancakes as snacks too. In the beginning

the choices are limited, but the months will go by faster than you can

believe!!!!

good luck and keep plugging along. It gets easier; I promise!!!

Chrystee

Sam, 5, behavior/sensory issues, salicylate sensitive

SCD 6 months