Sugar and Spice and All Things Not So Nice

Papa visited this weekend. I knew with his arrival there would be somethings consumed that did not fit into the parameters of The List, but, have been wondering if we should not be following The List as the doctor ordered a scope procedure for Wednesday of this week and if the food is not in his system how can they determine if it is the food that is causing the issues? I asked the nurse the above question last week during our phone conference. She never answered the question. Then, yesterday afternoon happened... Yesterday afternoon, there was a super watery bowl movement. Thinking removing most all sugar was a good thing. Still wish I knew if fructose was okay or if lactose was okay. Even though the doctor said that lactose could just be a "red-herring" I am hesitant to allow him to have lactose. Oh well, the pondering continues... He is asking for orange julius. Need to go help him.

Must Have

I have two words for you...ready?...Food Processor.

I bought one at a garage sale last summer and haven't used it much. Then, we got The List. I now use it every other day or so. I made the Raw Brownie Balls with it.

It is great for chopping up all those ingredients, that if could be identified, would be immediately rejected.

We Blew It!

So, The List was not followed well yesterday.
We went to a local health food store and I didn't pay as close attention as I should have to the box of crackers I let the boys buy. When we got to a friends house she read the label and was like, "Um, there is rice in here." Darn!
Then, we went to get haircuts and the hair stylist offered Dum Dum suckers to the boys. And, I said, "Ok," thinking one Dum Dum is not the end of the world. I turned around a few seconds later to discover Little Man with 2 of them sticking out of his mouth. Sigh...
Finally, we were home. And the brothers asked for mac & cheese. I did use goat's milk and I did let Little Man have some. Thankfully, he didn't eat hardly any of it.
I'm not really sure how today went. I know pasta was requested for breakfast and that leftover pasta was had for dinner along with fruit.
I need to start thinking about a grocery list. BUT, it will have to wait for tomorrow.

Did not break any of The List for this breakfast.
Several days ago, I cut up several pears (removed the seeds, not the skin) and stuck them in the freezer. Yesterday, I offered the boys homemade sorbet. I took the frozen pears and put, some of them, in our food processor with some strawberries. The boys thought it was good ice-cream.
There was some leftover, so, I stuck it in a container in the refrigerator. This morning, I had a request for pancakes. I used the same Buckwheat mix I used yesterday. I topped Little Man's with the leftover sorbet. Him and one of his big brothers added some frozen pears to their plates.

The List Spreads

My mom asked for a copy of The List today. She is planning to go grocery shopping and wants Little Man to be able to eat what she purchases.
She cooked for him for the first time today, since The List was brought into our lives. I'm so thankful for her. She seemed as lost as I was in her meal prep. Glad to know I'm not stumbling around alone. We did enjoy turkey, carrots, and apples.
We took along some goat milk. A friend bought some for us yesterday and it has been a nice change from the sugar laden almond milk. (Especially since sugar is on The List.)

The List

So, what makes up The List?

The Low Sugar Diet
Foods to be avoided or minimized on the Low Sugar Diet

*White bread (including any bread with white flour in it)
*Pasta, unless whole grain
*White flour, and products made with it such as cake, cookies, crackers, pretzels, doughnuts, bagels, and muffins
*Potatoes and potato chips
*Corn and corn chips
*Sugar and products with added sugar, e.g. canned fruits in syrup
*Jams and jellies containing added sugars
*Ripe bananas
*Raisins
*Pineapple
*Beets
*Parsnips
*Honey
*Syrups
*Salad dressings and sauces with added sugar, such as Teriyaki sauce
*Fruit drinks containing added sugar
*Sugar-sweetened soft drinks

So, that is the list.
Plus, you need to remember, we removed dairy from his diet March 8th (5 weeks ago).

In a Nut Shell

I am the proud mother of three Young Men. The youngest is 42-months. We just started the looooong process of looking into food allergies and in-tolerances.
My youngest has had loose stools his whole life. He was born without the use of medications. His birth was "traumatic" in that he was posterior. He nursed exclusively for 6ish months. At that point he was able to grab food off my plate and get it in his mouth. So, he started trying out solids. He stopped nursing when he was 26-months-old.
About 2 months ago we pulled obvious dairy from his diet. It has helped a little.
So, we got a referral from our family doctor for a Pediatric Gastro Intestinal doctor. Who we saw earlier this week. He ordered a blood draw, a stool sample analysis, and put him on a low sugar diet (which feels VERY restrictive and from here forward is referred to as The List.)