WOW SCD/my Aspergers 2 year old/Mimi

[Guest guest]

Hi Mimi, are you there?

I spoke with you last week about my little Vihren

age 27 months

(my history: 4 year old ASD son doing very well

on SCD since 12/03; my 2 year old " NT " son, I gave rice

and potatoes daily under pressure of grandma

coz he is " so NT " and " so underweigh "

and in about 3 months my perfect little (I thought gifted)

talkative playful son #2 is so messed up

that tomorrow I am taking him to be evaluated for

possible Aspergers (long list of red flags)

with the addition of 1 week of nuts,

my peaceful and easy going little guy became

cranky and tantrumy all week

but after speaking to Mimi on the phone last week

I implemented the intro soup for son #2 yesterday 6/9 Thu

today is day 2 of intro soup for whole family

(intro chicken soup, puree carrots in broth, chicken,

very very very diluted white grape juice Knox gelatin " jello "

more aptly termed, " filter water-flavored jello " )

and lo and behold,

-Vihren's response is much faster

-not so spaced out, this evening

-no more echolalia, more original words

-eg: feeding stegosaurus with strawberries " put some honey

on it " ; " where is baby Elena? She is missing! "

-more variety of play instead of fixation on alphabets..

still is, but at least using more varied language

-etc etc

I feel very hopeful (I have been crying my eyeballs out

over my 2 sons the last weeks)

and extremely thankful

if I have a million bucks, I will give a big chunk to

pecanbread moderators for their wisdom and vocation

that is not even mentioning the gains my ASD 4 year old is

gaining with SCD

in short,

thank you for your hard work

Jzin

my credentials and badges of honors:

Dimiter, age 4, regressive autism, fully vaccinated (SCD since 12/03;

official intro soup since 2/04)

Vihren, 27 months, vaccinated till 4 months old, speaking

in sentences at 15 months old, GFCF since birth,

recently lots of rice and potato...leading to autism red flags

Elena, 7 months old...will be SCD!!!! so chubby even though

her only diet is mama (95% SCD)'s milk

[Guest guest]

Hi Jzin,

Thank you so much for letting us know about Vihren's progress. I am so

thrilled to hear the good news!! Even after several years of

participating on SCD lists,the miracle of Dr Haas' diet still

astonishes me.

Mimi

> Hi Mimi, are you there?

>

> I spoke with you last week about my little Vihren

> age 27 months

> (my history: 4 year old ASD son doing very well

> on SCD since 12/03; my 2 year old " NT " son, I gave rice

> and potatoes daily under pressure of grandma

> coz he is " so NT " and " so underweigh "

> and in about 3 months my perfect little (I thought gifted)

> talkative playful son #2 is so messed up

> that tomorrow I am taking him to be evaluated for

> possible Aspergers (long list of red flags)

> with the addition of 1 week of nuts,

> my peaceful and easy going little guy became

> cranky and tantrumy all week

>

> but after speaking to Mimi on the phone last week

> I implemented the intro soup for son #2 yesterday 6/9 Thu

> today is day 2 of intro soup for whole family

> (intro chicken soup, puree carrots in broth, chicken,

> very very very diluted white grape juice Knox gelatin " jello "

> more aptly termed, " filter water-flavored jello " )

>

> and lo and behold,

> -Vihren's response is much faster

> -not so spaced out, this evening

> -no more echolalia, more original words

> -eg: feeding stegosaurus with strawberries " put some honey

> on it " ; " where is baby Elena? She is missing! "

> -more variety of play instead of fixation on alphabets..

> still is, but at least using more varied language

> -etc etc

>

> I feel very hopeful (I have been crying my eyeballs out

> over my 2 sons the last weeks)

> and extremely thankful

> if I have a million bucks, I will give a big chunk to

> pecanbread moderators for their wisdom and vocation

>

> that is not even mentioning the gains my ASD 4 year old is

> gaining with SCD

>

> in short,

> thank you for your hard work

>

> Jzin

> my credentials and badges of honors:

> Dimiter, age 4, regressive autism, fully vaccinated (SCD since 12/03;

> official intro soup since 2/04)

> Vihren, 27 months, vaccinated till 4 months old, speaking

> in sentences at 15 months old, GFCF since birth,

> recently lots of rice and potato...leading to autism red flags

> Elena, 7 months old...will be SCD!!!! so chubby even though

> her only diet is mama (95% SCD)'s milk

[Guest guest]

Jzin -

So sorry about your #2. I read about SCD and breastfeeding your

#3...

