Fiber supplement

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the help on this; I feel so bad for him sometimes.

I'm going to the hfs this weekend with a lengthy list of things to

look for! Sure I'll wind up with more than the list, as usual! Jason

is on spring break this week, so it is a good time to " mess with his

diet " a bit. Two years ago the dr put him on a supplement, and his

first movement on it happened at preschool. He and the teacher had

quite a mess to contend with.

I have ground flaxseed, which I'll try adding to a smoothie. I added

it to mine and couldn't tell it was there. And I'm trying hard to

get rid of the dairy. My other son has the opposite problem, he

goes " too much " , having small accidents at almost 7 years old. We

have decreased his dairy a whole bunch to try to clear up that, plus

some skin problems, and things have improved. I'm the only " full

time " vegetarian in the house, and it takes quite awhile to make

transitions. I'm hoping to be vegan someday, with or without the

family. I know there are vegetarian people with spouses & children

who are meat eaters, like me, but are there vegans who live with

meat eaters?

Peace,

Laura

[Guest guest]

Laura

 

Not wanting to further complicate your already complicated life, I just

want to mention to you that the symptoms you describe in both sons may

indicate a food allergy possible to gluten (the protein in wheat and

it's cousins just in case you don't know). I have a daughter with

Celiac Disease and three sons with non-CD gluten intolerance. My eldest

presented with skin and behaviour problems with encopresis (leaking or

lack of control of stooling) while my daughter had constipation, hair

loss and so on.

 

You might also want to see about having your second son x-rayed.

Sometimes children with impacted stool, present with the problems you

have discussed because there is so much stool contained within the

digestive tract that the only way for it to pass is as you described.

If he is impacted, the sac just before the rectum is stretched and the

muscles cannot control the sphincter as they should.

 

The recommendation from our ped was to eat " lots of fruit with the pips

in " meaning figs, pomegranite, etc. I don't know how old you son is,

but dietary fibre supplements may make him worse IF he has an impaction

or is intolerant of gluten.

 

And yes, there are many many vegans who live with meat eaters. We

recently had this discussion on a recipe list I belong to for vegans and

over half of us have omnivourous spouses for whom we cook.

 

BL

 

progressive7862 wrote:

 

> Thanks for the help on this; I feel so bad for him sometimes.

> I'm going to the hfs this weekend with a lengthy list of things to

> look for! Sure I'll wind up with more than the list, as usual! Jason

> is on spring break this week, so it is a good time to " mess with his

> diet " a bit. Two years ago the dr put him on a supplement, and his

> first movement on it happened at preschool. He and the teacher had

> quite a mess to contend with.

> I have ground flaxseed, which I'll try adding to a smoothie. I added

> it to mine and couldn't tell it was there. And I'm trying hard to

> get rid of the dairy. My other son has the opposite problem, he

> goes " too much " , having small accidents at almost 7 years old. We

> have decreased his dairy a whole bunch to try to clear up that, plus

> some skin problems, and things have improved. I'm the only " full

> time " vegetarian in the house, and it takes quite awhile to make

> transitions. I'm hoping to be vegan someday, with or without the

> family. I know there are vegetarian people with spouses & children

> who are meat eaters, like me, but are there vegans who live with

> meat eaters?

>

[Guest guest]

Laura,

Do you include acidolphilus in your children's diets? That should help the

digestive systems come into balance.

Peace,

Laura in Maryland