Day 10, GFCF

10 days down, and I can't say I've seen *any* difference, let alone a significant difference in Ryan. Yes, he had that little bit of gluten a week ago, but other than that, absolutely no gluten, absolutely no casein. It's going to be very difficult to keep this up if it doesn't seem to be helping, but I've given it until the end of the month (so 16 more days). Almost every account that I've read about GF and/or CF helping has said that they had seen definite signs of improvement within a few days, even if they didn't see the full affect for 2+ weeks. He's getting daily acidophilus and GSE to combat yeast, plus a kids multi-vitamin with a higher dose of B-complex vitamins. We've almost eliminated HFCS too. All in all his diet is healthier, so that's good, but I just can't see keeping this up if it's not helping him in any detectable way. On Feb 1 I plan to let him have regular bread and see how it affects him. Or maybe milk first, lol...whichever one he wants!

Today, he had scrambled eggs made with rice milk, and GFCF toast for breakfast, and he ate quite a bit of it. Water to drink. He had a really good morning, before and during school. He kept his green card at school, but we don't know if it was "with a message" as he says...sometimes they'll allow him to keep the green card with a few extra warnings if they can tell he's really trying and they'll note it on his folder (the "message"!). They forgot to send the folder today.

He had peanut butter with all-fruit, pb with apple butter, and pb with honey for lunch (half a sandwich of each as he couldn't decide which he wanted!), plus some snapea crisps and an apple/caramel cookie bar (GFCF). With some V8 juice. Since then he's had some freeze dried banana chips and some meringue cookies. He's had a really good, calm afternoon and we did about 6 pages of homework after school, before we picked up M&L. That one-on-one time has been really good for him.

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OK, so I have to laugh at myself. Right after saying "I can't say I've seen *any* difference" while being GFCF, I say that he had a really good, calm afternoon....which is actually not all that common for him. AND he had a really good, calm evening also. Actually it's been a terrific day for him! He was happy and calm and playful, didn't hit ANYONE today, even in play. Amazing. Oh oh oh...and he managed to tie his shoe perfectly for the first time! Then he said it was too hard and wouldn't do it again, but he DID IT.

Dinner was pork chops, GFCF pasta and "cheese" (it was gross, by everyone's standards), and peas. Kids didn't eat much, but then they never do at dinner.

Today made the third day in a row for green cards at school. I think his record is 6 in a row. I skipped the valerian root today, as I was afraid that when it wore off it was making him more antsy than he would have been otherwise. Proved to be maybe a good decision.