Progress reports

School has always been hard for my son, he has been 2 years behind consistently since first grade. In the second grade I was told that he would not get above fourth grade level. He has now been on the gfcf diet for about 6 months, I have taken him away from potatoes, he has been taking a probiotic and vitamins and is now over his infections. The fog has cleared, because of the diet and other interventions the adhd med is more tolerable. He is now in the third grade and is doing 2nd and 3rd grade work, mostly 3rd grade, he is still reading at below grade level and probably always will, but his progress report has all A's, he is finally learning and retaining what he learns. all the teachers are telling me how smart he is and his confidence level is up.

starting to feel some empathy

My son is starting to show some concern for someone else and ask questions about them, something that has been hard for him, I think that his yeast infecton and constipation is just aboutover, he seems to be able to focus better and yesterday he had a great day. At school he is doing the third grade work with a little help and he is starting to read a bit more than he was, I am hopeful that he can catch up this year, seeing as he has been consistantly 2 years behind since first grade.

coming to some conclusions

I have realized that in my quest for finding more out about Autism and adhd and treating my children, through diet andsupplements and working with their doctors, reading books and researching on the web, that I have lost track of who I am. I am now trying to figure out how to get me back Me as in the person that I am besides being a mom. I love being a mom but I also know that if I can find out more me as a person that I will be happier and that will in turn make me a better mom to my kids. It is easy to lose track of yourself, when you do it is easy to feel lost, depressed and unappreciated. I am going to start by finding something to do that I used to love before I had kids. Some advice for other moms out there that are trying to help their children the same way I am helping mine: Do not lose track of yourself and always make time for something you enjoy doing.

A great day

I am limiting his sugar and yesterday he only got sugar in his organic ketchup 4g per 17g so it is not much and he only got two cookies. I am keeping a food journal and I have noticed that days he eats less sugar and starches and carbs are the days he does better. when he has a good day we all have a good day and I know he feels better, he is eating meat or egss at every meal and snacks on fruit, prunes, and raisins. It is lucky that I have always been strict with my kids when it came to soda and sweets and stuff because they are both handling the changes well, my daughter loves vegetable and fruit and meat so for her it is easy, except the chocolate. she still has chocolate fits, I give her allergen free chocolate from enjoy life when he is asleep. I am going tostart her food journal next month and see if their is a trend connected to her attitude and aggression.

what it seems it is not

Sometimes he seems so average that I will talk to him like I would anybody and he goes into meltdown mode simply because he either misunderstood me or he says he did not hear me. He claims not to have heard me but when I repeat it I have to repeat it word for word or he completely loses control. He must have heard something if he knowds to the word what I tried to say. i thought that he would be feeling better because he is finished with the yeast medicine, but he hasn't had a bm in 5 days, I know that is a lot of his problem these days, I am increasing his fluid, making him drink more water and juice and giving him the med. the Dr. prescribed for the problem. I am hoping he starts to feel better soon I miss the smiling happy little boy he was in April and May.

Finding some answers

I took him to his doctor on Thursday and he was able to test him for a yeast infection, something his old Dr. would not do. turns out he did have one and they put him on Difulcan over the weekend and he does seem to be feeling better, his tummy is not as bloated and yesterday he said it growled when he was hungry, something else he hasn't noticed before. He seems to be a better mood for the most part. He is still off of potatoes probably for now on, I have also limited his carbs, I did not go completely scd but I am limiting his carbs, starches and sugars, he is eating more meat, more fruit and more veggies. I think that once he gets past all his tummy troubles he will feel so much better. He does seem to smile some and yesterday I was holding him and my mom and i started tickling him and he laughed instead of getting upset.

beginning something new

I have known for months now that the gfcf has leveled off and he was no longer getting any help with it, he seemed to go completely backward, having tantrums daily and frequently, his ocd came back, he has to get it just right or he will keep repeating it. His communication is basically talking all the time and not really saying anything. He has not adjusted well to school, they are now using a sticker system and bribing him with little dinosaurs (his latest facination) just to get him to walk home with me. I am now seriously considering doing SCD with him. It eliminnates all starches and grains and sugars from his diet. the hardest one to do is potatoes and he has been off of those for about 2 weeks now and I have noticed a slight difference in him but not much. I am doing an insurmountable amount of research and I am planning every meal and snack he eats startying tommorrow. I know that it will be tough and I am planning to brace myself and get him through it. He has not really smiled and laughed since july and i miss his laugh and his smile, I know somewhere inside this angry, frustrated little boy is a happy carefree child and I am going to get him back, he is my little boy and I miss him.