My Kid is a Damn Nutter - Page 17

Pico and ME · 05-18-2009, 03:55 PM

Seriously adorable!

Clod, I was inpressed with how fast he leaned over to put an arm around minifob when she made motions to get off the chair.

DanaC · 05-19-2009, 06:06 AM

Been reading your blog. Really good! Y'know, when my mum was trying to cook for me on weird and wonderful diets, a site like this would have rocked her world. Well done.

Gorgeous kiddies btw.

Clodfobble · 05-19-2009, 08:21 AM

Thanks!

Clodfobble · 05-30-2009, 11:55 PM

And the emotional roller coaster, it just keeps going...

Minifob's still having constant, terrible diarrhea. It got briefly better right after we started the diet, but then slowly eased back into the horror it's always been. On the one hand, his massive cognitive and behavioral improvements do confirm that we're taking good steps overall, but on the other hand, I know he can't really get better until his digestion is functioning properly. I've been living and breathing his food diary for weeks now, experimenting with one thing after another... and I think I've got it narrowed down to the most horrible possibility. I think it's the rice. (Yes, it is possible to have an intolerance for rice, for the record.)

So that's lined up as my next experiment, removing one of only two major substitute grains left in his diet. I technically started already tonight, because he refused to eat any kind of dinner--either because he's getting sick, or because he loaded way the hell up on rice-flour birthday cake this afternoon.

Happy birthday, kiddo. Maybe next year you can have a cake made of quinoa flour or some crazy thing.

monster · 05-31-2009, 12:09 AM

rice? oh fuck! But happy birthday, minifob!

Beestie · 05-31-2009, 12:42 AM

Gotta hand it to you Clod. There is no quit in you.

I remember when this discussion first started. Boy did I not get it. I think I get it now.

I'll say it again. You are one good Mommy.

And I plan on making your shepherd's pie this week!

classicman · 05-31-2009, 12:50 AM

Clod, I just gotta say I am constantly amazed at what you are doing.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-31-2009, 02:00 AM

Rice? I guess that leaves lard, whiskey and cigars.

ZenGum · 05-31-2009, 05:46 AM

One for the desperate: you can make flour from acacia seeds / wattle seeds. Australian Aborigines used to make a kind of bread from it. I have no idea if it is suitable for minifob, but certainly, it MUST be cooked: in the raw state it contains anti-nutritional components. You MIGHT be able to get it at health food stores.

Just FYI, FWIW, which might not be much.

Best of luck.

Clodfobble · 05-31-2009, 08:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Rice? I guess that leaves lard, whiskey and cigars.

Whiskey is a grain alcohol, it's full of gluten...

DanaC · 05-31-2009, 09:19 AM

Oh honey. I feel for you on the Birthday stuff. I don't know, but I may have already mentioned some of Ma's heroic birthday efforts over the years. My personal favourite (for giggle value...it tasted awful :P) was the jelly (jello) made from green seaweed.

Also, word of warning: arrowroot is not a good baking substitute for flour.

[eta] I haven't followed all the details of diet, so forgive me if this has already cropped up, but how is he with oats? If they're ok for him, you can make some great oat based party snacks.

Clodfobble · 05-31-2009, 11:23 AM

Pure, wild oats are technically gluten-free. However, there is basically no such thing in this country as harvested oats that have not been contaminated with gluten as part of the processing. I could grow them in my own backyard, or buy them from very specific expensive retailers, but that's about it. Most oat recipes still require finer-ground flours to fill out the texture, so it's just a nutrition additive at that point.

Undertoad · 05-31-2009, 11:35 AM

You're... you're gonna sow your wild oats?

Can we watch?

Clodfobble · 05-31-2009, 11:42 AM

I don't have many left, I'm sorry to report. That was called college.

And actually, I may be able to use oats as a substitute for small amounts of breadcrumbs, which could be very helpful if I can no longer use crushed up Rice Chex. It just won't help me bake a loaf of bread.

limey · 05-31-2009, 12:53 PM

I am in awe, clod. Great Praise to you indeed.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	And the emotional roller coaster, it just keeps going... Minifob's still having constant, terrible diarrhea. It got briefly better right after we started the diet, but then slowly eased back into the horror it's always been. On the one hand, his massive cognitive and behavioral improvements do confirm that we're taking good steps overall, but on the other hand, I know he can't really get better until his digestion is functioning properly. I've been living and breathing his food diary for weeks now, experimenting with one thing after another... and I think I've got it narrowed down to the most horrible possibility. I think it's the rice. (Yes, it is possible to have an intolerance for rice, for the record.) So that's lined up as my next experiment, removing one of only two major substitute grains left in his diet. I technically started already tonight, because he refused to eat any kind of dinner--either because he's getting sick, or because he loaded way the hell up on rice-flour birthday cake this afternoon. Happy birthday, kiddo. Maybe next year you can have a cake made of quinoa flour or some crazy thing. Attached Images __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	rice? oh fuck! But happy birthday, minifob! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Gotta hand it to you Clod. There is no quit in you. I remember when this discussion first started. Boy did I not get it. I think I get it now. I'll say it again. You are one good Mommy. And I plan on making your shepherd's pie this week! __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

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classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Clod, I just gotta say I am constantly amazed at what you are doing. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-18-2009, 03:55 PM	#241
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Seriously adorable! Clod, I was inpressed with how fast he leaned over to put an arm around minifob when she made motions to get off the chair.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Rice? I guess that leaves lard, whiskey and cigars. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	One for the desperate: you can make flour from acacia seeds / wattle seeds. Australian Aborigines used to make a kind of bread from it. I have no idea if it is suitable for minifob, but certainly, it MUST be cooked: in the raw state it contains anti-nutritional components. You MIGHT be able to get it at health food stores. Just FYI, FWIW, which might not be much. Best of luck. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Pure, wild oats are technically gluten-free. However, there is basically no such thing in this country as harvested oats that have not been contaminated with gluten as part of the processing. I could grow them in my own backyard, or buy them from very specific expensive retailers, but that's about it. Most oat recipes still require finer-ground flours to fill out the texture, so it's just a nutrition additive at that point. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal Last edited by Clodfobble; 05-31-2009 at 11:39 AM. Reason: Add link

05-31-2009, 11:35 AM	#253
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	You're... you're gonna sow your wild oats? Can we watch?

05-31-2009, 11:42 AM	#254
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I don't have many left, I'm sorry to report. That was called college. And actually, I may be able to use oats as a substitute for small amounts of breadcrumbs, which could be very helpful if I can no longer use crushed up Rice Chex. It just won't help me bake a loaf of bread. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

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limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I am in awe, clod. Great Praise to you indeed. __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

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