With Summer Comes Challenges

When summer hit my husband and I talked once about Colton's diet and "should we be a little leinent over the summer?". We both quickly decided NO and began trucking through the summer. But as the days went by we realized, we of course won't give him anything we know that has gluten, chocolate, artificial anything or refined sugars in it, but maybe we could at least try out things that "SAY" on the packaging or menu that they are GF etc. So we decided to try a few restaurants and order off the GF menu or just order him meat and veggies. We had no idea how he would respond, or how long it would take to see a negative effect, but since it was early summer we decided to go ahead and give a few places a try. For starters we went to a mexican restaurant and ordered him carne asada with a side of plain rice. We got in the car on the way home and he immediately said "mom, I need to lay down now". I asked what was wrong and he said, "I don't know, I just need to lay down, I'm so tired, I can't keep my eyes open". So I had him lay back his chair and he just laid there the whole drive home. He also said his tummy didn't feel well. I knew this was b/c of the meat and came to the conclusion that it was the marinade the meat was in....Note to self: only non-marinated meat if eating out. This exact same reaction happened to him after having shrimp at Rockfish one day. We have not taken him to eat out since. Lately our challenge is that he's getting SO TIRED of eating the same foods. He's already a picky eater and each month decides he's tired of another thing he's been eating on his limited menu, argh! With school starting there are only a few things he will eat and sending snacks to school had pretty much stopped b/c he won't eat them anymore. My goal this Fall is to find at least 5 new things my boy will eat to add to the rotation. And so here I go, diving into blogs, cookbooks and FB posts on the latest and greatest Gluten Free cooking ideas. I've met a new friend a few weeks back who was given my name because our kiddos have similar struggles. Her son was just diagnosed with a yeast issue, which is causing ADD symptoms and she has been told by her doc that he needs to be on a 10 day clenese of sugars, NO SUGARS of any kind for 10 days. Her son is young, in Kindergarten, and she is really struggling wih not only the withholding of sugars but also the huge list of supplements she has been given by the doctor. I'm am praying for her that she sticks with this to heal her son and that under no circumstance does she cheat or give in. I know this is excrutiating, I know it's torture to have your son begging you and crying for the foods they like, but I just pray that she realizes the sugars are poisioning him. That it is like him begging to drink Drano and her giving it to him. I adore this new friend and hear the pain and struggle in her voice when we talk. Regardless of what his teacher says, I pray that she keeps him on this diet! I pray that the Lord give her and her husband strength to make it through these 10 days to help get that sweet boy of hers healthy.