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Hi, my name is Jen and I am a mother to 2 boys, aged 2 and 4. We

have had issues from the beginning, starting with colic in my older

son. My younger son had allergic colitis on exclusive breastmilk.

(Though later we learned he was allergic to inert ingredients in OTC

and prescription medications)

My 4 year old has sensory integration problems. He has always been

extremely active. Even as a young infant he would want to nurse for

hours on end and scream bloody murder whenever he was put down. His

strengths are verbal and mathematical skills. He started talking at

7 months and had at least 6 words by 9 months. He was always very

easy to understand and moved to sentences around 15 months. He was

counting to 10 at 19 months, etc. Now he is doing simple addition

and subtraction. But his social skills are off, he doesn't pick up

on cues from peers that he is being annoying. He craves tactile

input and has poor proprioception (bumps into people and

walls/furniture). He has fine motor delays and lesser gross motor

delays. He may have some auditory processing issues as well, as his

hearing tests fine but he often doesn't seem to hear what we say. He

has trouble tuning background noise and activity out. We have him on

high vitamin cod liver oil 1/2 teaspoon a day, which improved his eye

contact and taken the edge off his hyperactivity. He was on zinc

from scientific botanicals but we stopped seeing the naturopath we

got that from and I can't find that brand in stores. I'm not sure

what else would be effective. We also eliminated dyes in foods, as

they dramatically affect his behavior. We recently found a private

OT who treats SID and is covered (and excellent).

With my 2 year old we noticed delays in development at 4 months. He

was unable to hold up his head and was not yet reaching for objects.

I referred him for early intervention, which took 2 months to get

started. He crawled on all fours at 10 months, walked at 17 months,

and just started talking about a month ago. He has been adding a new

word each day (most days) for the month. had loose green

stools from the first month. He started with blood in his stools at 4

months (the night of his checkup). It was occasional until I tried

adding foods after 6 months, then gradually increased until it was

every day. In retrospect a lot of the occurances of bloody stools

were after he got infant tylenol. He was put on pepcid at 7 months

and I started taking enzymes (as I was breastfeeding him). I didn't

make the connection but at that point was when I saw blood every

day. He was never anemic. This did not clear even when I cut my

diet down to 6 foods for 21 days. We had him temporarily on Neocate

which allowed me to determine his medication allergies. He

successfully returned to breastfeeding. After 13 months we retried

foods. We found that he was allergic to bananas (diarrhea and lacey

rash over most of the body from eating 1/2 a slice). We suspect corn

(derivatives) is the culprit in his medication. Accidental exposures

helped us determine he is allergic to peanuts/nuts. IgE testing at

10 months was negative, though he had only a few food trials prior to

that. The allergist did not believe in IgG, IgM, and pronounced

him " not allergic. " I had stool testing done, though a naturopathic

school nearby (I think was Smoky mountain diagnostics). He didn't

have significant dysbiosis but was missing bifidobacterium. I didn't

get a copy of the report, unfortunately. We gave that strain (from

Klaire labs) for about a month. had a gradual slowing of

weight gain from 4 months to 18 months, when he fell off the chart.

We added high calorie foods including yogurt, egg yolks and later

whole egg, grass fed meats, etc successfully. He is now taking cod

liver oil. MIlk products we trialed for a month without adding

anything else and there was no reaction of any kind. He now drinks

raw milk from grass fed Jersey cows. He nurses once or twice a day.

also had flattening of the sides of his head which improved

with craniosacral therapy. He has pectus excavatum as well. For

this reason I also take the cod liver oil and plan to stay on it at

least through the childbearing years as I read there is a link to

vitamin D deficiency in utero. I stopped vaccinating him after the

3rd set at 6 months. I'm very glad I did not allow him to recieve

the MMR, after reading Karyn Seroussi's book.

With doing elimination diets for myself previously and catering to

's presumed corn allergy, I have been less than enthusiatic

about doing any special diets. I try to use grass fed meats as much

as possible. We only use the raw milk. I get some raw cheese as

well, but not 100%. I make muffins and waffles by soaking whole

wheat flour in yogurt for 24 hours prior to preparation. I buy

sprouted bread and try to stick to that, though they do get a few

crackers that aren't.

I would love to find a doctor or naturopath nearby that can test the

boys and make recommendations. I live in southern CT. I really need

someone who will be covered by insurance and that the tests be

covered as well.

I appreciate any suggestions. I was wondering where to get the MB12

as I think it would greatly help my 4 year old, and perhaps myself as

well. I think I have some sensory issues after reading up on the

topic. I had some trouble in school as a child also. Sorry for the

length of this post.

Jen

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