After many postponements (for various reasons, some valid some not) we have started our first day on the GAPS Intro diet. Briefly, that means the boys are eating vegetables, meats, broth and fats. They also had 1/2 t. of saurkraut juice in their soup this morning. I am hoping to be able to move through Intro fairly quickly since it is hard to get enough food into Justin and he doesn't need to lose weight.
The rest of us are not doing GAPS right now. I decided that too much cooking would be involved - and some people can have some pretty dramatic symptoms as their guts heal. I decided to wait until the boys have gone through the first several steps and stabilized before we girls join them. Based on my research I think we would really benefit.
About Me
- Helping D and J
- Robert and I have been married over 20 years and have 4 children. Our girls are 20 and our boys are 11 and 9. D developed normally for the first 15-18 months of his life. Then there was a year of stress in his life. I was in the hospital twice, we moved, then his younger brother was born 3 weeks early with a heart defect and spent 3 weeks in the hospital. He never spoke much and over time he slowly withdrew making less eye contact and falling into the range of ASD. J was born with transpositon of the great vessels (main arteries out of his heart were switched) and required surgery at 8 days old to correct. Surgery went very well and he became a very active little boy. He suffered from contstipation. Following big brothers lead, he rarely spoke and while not ASD was learning delayed.
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