Showing posts with label treatments. Show all posts
Showing posts with label treatments. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Wacky Wednesday

Today Kayla's class celebrated Wacky Wednesday. Her teacher told the children that they could come to school dressed "wacky" and this is what we came up with:

Please note the whiskers we painted on her cheeks with liquid eyeliner! In case you are wondering here is what she was wearing: blue jeans, pink turtleneck, white tank top with hearts, white boa, pink toulle belt, pink toulle skirt, one pink sock, one sock with chicks and a pom-pom on the back, one lace-up sneaker, one velcro sneaker, and bunny ears! It took all morning to come up with and she was so please with the end result that we took a ton of pictures!

James has been doing really well. We have recently made some major changes to his diet and have seen some good changes. Not even close to done but working our way through the muck! We have taken out the enzymes and added a homeopathic protocol... Nothing to report yet.
John is cuter than cute. He is talking so much and I noticed tonight that when he runs his legs move with more fluidity. He looks much less drunk when he walks, too, YAY! He loves to give kisses and hugs and may be the most compliant and obedient of the three! For example, when I ask the twins to get their shoes on and wait by the front door, I often find only John sitting at the door with his sneakers... James and Kayla, on the other hand, are often reading books, playing with Barbies, playing with a Leapster or running in circles in the living room.
We finally got enough snow this winter to actually sled. It was the first time the twins had EVER gone sledding. Needless to say they had a BLAST!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Walking on Sunshine

The summer could not be any hotter. (Well, they could but then I would be in a puddle in the corner and wouldn't be able to write to y'all.) I also can't believe that it is already the end of July. Whoever said that the summer was a time to relax didn't have kids. Since school got out at the end of June we have: driven to Nashville and back, started back to school (for James), [I] led worship for VBS, had two sick boys, taken K to Gymnastics camp, celebrated at least a half dozen birthdays (with at least a half dozen more to go this summer), had Thanksgiving dinner in July... I am sure that I am forgetting something...

But I have yet to tell you about some of the more exciting things that have happened. About 2 weeks ago Dave and I met with a Nutritionist who specializes in ASD kids. She gave us a "plan" and we have embarked upon a new adventure. On Sunday we started enzymes with James. It has been 2 full days and he seems to be doing well. So I think tomorrow or Thursday we will go from the 1/2 dose he is taking now to the full dose. There is always the chance that these treatments will at first cause James to go "backwards" but the end result is almost always improvement.

Also, James will be attending a full day autism program in the fall where...wait for it, wait for it... THEY are going to potty train him. I know I couldn't believe it either when they told me. It isn't that Dave and I don't want to (alright maybe we don't want to) but its just that we aren't really sure HOW to. So I will keep you all up to speed on that as it progresses.

The other great news is that John has started walking. I don't mean that he holds on to the couch and walks around the living room perimeter. I mean he stands up and puts one foot in front of the other and takes a couple of steps and then falls on his butt. We have tried to get it on film but of course as soon as you turn on the camera all he wants to do is eat it! So we will try sneak some footage when possible and share.

I will leave you with 2 great pics. One is Kayla climbing the dugout pole in Nashville. The other is one that my Mom took of the boys. Enjoy!