autistic traits/tooth grinding revisited

[Guest guest]

> Some children do get autistic like or PDD symptoms. How this relates to

> UPD7

> I do not know.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

> J

>

Am I correct in assuming that most (if not all) of our children are delayed

developmentally..and that they seem to show much improvement once the feeding

issue is addressed, as far as increased cal. et.? We are seeing some " autistic

like " (but not exactly, really) behaviors in Xavier all of the sudden, but

OT, and PT both seem to think that it's stemming from being over stimulated, not

actual autism. All of the sudden now that he has energy and strength, he is

using things that he could not use before, so it's causing him to " stress "

(pushing away from people when being held, arching his back, et.)

I also found out (maybe) why so many of our kids grind their teeth..it's a

form of stimulation to make up for what they are not getting, or can't correctly

process. Xavier started this right around the time that he got started with

the full feeds and started to feel better. We have found that if we massage

his cheeks or give him a nuk brush to gnaw on that he stopped. Also, he gets

really 'antsy' I guess you would say, does not stop moving around when the PT

or OT get done with him..so we strip him down to his diaper and take him in a

semi dark room and give him a baby massage with baby lotion, and this helps so

much. He usually doesn't go to sleep, but really calms way down. I have done

this with my older two, but now they do it themselves. (not the massage

part, they just like to try and use an entire bottle of lotion on themselves

after

a bath, lol)

Anyway, just thought I would throw in my .25!

Oh yeah, the home health nurse came out and weighed Xavier today, and he is

up to 15lbs, 2oz..he's gained a whole pound each week since he got out of the

hospital...he's also sitting on his own, -almost- able to get to sitting from

lying down by himself, stood yesterday holding onto a bolster for about a

minute, and will go from sitting on your leg with his feet on the floor to

pushing

up to stand up. He is also pushing up on all fours ready to crawl. He just

has to get his head up off the ground, he's still using to to balance! All

this from a kid who three weeks ago was not doing anything but rolling from one

side to the other. Go Xavier!

Jen

Xavier 15months, 15lbs!, 27in RSS, G-tube, Fundoplacation, 27 cal Formula,

Myrilax, ST, OT, PT, FT

Emerald, 5, Non RSS

Wyatt, 4, Non RSS

[Guest guest]

Jen-

> Am I correct in assuming that most (if not

> all) of our children are delayed developmentally

> ..and that they seem to show much improvement

> once the feeding issue is addressed, as far as

> increased cal. et.?

Based on what my parents told me, although I was cognitively

advanced, I had physical developmental delays throughout childhood.

Couldn't hold my head up for a long time, took a long time to crawl,

didn't walk alone until 25 months, even my first tooth didn't come

out until I was 8. I was born in the mid-1960's and received no

early intervention (except for ST in 1st and 2nd grade and they

weren't even RRS types of speech problems)...so my appetite sucked

until around the time of pre-puberty (age 11ish)...so for me, my

developmental milestones DID all happen, but just later

than " normal " ...even without enough calories for the first 10 years

of my life.

-Sharon-