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My name is Carren. i live in the Northeast and have one daughter who is 2.5. I

have been

lurking a little while & am trying to learn more about enzymes. I read the book

but am

still confused.

DD is not on the spectrum but has had ongoing food/weight gain/digestion issues

since

she was born. She went through a period of extreme constipation for a number of

months. One thing that really helped was prunes and prune juice. We stopped

that a

while ago when her problem seemed to get better.

Now, she's swung the opposite direction. Her stools are very loose. There are

*always*

undigested bits of whatever she ate the day before. Just yesterday there was a

large piece

of mushroom in her stool (guess she's not chewing enough). Her stools are

sometimes

very smelly and change color from a pale brown to a darkish brown depending on

what

she eats. She is also an atrocious sleeper. Some nights she wakes 2, 3, 4

times. And she

only sleeps 9-10 hours a night, if we're lucky.

Could this be indicative of leaky gut? Does this seem like something a broad

spectrum

enzyme might help with. I can't seem to find a pattern to the foods she doesn't

digest.

I've found nuts, corn, prunes, raisins, mushrooms, peas, and who knows what else

that I

haven't identified.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.