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2/2008
Here are some pictures of my kids eating BED style
foods. Jacob is 4 and is my ASD child. Maya, is 6 who is recovering from Lyme's disease. Aidan is my baby who will be
2 at the end of April.
For those of you who do not remember me or know my family, Jacob was highly resistant to
any BED foods and was a tough cookie to transition. Below you will see pictures of Jacob eating avocado pudding (he wouldn't
even eat it in the beginning) and his BED style dinner. Dinner tonight was Amaranth with ghee, onions, red and yellow pepper,
and garlic sauteed cooked together. We also had a large portion of spinach, broccoli, zucchini, and carrots with olive oil
and salt. Maya and I ate our CVs and we're working on getting Jacob and Aidan to accept CVs. The funny cups you'll
see is their digestive enzymes. We're still working on a better way of getting them into the kids. 
My husband was not supportive at first which was hard. Around the holidays there were some regressions when things
veered off course. He now stands behind me in the diet 100% which is making it easier now.
We used to fight, beg,
and even try to bribe Jacob to eat vegetables. He wouldn't eat a single bite of a vegetable at one point. Today, he had
half his plate full of veggies and asked for seconds on veggies at both lunch and dinner. And yes, he finished them. He likes
his veggies with lots of olive oil and some sea salt.
Thank you to the board for all the support you have provided.
I'm glad we are back. I hope to keep learning and improving the health of my family.
.....an update 4/2008
I wanted to share with you all that Jacob has had some major accomplishments in the past couple of days. I do attribute
most of this to his injured gut healing. He no longer spends all day lying on the floor crying and wants to play. His auditory
defensiveness finally made a HUGE breakthrough. We went to a loud, crowded, noisy action filled fair on Sunday. I fully expected
that I was going to have to leave with Jacob and leave the others behind with Daddy but hoped and prayed for the best. The
fair was held right around train tracks with very active freight trains. The train went through three times and instead of
screaming, he waved and said Hi train. He was really excited and Chris held him up in his arms to see better. Jacob has mild
hypotonia which means he can do things but it's hard for him to do because of loose muscle tones. Usually his fear, muscle
strength and lack of coordination will keep him from doing most things that other children do. Typically if I take him to
the park, he will either want to leave right away, or want to sit in a stroller while I push him around and my other children
play. Jacob played at the fair. He got on these giant float type toys and climbed, played and had fun. I took photos and cried
because it was so different for us to see childhood joy for him. We stayed for three hours and typically in a noisy crowded
environment, Jacob would ask to leave immediately. He actually did not want to leave. It was a great day for us.
The
next day I took them to the park to meet with our homeschooling group. Jacob played and was happy there. He did another first...
he went and used the public restrooms three times. Any other time he would throw himself to the floor or go in his pants or
beg me to take him home before going into the rest rooms. It was always a challenge to go anywhere. Yesterday when I went
to pick up our raw milk, he asked to go to the bathroom and did. I really think we have some major milestones. He did get
very OCD'ish last night and stimmy which I'm attributing to break in routine and being over tired. He was also falling
more which he does when he is tired. I was told by a muscle specialist that everything he does, running, walking, sitting
up, etc is twice the effort for him than a normal child so it makes sense. So we are going to rest more this week and take
a break from major activities. I sent a big thank you to Diane and Donna on Sunday night right after the fair because it was
our miracle day. I would like to thank you all for supporting our family on this journey.
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