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I'm so glad you posted, Pauline! I know you're going to find some great information here, and I applaud you for being so proactive about your and your daughter's health!! It's not easy going through this, and I know it makes it even harder watching your child go through it as well.
Can she have apple sauce or jello? I personally can't do brown rice at all because it's too much insoluble fiber (abbreviated IF on the boards) for me, which gives me explosive D. Peanut butter, either, because it makes me have gas pains which feel like ripping claws right under my naval. What is your daughter's pain like? Does it begin predictably, ie 1/2 an hour after she begins eating, or when she lies down?
You've been really good about being vigillant about her diet. Have you tried keeping a pain journal? When it happens, what it feels like, severity + actuivities that could have caused it besides food? After keeping mine for a month I realized that my night attacks were caused by the waistband on my pajamas. (!!!) After I realized that sleeping with no waistband whatsoever (no undies or bottoms of any kind ) curbed my attacks, I now have them very rarely.
Another thing about IF, I have to be extremely careful about IF and dairy. Sweet potato (yams), lettuce, tomato, onions and garlic are extremely rough on my GI tract. I can do green vegs if they're boiled to within an inch of their life. All other fruits and vegetables are very tough on my gut and can cause me a lot of uncomfortable bloat and ripping gas pains. My suggestion would be to cook these until very mushy or eliminate them completely. No parmesean any more!!!! 10 times out of 10 this will make her feel awful, if not right away, then within a couple of days it can be really harmful. OK, I'll get off my soapbox now.
Best of luck to you, and please post back your progress! I'm always learning something new here!!
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It's good to have you here, Pauline!
) curbed my attacks, I now have them very rarely. 
