I have been reading through the papers Dr. Cowan gave us, and reading the GAPS book.
It says that we can eat squash. So I’m going to pick up some at the market — a good substitute for potatoes or pasta. It says that we can eat lentils and white navy beans — but not in the beginning. I think we will wait a while on that.
It says that you can move through the stages as quickly as you are able to. Seth and I have stopped having diarrhea. And Seth says he is not feeling any gut pain.
So I think we are ready to progress to the next stage.
I am going to start giving Seth kefir — a tiny bit to start and more each day. I want him to get to the point where he can drink a few glasses a day. I’m also going to give him some clarified butter this week and see how he does with that. Dr. Campbell McBride says that it is very digestible for most people.
We’ll see how that goes. I’ll give him a little Hollandaise sauce with his eggs — see if he has any reactions.
After the clarified butter, we’ll try regular butter. If he is OK with that, we’ll wait a few days and then try a little cheddar cheese and see how he reacts.
I asked him and he thinks he will do OK with butter and small amounts of cheese. He also thinks he does OK on kefir. He just can’t do milk or cream. I guess in time he will be able to drink milk and cream — but it could be a while.
We can also see how he does with some of the nut butters and ground nut flours. We can see how he reacts to peanut butter (homemade) and also bread made from homemade almond flour and coconut flour. I can also use this flour to make muffins, pies,
After we get through all of that, I want to see if he continues pain-free and has normal stools for at least a week. If so, we will move from the Introduction Diet to the Full Diet. There are no grains on the full diet, and no starches either.
But there are some recipes that look fun — pizza made with nut flour (without cheese unless it is tolerated).
Oh, and I noticed in the papers that I am supposed to be giving him liver twice a week. He hates liver. I have been giving him dessicated liver tablets… however I think we need to do more than that. So he agreed to start drinking the Pottenger Liver Cocktail in “Nourishing Traditions” twice a week (or more if I can make it more often). It’s basically tomato juice and calf’s liver. A very nutritious virgin Bloody Mary.
