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@Mrs. Pen: I haven't read the GAPS book yet, but I'm looking into it for my son and his FPIES and GERD...I hear so many great things about it helping restore healthy gut flora and relieving symptoms and some are even able to tolerate foods they previously couldn't. I think the principles of GAPS are used long term, like the broth, but there is a detox phase and then adding foods back in etc.

If we did it I don't think we would do full GAPS, at least not at first, since that requires stopping all formula etc, but rather use the key principles like the broth. I'm just nervous because he has not been able to tolerate meat in my breastmilk in the past and is essentially vegan (eats salmon rarely, but tolerates it), but the broth is supposed to be different, proteins more broken down and you do a real slow intro, like a teaspoon at a time...I've also heard others say their children previously couldn't tolerate meat, but GAPS helped that.

@FarmWifeGina: I'm waiting for his biopsy results from the other day to come back before deciding. I also need to decide on and source a meat...we already decided if we go GAPS not to use a meat (at least at first) he reacted to, so we need something more obscure. We just don't like him being on the dose of medication he is on for an extended periods of time and I hear so many testimonials of LO's being able to go off the meds on GAPS so we are hopeful. Plus it's natural so what can it hurt to give it a shot?!

BTW, I found this amazing blog entry about dehydrating broth into a powder for travel or extending storing! I'm super excited about that because he could always have his "safe" broth when away from home, if we go this route! So many cool and interesting things out there I've never thought of before all this! We really look at food differently around here these days.

@FarmWifeGina: Thanks! There are so many GAPS bloggers out there (just like Paleo). So many great resources.