pretty confused here

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okay bare with me and my random thoughts okay. My book finally arrived

and i plan on digging into it today.

From the various things i have read on here and the pecanbread/btvc

sites i am not sure where my family fits into all of this.

**What about families that do not have loose BM issues but more of the

constipation to normal kind. How do i know if we need to add digestive

enzymes and what kinds would i add?

I know from testing that *I* have a hard time digesting fats and

protein. My older 2 kids have not noticed pieces of food that are

still identifiable like you all talk about here. They also are not

about to let me come looking, very embarrassed by all of this. The

most i can extract is that BM's are not as easy to come out but not

painful either. 1 x daily and using the britstol stool chart on the

fiber mencae site it is in the constipation range.

Only my toddler sometimes has identifiable food - hardly any though and

i tend to think it is not properly fully chewing - 20 times each bite

etc. She would be the one that had the benefits of my NT diet while PG

with her - raw foods, kefir, juicing, VCO, cut out most grains and when

used them - soaked. First foods were what WAPF baby stuff, minus raw

organs not there yet. Had raw milk after 2, BF up until then. She

seems so much more healthier than my other 2 ever were rarely ever sick

etc... much more sturdier and stalky. i thought she was developing

Eczema, but maybe it is cause she is licking her mouth a lot. I jsut

realized this could be it. I really do not think she has gut issues

other than she could benefit from some more good pro b's because what

she did/not get from me.

Baby is 5 mos. Had a lot rumbly painful gas. Still does. I think the

same for her as my toddler - needs more good flora as mine has not been

totally fixed. She does fuss a lot so i am not sure what is baby and

what is a symtpom. I think i may have had yeast issues all these yrs

and am the one with leaky gut issues.

She was born water birth and her bag of waters never broke until after

she/bag of waters crowned and so i am not sure how much she got via

birth canal as she was still fully enclosed in the bag of waters. I

touched BOW not her head and it was kind of stuck in the canal waiting

for the eruption before she emerged - her head was never in canal when

bag broke it was crowned all around sticking out an inch or two. It

broke and she came out so her face was never in the actual canal. So i

am wondering how she could have got lots of bacteria..... must be the

birthing tub water? I think she would benefit because mine has not

been great and who knows what she got right? I was thinking the

painful gas is a sign of the bad bacteria?? She will fuss for a while

and scowl and cry and then very delayed, have some major gas.

**If these diets are for extreme cases and children with really obvious

issues - behavior probs, developmental etc... What about those who are

not that severe? Where do we start? How do i know what is a symtpom

and what is kids?

**How do i know what things to supplement - vitamins/minerals, enzymes -

what type etc.?

**What about enterococcus faecalis? Was saying the ones in Bio

kult and Three Lac are not bad for us so my kult is safe? Of just the

ones in Three Lac are safe? What about the other that Sam said was SCD

illegal that caused her son bad probs. It is in the Kult right? So do

we use it or not? Or is this one of those take it and see if it works

with your family.

**What about Oxalates. I have been trying to read about them but i

can't find anyhting easy to digest reading wise to explain wha they

are, why, and how they affect everything as Barb mentioned it in

relation to Eczema and Detox.

** Detoxing. Is the broth diet supposed to be part of the detox

stage? Do we do things on top of the diet to detox?

One poster mentioned all the horrbile experiences - itching,

constipation etc... One we already have a hard time. This is going to

make it worse won't it?? I use Vit C daily already as it is the only

thing i know of to help move things along. My son has about 2 grams

and 1 BM, i use 4 -6 grams and have one BM but poor nursing baby has a

few. It is not normal nursing stoll, it is runs from the C. If i take

more poor her. But 4-6 does not seem to help. I did not have probs like

this after starting NT but since she was born i have had a lot of probs

with normal BM. During PG it slowed down from a couple to 1. but

every other since she has been born, if i do not take a lot of C. What

do i add to help so the diet does not cause more issues. I am worried

about oxalates and C. I have read that they can - or don't cause

them. Oh and we take cal/mag plus extra mag. supps to help with it.

I think i have written enough for now.

Input would be great!