Help me out girls! Wholegrain intolerance?

[babybarr]

So I'm of the opinion that DS can't tolerate wholemeal bread or wholegrain bread.  I am assuming that also would include brown rice and pasta.  What other things should I be avoiding?  Shreddies for instance?

DH thinks I'm crazy   I want to try it for 2 weeks without.  I *was* doing it until yesterday when DS came home with banana and choc chip muffins they made at preschool and I asked what colour flour it was and he said brown...  they looked like they'd been made with wholemeal flour too.

[deb]

Send your DH over to the Paleo thread?

I don't think it's unreasonable to do a 2-week trial. I find that my joints hurt more the more grain I have. (Ditto nightshades, come to that.)

[Mom to M&M]

I'd DEFINITELY do a two week trial. No whole wheat pasta, breads, etc. Brown rice may or may not be ok but may best to avoid it for two weeks too and then add that back in before the whole meal flour items? And eventually you may be able to slowly transition him to whole wheat, etc by slowly adding it in (like 3/4 white, 1/4 whole wheat, etc) but I'd definitely hold off for now.

[babybarr]

Karen what about breakfast cereals?  I mean you read about all these creals with "wholegrain goodness" I'm assuming I need to avoid those too?

I've been avoiding the brown flour and all brown pasta, bread etc just suddenly thought there may be other "hidden" things I'm missing?  Like he also has a "multigrain" porridge - would that be a no go?

[Mom to M&M]

I'd do NO multigrain products for now. Does he eat much breakfast cereal? If so maybe just like corn flakes or rice krispies for now? I think you'll get a much better sense of what's going on if you give it a full/true test for at least two weeks...

[babybarr]

I bought some cornflakes for him just on Friday cos I thought I'd better!  He *loves* them cos they're orange his favourite colour!

I'll have to make sure DH is drilled then, he does bfast!