Re: Help! Son Losing Weight

[Guest guest]

Hi Laurel,

When we did intro,my son lost weight and it was hard to watch,but

it will pass.Maybe you could get in some nut butter now.Make muffins

with it and puree veggies in with it.That would add extra

calories.Hope it helps,hang in there.

DeAnn,mom to 4yr.asd.scd 19 weeks &

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Elisha 7

Beth 16 months

[Guest guest]

Hi, We had this problem in the beginning the first time we did SCD and she

lost about 3-4 lbs. Make sure to give him lots of fats. Avocado if he can

tolerate, nut butters if he can tolerate, nut brownies, nut butter pancakes.

He is eating a lot of low cal. foods. Sometimes I give a couple of tlb. of

cashew butter and it's 190 calories. The foods are very digestible and they

need to eat lots of snacks in between because of this. Try giving him

something every couple of hours. I make a " ice cream " ( that is what I call

it) with frozen mango, an avocado and some carrot juice. It comes out

frozen like ice cream. (Just put it all in a blender) My child does not

like to eat plain veggies so I make a meat loaf with 2 kinds of ground meat,

garlic, onion, tomato juice, egg, nut flour, pureed veggie. She will eat

two huge pieces of it. Add up his calories and make sure he is getting

enough for his age. I think Jody recommends www.fitday.com . Take care,

Kathy

mom to Hannah-13, Abby-9, ASD, UC and SCD restarted 6-13-04

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[Guest guest]

Laurel,

You don't need to wait 3 months before introducing the nut yogurt

or nut butters unless your child just can't tolerate them until then.

If stools are improving, I think most people have been able to

add the nut butters and nut yogurt within a few weeks of starting

SCD.

If you can't add the nut products, then please add avocados,

which are very high in fat and calories.

Is your son getting enough calories?

If you need help figuring that out, you can e-mail me privately.

We usually recommend waiting 3 months to introduce goat or

cow yogurt if the child has had previous bad reactions to dairy

products.

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 17 months

[Guest guest]

I think that for kids that have been CF, we do usually say to wait that long

before introducing yogurt. But, since you said he already tolerates cheese, I

thought maybe that wait wouldn't be necessary. Actually, the sooner you can add

the good bacteria, the better. At any rate, I mentioned it because you said you

were thinking of adding cheese.

I wasn't aware of a 3 month wait time for nut butters. I see it listed as a

" stage 2 " food.... but there is no time-line that is hard and fast for nut

butter (or for any food on the stages chart)... not that I'm aware of anyway.

Unless he was sensitive to nuts prior, I would think they'd be a good thing to

add soon, if you're wanting to get some calories into him. That seems like a lot

of weight to lose in only 2 weeks..... so I guess I'd be inclined to go ahead

with small amounts.

Patti, mom to Katera, SCD 14 months

Re: Help! Son Losing Weight

Thanks for your reply. I thought we were supposed to wait at least 3

months before introducing the yogurt and nut butters/flour. Is that

wrong? Thanks!

Laurel

On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:31:28 -0700 " Patti "

writes:

You could add some healthy fats..... good quality oils or butter if he

can tolerate that. Coconut oil/butter is a good substitute for butter if

not. Olive oil (extra virgin). What about nut butters? If he can tolerate

cheese, he'd no doubt be able to tolerate our SCD lactose-free yogurt.

I'd be trying to puree some of those cooked veggies and just mix them

into ground meat for meatloaf or some of the other " sneaky " recipes from

pecanbread.com .

Patti, mom to Katera, SCD 14 months