Guest guest Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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