Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 This might be a silly question but my 2.11 yr old son has been on the diet for 2 weeks and has an enormous appetite like never before!! Did this ever happen to anyone else? Also his 3rd birthday is next week and I would like to make him the peanut butter cake. Is it too soon to make in the third week just for his birthday? Thank you, and Kurtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 " my 2.11 yr old son has been on the diet for 2 weeks and has an enormous appetite like never before!! " A very common thing on scd in the first weeks. My son also had it. He's young and tiny so this phase lasted about a week. " Is it too soon to make in the third week just for his birthday? " If you use nut BUTTER, it's safer. Marjan > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 19, 2004 Report Share Posted June 19, 2004 Hi , > This might be a silly question but my 2.11 yr old son has been on the > diet for 2 weeks and has an enormous appetite like never before!! Did > this ever happen to anyone else? He has three things happening that are changing his appetite. 1.) His body is healing; that takes a tremendous amount of energy. He'll get that energy from food. 2.) His body is also adapting to a different type of digestion. His body is digesting food that was previously broken down by microflora. That change in and of itself will increase his energy nedd - ie more food. Both of these reasons gave me a huge appetite when I started SCD. I was about 50 lbs underweight so I had a lot to make up. As I approached a weight more in keeping with my height and build, my appetite slowed down to more normal amounts. It just took time. 3.) Growth spurts. Kids, in general, go through them, but when kids who have damaged guts start getting better there bodies take that as a signal to Go, Go , go!. It's as if the body says all systems go; things look pretty good let's getting growing while the going is good. Three months after I started taking meds for UC (when I was a teenager) my height shot up by 3 1/2 inches. I was banging into walls for months until I adjusted to the rapid change. > Also his 3rd birthday is next week and I would like to make him the > peanut butter cake. Is it too soon to make in the third week just for > his birthday? It really depends on how his stools are doing. Is he still having diarrhea? Sheila 40 mos SCD, 20 yrs UC mom of SCD 25 mos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2004 Report Share Posted June 20, 2004 Thank you so much Sheila. What you said totally makes sense and it helps me a lot. His stools have been real solid so I guess I can go for the birthday cake! Thanks again for your response. and Kurtis > Hi , > > > This might be a silly question but my 2.11 yr old son has been on > the > > diet for 2 weeks and has an enormous appetite like never before!! > Did > > this ever happen to anyone else? > > He has three things happening that are changing his appetite. > > 1.) His body is healing; that takes a tremendous amount of energy. > He'll get that energy from food. > > 2.) His body is also adapting to a different type of digestion. His > body is digesting food that was previously broken down by microflora. > That change in and of itself will increase his energy nedd - ie more > food. Both of these reasons gave me a huge appetite when I started > SCD. I was about 50 lbs underweight so I had a lot to make up. As I > approached a weight more in keeping with my height and build, my > appetite slowed down to more normal amounts. It just took time. > > 3.) Growth spurts. Kids, in general, go through them, but when kids > who have damaged guts start getting better there bodies take that as > a signal to Go, Go , go!. It's as if the body says all systems go; > things look pretty good let's getting growing while the going is > good. Three months after I started taking meds for UC (when I was a > teenager) my height shot up by 3 1/2 inches. I was banging into > walls for months until I adjusted to the rapid change. > > > > Also his 3rd birthday is next week and I would like to make him the > > peanut butter cake. Is it too soon to make in the third week just > for > > his birthday? > > It really depends on how his stools are doing. Is he still having > diarrhea? > > Sheila 40 mos SCD, 20 yrs UC > mom of SCD 25 mos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 2004 Report Share Posted August 5, 2004 Yes, it is very common. Tell her not to despair...... it won't last forever! We aren't exactly sure why this occurs, but could have something to do with the body responding to finally getting the nutrients it needs.... and trying to " make up for lost time " . He may get constipated if he eats mostly meat, though. Tell her there are some super recipes for " sneaking " veggies into meatloaf and muffins, etc..... at the www.pecanbread.com website. Patti, mom to Katera, SCD 14 months huge appetite I am writting for a friend who is starting scd . Her son is 16 and has a huge appetite he is eating portions of food that couild feed a family of five. Is this normal at the begging He does not like eggs and is mailnly eatingsalmon chicken and meat any suggestions Dina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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