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Hi my name is Kim and I am the mother of a 2 1/2 year old little boy named

. He was diagnosed with PDD-NOS in September. I am just starting

ABA therapy for him. I have seen a few things about food allergies, but

like most others I have said he eats so little he will starve if I don't

give him the things he eats. Which pretty much consist of casein or gluten.

He drinks anywhere from 1/2 gallon to a gallon of milk a day, eats chicken

nuggets, spaghetti o's, hot dogs (only Meyer smokies) rice, and that's

about it. He is a very large child so I figured he was growing there was

nothing wrong with him. I know it is the milk that has made him grow

because somedays that's all he has.

I am going to try this diet on him, but I wanted some opinions first. I

thought about it last night and I realized that used to eat a

variety of foods when he was under 1 year old. He would eat any baby food.

He was only Enfamil Nutramigen then. The week switched to milk he

was very sick, I thought it was the flu, now I'm not so sure. He then went

ona downward spiral. He didn't talk much when he was under a year but it

got worse as he got older. He started losing words and was very unsocial.

He started the hand flapping and now he is abusive to our animals, screams

to the top of his lungs for no apparent reason. This is always great when

we are shopping.

Anyways, I called his ped. this morning and he said that probably

didn't have a milk allergy just because he has PDD. He said he would have

diarrhea. Actually, is just the opposite, he gets constipated a lot

now. I just figure ped. are always wary of stuff like this. Some of them

don't believe that diet could influence a child's actions. PLease help me

with this, am I doing the right thing, success stories would be greatly

appreciated now.

Thanks,

Kim (mom to 2.7 PDD-NOS, Sid)

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