Our update and ??'s...

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Just thought I'd send you all an update to 's progress.. We've

been GF since 4-2-01 and CF since 4-23-01 (1 month today!).

We seem to have levelled off in some areas. Josh's speech hasn't

improved since he learned 'more' (verbal and sign) and 'momma'. He's

babbling a little more, but no new words, and I haven't heard him say 'dada'

or 'ba' (with intent to mean 'ball' or 'bottle', not just babbling) in a long

time. He is signing and saying 'more' A LOT, especially in terms of food or

drink! LOL!

We have made some improvements in terms of social things.. Sometimes if

I crouch down and hold my arms open wide, he'll run to me and hug me..

Sometimes when I'm holding him he'll take my face in his hands and kiss me on

the lips. He is making a little more eye contact with me, a second or two

instead of the split second thing he used to do. When I yell for him, a

little over half the time he'll actually COME to me. He's beginning to

understand the idea of mischief and right and wrong. He doesn't CARE that

what he's doing is wrong, when I put him in time out or yell at him it

doesn't phase him in the slightest.. Definitely doesn't stop him from doing

it the next time.. But when I catch him doing it, he covers his eyes and runs

away, so you know that he knows that he wasn't supposed to be doing what he

was doing.. KWIM? He's starting to fight with his sister, which is an

interaction, no matter how unpleasant to me it might be. Visual stimming is

holding pretty constant, but headbanging has decreased to almost nothing. I

haven't seen him flap his hands in a couple weeks, so that's good too.

Also, I posted this yesterday but didn't get any replies, so I'll post

again here.. Before, Josh gravitated towards the foods that gave him his

fix.. brown, dry, and crunchy was his mantra.... After, he was eating

everything in sight that I gave him.. Now, he's still eating in mass

quantity, but he's limiting again.. He's refusing the GFCF chicken nuggets

that he loved at the start, eating Hebrew National hot dogs instead.  He's

refusing cereals and only wanting scrambled eggs..He's in LOVE with potatoes

no matter what form they're in.  Is this just normal preferences coming out

as he's discovering new foods or is he getting some kind of fix out of these

foods and thus starting to limit to those?  I'm glad to see him eating so

much, and glad to see him putting on a little weight for once, but dont' want

him substituting one fix for another. I guess I " m just a little paranoid when

I see him enjoying something too much.. LOL..

Anyway, we're sticking with the diet, and praying that we'll see more

improvements. Any hints, thoughts, or words of advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

Married to Dan

Mom to:

Dana (3/4/98)

36 week preemie, now a spirited 3 y/o

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(3/26/99)

33 week preemie, now a 2 y.o. growing boy!

Hearing impaired/mild autism

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