sophiemel

Thank you for your replies. James and Charlie do eat a diet that is extremely restricted to the said foods. They have suffered bowel problems at times, e.g. going through phases of going 3-4 times a day each for several weeks and always have runny nappies. (Apologies for the detail!) James also suffers quite badly with eczema. Whatever our paediatricians view is, I think that we will end up trying them on the diet because I just feel otherwise I will always be wondering if it might benefit them. Sophie x

Hello! This is my first post here. I have twin boys aged 25 months who have no diagnosis yet but we feel they are definately on the autistic spectrum. We are seeing the paediatrician in September and have been thinking about trying the GF/CF diet. I just wondered what peoples experiences were with how professionals are viewing it these days. I think I am paranoid that I am going to be classed as a nutty mum looking for a "cure" which is certainly not the case. I just think if there is something that might help them then I am willing to try it. One of the reasons for this question is also that both my husband and I worked with autistic children for many years (but not in the last 5) and neither of us were aware of the benefits if this diet!!! Sophie