Hi Jaime, Many kids are started on the diet without fasting. If
your Keto team did want your baby to fast upon initiation of the diet
it would only be for one or two days. Not all kids throw up. My son
went on the diet at 19 months old and he did not vomit. The
dietician will come up with several meals you can give your child.
Each meal will be high in fat and low in carbs and protein. I think
the diet should be tried as one of the first treatments for seizure
control. My son went on the diet after two meds failed. Wishing you
all the best.

Jana

--- In ketokids@yahoogroups.com, "jaimelackey" <madduxandme@a...>
wrote:
> Hi my name is jaime and my 18 month old was diag. with infantile
> spasm in may. we have tried acth and depakote with no success. now
i
> am deciding whether to go to topamax or do the diet against my
neuros
> advice. he wants to tyr more meds. i think i just want to know..
> how long to they have to starve at the beginning of the diet.
> do all babies throw up for a week.
> what foods are involved
> and how many meds are a good amount to just say stop with the meds
> and try the diet.i dont want to jump too fast.
> any advice and experiences would be greatly appreciated! thanks to
> all and good luck! jaime