Skaterbabs do you follow the book with feingold or just go by ingrediants? I have been reading the feingold site, but I just cannot swing the cost right away. I think I am going to try it without the materials (something is better then nothing, right?) and then try to restructure the budget.
I have a few questions to get me started if you would be so kind -
1. I need to read every label right - even nonfood right?
2. So I already use "free" laundry products (all and downey), but do I need to check them for anything else?
3. what about soap and shampoo (he uses gerber baby)? health food store?
4. cleaning products - any guidelines (I use cascade for dishes, fantastic on hard surfaces, clorox wipes, natural baby wipes, foaming pampers baby hand soap, and clorox cleanup spray) ?
5. He drinks silk soy(mostly), bottled water, and decaf tea.
6. Breakfast = cooked quaker oats w/ alittle soy milk, sugar, and butter (my mom started this and he will not eat without butter and sugar he was happy with his baby oatmeal plain or mixed with fruit) or pancakes w/ whip creme and blueberries(the only fruit he will eat), or if in big hurry quaker breakfast bar.
7. lunch/dinner= pb on whole grain or graham cracker, chk nuggut or fish sticks, or mac and cheese, plus babyfood veggies
every now and then he will eat a beef hotdog, a few fries, corn, potatoes, lo mein, a taco, or chicken salad
8. snacks= yogurt, applesause, pudding, drumsticks (thanks granpa), blueberry frozen yogurt, goldfish, raisens, and cranberries
9. If I get this right, i need to avoid all artifcial colors, flavors, sweetners, and preservitives right? so I need to read the labels on the above items.
10. what about his meds? his prevacid is definately flavored and sweetened, and I imagine that the chewable fluoride/multivit and singulair are too. He also takes breathing treatments of pulmicort and albuterol. Then there is the clartin, mylanta, and nasonex. He has has IgE checked for allergins, but nothing showed. He appears to be somewhat lactose intolerent (milk is a problem, but he can handle small doses of other dairy?) Antibiotics, which he takes like 10 times a year, really mess his stomach up.
Well I would really appreciate feedback. Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. Well, I am off to read labels.
I have a few questions to get me started if you would be so kind -
1. I need to read every label right - even nonfood right?
2. So I already use "free" laundry products (all and downey), but do I need to check them for anything else?
3. what about soap and shampoo (he uses gerber baby)? health food store?
4. cleaning products - any guidelines (I use cascade for dishes, fantastic on hard surfaces, clorox wipes, natural baby wipes, foaming pampers baby hand soap, and clorox cleanup spray) ?
5. He drinks silk soy(mostly), bottled water, and decaf tea.
6. Breakfast = cooked quaker oats w/ alittle soy milk, sugar, and butter (my mom started this and he will not eat without butter and sugar he was happy with his baby oatmeal plain or mixed with fruit) or pancakes w/ whip creme and blueberries(the only fruit he will eat), or if in big hurry quaker breakfast bar.
7. lunch/dinner= pb on whole grain or graham cracker, chk nuggut or fish sticks, or mac and cheese, plus babyfood veggies
every now and then he will eat a beef hotdog, a few fries, corn, potatoes, lo mein, a taco, or chicken salad
8. snacks= yogurt, applesause, pudding, drumsticks (thanks granpa), blueberry frozen yogurt, goldfish, raisens, and cranberries
9. If I get this right, i need to avoid all artifcial colors, flavors, sweetners, and preservitives right? so I need to read the labels on the above items.
10. what about his meds? his prevacid is definately flavored and sweetened, and I imagine that the chewable fluoride/multivit and singulair are too. He also takes breathing treatments of pulmicort and albuterol. Then there is the clartin, mylanta, and nasonex. He has has IgE checked for allergins, but nothing showed. He appears to be somewhat lactose intolerent (milk is a problem, but he can handle small doses of other dairy?) Antibiotics, which he takes like 10 times a year, really mess his stomach up.
Well I would really appreciate feedback. Thank you in advance for your time and assistance. Well, I am off to read labels.