Remy's INTRO GAPS DIET day 3

Remy GAPS diet day 3

March 31, 2013

This morning I gave him a probiotic with water before anything else. Yesterday was the Metagenics one and today's was the TruFlora. I have read that probiotics could cause 'die-off' reactions, so I am giving only one a morning to start.

After having soup with a raw egg yolk in the morning before 9am, Remy started to get very upset. He was crying and thrashing. I was in the shower, and Alex didn't know what to do.

Quickly after showering and washing my hair, I took Remy downstairs to the playroom. There he cried and thrashed his body on the mattress and on me. Within 5 minutes of me just being there loving him and holding him he started calming down. We got down to the playroom at 9:30 and he started being "happy" again by 9:37 or so.

I told him I would make him some tea. It was a fifteen minute tea party! It was pretty good. Remy loves the hot camomile tea with honey. I just had to be very careful he didn't burn anyone with the hot tea. I poured him a tiny hit in a small ramekin again an again. It was a good activity as it gave us a chance to practice "pour", "tea", "hot" and "more". Remy has been using the sign (ASL) consistently for a few months now.

Making lots of soup and bone broth has been central to the GAPS diet so that is what I have been soon for the last week and especially for this weekend.

Today I decided to give Remy some mashed avocado in his soup, which is in stage three of the intro diet, after he pieced my forearm with his short but very sharp strong nails. In retrospect I am not sure if it was a good idea since I didn't want him to think that hurting people would get him what he wants.

So far so good. Remy really enjoys the soup, so we may be introducing scramble eggs tomorrow. Oh, and I will probably make him some sort of casserole to give the diet some textural variance.

Getting ready for Monday now. Happy Easter.