Day 4 of the Diet

Well so far so good!  Matthan is doing really well on the diet.  He absolutely loved sandwiches - which we've not had any bread now for 4 days.  He's doing so good on it, not asking for things he can't have.  I think it's really helpful right now not to have things around that are "off limits". 

We had our first get together tonight (for my dad's birthday) and that went okay.  It was too awful not being able to eat what everyone else was.  The boys really wanted dessert though, that was the hardest part - but my mom gave them a rice cake with p.butter & honey so that helped. 

I'm still not sure how long I can do it though - I find myself resisting the fact that I can't have something.  When something is off limits, I just want it more it seems.  And the things that are available to supplement with are just not as good.  I made my regular cup of earl grey tea the other night and  put almond milk in it, totally gross - tonight I'll try with soy  milk and see if it's any better.

On to other notes::

Hadassa is just getting her first tooth in and she's walking really good holding onto things.  I wish I had a picture to post - but our camera is broken and we don't have another one...I really need to get one, I'm missing so much of her especially as a baby. 

That's all I can think of for now - until next time...

GFCF Diet

We have officially begun the GFCF (Gluten Free, Casein Free) diet here at the Reitsma house.  We are doing it primarily for Matthan as we've heard of success stories with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) kids who have really blossomed on this diet.  So, we thought we need to try it.  After seeing a Naturopath we (Jair & I) were encouraged to try the diet as well - she suggested that often if a child has an intolerance to a certain food it's most likely inherited from one or both of the parents.

So, here we are now day 2 of the diet.  We started with ambition - but even after a day of eating a lot of fruit & veggies, it's already becoming hard.  Jair was so funny last night talking about his food for the day - literally everything he ate had a "crunch" to it - and Jair hates food noises or having to chew things - he gets tired of chewing.  Anyhow, we've got 3 weeks on the elimination of such foods and then we go from there.  With Matthan we've done some extensive blood work and food tests - so that will be helpful - and for us, I think we will slowly add some of these things back into our diet but are praying we will actually notice the difference.

My cousin - who is such a great friend and blessing to me; suggested we blog this experience - and so here I am giving it the first go.  I'll try to keep it updated.

On a side note:  The other day Matthan was asked by my uncle "who is your best friend Matthan?" He replied "Mommy!!"  "who??" says uncle "Mommy!!" repeats Matthan.  It was so sweet!