GAPS Diet: Day 1 Stage 1

We had our first official day on Stage 1 of the GAPS diet today.  It went great!  Our kids have become really use to eating lots of veggies and soups over the past year that they didn't know the difference between today and just any other day.  Genevieve stood by the pantry a few times saying "nack!nack!" but she quickly got over it and enjoyed any other allowed foods I gave her.  The kids blissfully ate broccoli and chicken for snack...I hope they cooperate just as well tomorrow!

Colin enjoying his homemade turkey sausage for breakfast.

Gummies helped to make the day go by a little easier.  Here is a shot of our big bowl of treats along with a close up of our Spiderman gummies.  I tried to make some for Colin's party and it was a total fail but the ones I have tried since have been awesome!  The key is lots of gelatin!

Speaking of gelatin...it contains histamine...not a whole lot but some and so I have been hesitant about how many gummies I want to allow Genevieve to eat.  I wanted to share something else about the histamine link and when I finally realized it had to be the problem.  Last week I made a soup which the kids enjoyed at breakfast.  Colin fussed because he likes "green soup."  Well in order to make my green soup I have to add spinach or kale.  Flat leaf fresh kale is usually my go to as it seems to bother both of the kids the least but all I had was a frozen power greens bag from costco which included spinach, kale, and chard.  So between breakfast and lunch I added a bunch of this mix to the soup.  I blended it up and the kids loved it.  Genevieve ate a few bowls but after just a few bites the entire bottom part of her face became red and somewhat swollen.  I knew it had to be something from the mix as I had just fed her the soup that morning with no ill effect.  I realized how it had spinach and remembered about spinach being very high in histamine (and just now I realized that chard was in the mix which is also very high in histamine).  Lots of things started to click and it just made sense.  The only food she has eaten that has caused an issue that does not contain histamine are apples.  I am still unsure about this.  Although thinking about it, it may have only been the times she had jarred applesauce which is "old" food and hence would have had time to build up histamines.  When it comes time to add apples I will have to see if there is a difference between the two.  The doctor who developed GAPS claims that the diet will heal histamine intolerance over time.  I hope she is right!

I'm a little nervous for snack time at playgroup tomorrow but I plan to have several gummies and a few other cookie cutter foods to help the kids not mind what the others are eating.  On to Day 2!