I was SCD with my little one for the first few months and went down

to below my pre-pregnancy weight... below my prepuberty weight!

Yes, I have a very high matablism and have never been on a diet in

my life. This is not good. You should carry 5-10 lbs while

breastfeeding. I could not keep up preparing (and eating) the

amount of carbs I need (and the amount Nigel needs). I had to go

back to GFCFSFSF.

Unfortunately, the gut bugs came back (why I was on the SCD to begin

with... thrush with the first son... and then with the second son

too... both c-sections... which you must have with antibiotics...

and like a moron I didn't bring probiotics with me to the

hospital).

Anyway... chemicals are stored in our fat. You do not want to go

through your fat stores. I had no clue I was so thin (as I was

pretty stressed and don't own a scale and my husband wouldn't notice

if I turned green). My mom came to visit and almost had a cow.

I've been trying to gain weight ever since.

Depending on your metabolism, SCD and breastfeeding may not mix

(unless you have a slave that can prepare vegatables for you all day

long). Watch your fat. If you were to add other carbs... I would

add sweet potatos and beans first before going all out to the good

stuff (quinua and buckwheat... I hope you're laughing... my

definition of the good stuff is sooooo different now. I don't think

I'll ever see ice cream again).

Best of luck - Sally

Nigel 3.5 ASD, Philip 8m

[Guest guest]

I have heard of mothers who have successfully breastfed their child

while they were doing SCD. I feel very sad that I did not know about

SCD when I was feeding my children mother's milk because I gave birth

to multiple ASD kids.

" High calorie " SCD foods do exist. I want to remind everyone that

olives are SCD legal,if they are plain

and do not contain any illegals. Many HFS carry olives without

anything added to them. Avocadoes are another high calorie SCD food.

I do not need to remind folks about the nuts and their high calorie

content. When I first started SCD,I gained a lot of weight with all

those foods and have had to do exercises to get back to my former size.

Most people normalize their weight with SCD but the experience that

Sally and I had show that there are exceptions. I am glad that Sally

has shared her experience with our list and brought up the important

topic of breastfeeding and SCD.

Mimi

> I was SCD with my little one for the first few months and went down

> to below my pre-pregnancy weight... below my prepuberty weight!

> Yes, I have a very high matablism and have never been on a diet in

> my life.

[Guest guest]

I appreciate you saying this because I am still nursing my one year old. She

is eating 3 meals a day in addition so I am not as concerned as I would be

if she was an infant. I am trying really hard to eat enough to keep my

supply up! I eat a lot of fruit and veggies though (much more than my son).

Kelli 90% SCD 5/28/05

Kai (2 and ASD) SCD 5/28/05

Tatum (1 and NT) 90% SCD 5/28/05 mostly from mommy milk

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From: pecanbread [mailto:pecanbread ] On

Behalf Of nigelsmom2

Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 10:14 PM

To: pecanbread

Subject: Re: WOW SCD/my Aspergers 2 year old/Mimi

Jzin -

So sorry about your #2. I read about SCD and breastfeeding your

#3...

I was SCD with my little one for the first few months and went down

to below my pre-pregnancy weight... below my prepuberty weight!

Yes, I have a very high matablism and have never been on a diet in

my life. This is not good. You should carry 5-10 lbs while

breastfeeding. I could not keep up preparing (and eating) the

amount of carbs I need (and the amount Nigel needs). I had to go

back to GFCFSFSF.

Unfortunately, the gut bugs came back (why I was on the SCD to begin

with... thrush with the first son... and then with the second son

too... both c-sections... which you must have with antibiotics...

and like a moron I didn't bring probiotics with me to the

hospital).

Anyway... chemicals are stored in our fat. You do not want to go

through your fat stores. I had no clue I was so thin (as I was

pretty stressed and don't own a scale and my husband wouldn't notice

if I turned green). My mom came to visit and almost had a cow.

I've been trying to gain weight ever since.

Depending on your metabolism, SCD and breastfeeding may not mix

(unless you have a slave that can prepare vegatables for you all day

long). Watch your fat. If you were to add other carbs... I would

add sweet potatos and beans first before going all out to the good

stuff (quinua and buckwheat... I hope you're laughing... my

definition of the good stuff is sooooo different now. I don't think

I'll ever see ice cream again).

Best of luck - Sally

Nigel 3.5 ASD, Philip 8m

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

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