still day 1 - freaking out

Only one day in and I'm starting to wonder if this is the right thing to do. Maybe I'm being to extreme about it? Maybe I should go for the GFCF diet and if that doesn't seem to cut it then head down the TED path? I don't know how committed I am because I keep thinking things like "I don't think tomatoes are a problem" and "Peaches, come on, who can't eat peaches?" but then I doubt that, too. I'm really confused, I guess, and there's this voice in the back of my head telling me I can't cure him and I shouldn't try and I don't want to be the mom who's desperate to change her child into something he's not. While I realize there is a difference between wanting your child to be a healthy autistic and want your child to not be autistic, I think the line may be thinner than I thought.

He does have food sensitivities, I'm pretty certain of that, but maybe it's going over board to cut out everything when I have some good guesses about what the real problem is. I guess I'm thinking about cutting out gluten and casein and dairy, and eggs, and soy and corn and sugar, and everything artificial, and bananas, and nuts.

So maybe I'll do ED instead of TED.

There's this cool food allergy blog of a MDC mama that talks about a lot of this. I especially love her section on the hidden ingredients. I thought I knew, but I was surprised by a lot, actually.