My son wakes during the night with tummy pains caused by wind - which is caused by certain foods. I have tried to cut out certain foods from his diet - but I really need to confirm which foods don't suit him. My GP isn't too forthcoming about having his blood tested. What is my next course of action? Homeopathy, privately or any other complementary way? Please give any information you have or experience! Many Thanks.
You could certainly take him to an allergy specialist. The tests involve tiny little pinpricks, usually on the inner arms, and are not painful. Perhaps if you could read or sing to him while testing is going on, he would manage very well.
The other thing you could do is test his nutrition yourself in a more rigorous fashion. This means cutting out most of the foods that can irritate/cause low-grade inflammation/burn to an acid ash. It would be a form of standard allergy elimination diet designed for a 19-month-old. Fortunately at that age you are still in charge of his nutrition, so it will be easier than if he were 8 or 9 years old.
There are many common allergens that affect children of all ages. They should all be eliminated for a brief period of time. They include: eggs, all dairy, wheat, oats, rye, sugar, all meat, peanut butter, tomatoes, potatoes, sometimes citrus fruits.
Yes, it sounds draconian. But it leaves a vast array of vegetables and fruits. And it's not for long. Among carbohydrates, could you convert to quinoa (the ancient grain, buy organic quinoa at health food stores) which tastes delicious. It's the least inflammatory of the ancient grains and the highest in protein. Also organic brown rice. You could make imitation hamburgers by sauteeing minced onion in olive oil, mixing with cooked quinoa or cooked rice, forming little burgers. You could TRY serving this between steamed cabbage leaves but if your little tiger really hates this, slices of spelt or kamut bread or toast (spelt & kamut are also ancient grains) would do.
Lots of vegetables - cooked, shredded raw, salads. Another good way to offer vegetables is to cook & puree them into a thick soup. Add rice or quinoa. Lots of fruit. I hope he likes bananas.
I myself would probably continue to offer plain yoghurt, not the sugared fruit varieties.
You should see some improvement in a couple of weeks. If he can manage two weeks, you'd start adding foods back, one at a time. Try each addition alone for several days & observe reactions. I'd start with a bit of organic chicken. Children usually do like chicken. The following week I'd add back eggs, very carefully. By now three or four three weeks will have passed. I'd still strictly leave out wheat, oats, rye. The rice, quinoa, kamut & spelt breads will provide the carbohydrates & vitamin B that he needs.
Goat's milk would be the best choice when you finally start to add milk back. If he's managing well at this point you could choose to stay with goat's milk or if you wish to try cow's milk, you could try one more step that sounds startling but it has a sound basis in science. This would be to boil the milk first (then cool it down). The reason? Cow's milk protein molecules are much larger than goat's milk or the original human breast milk molecules. Countless persons believe they're allergic to cow's milk when actually it is the larger molecular size that is creating a low-grade inflammation. Homogenizing the milk supply does not raise the temperature sufficiently high to break down the molecules, whereas boiling the milk for 4-5 minutes will do it.
Long long afterwards you could think about adding back the non-essentials such as tomatoes and peanut butter. Again, one at a time, observe over several days each.
There are specific homeopathic remedies for gastric distress but I'm not knowledgeable about these. You sound as if you can find a homeopath or a pharmacy that offers a very large selection of these, there will be a person on staff to advise you.
Wishing the little guy comfort and happiness, and he's lucky to have such a caring mother.
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