Re: I'm the mom of the 12 month old in question

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Trina, where do you live? I am in New York and I went thriugh " Early

Intervention " , but I can't remember how I contacted them. I know I found

the original literature in a flyer on the counter of my library. Early

internvention sent a team here from " Metro Therapy " and they did

evaluations on him and BINGO he immediately styarted services in the

home, it wasn't a long process cause he started in the home at 15 monthe

of age, so it was started before that.

As far as gold fish crackers here are 2 recipes and you could get the

" mini animal cutters " (Miss Robens carries them) and cut them out into

shapes of fish, the set also includes duck, cat, rabbit, baby chick,

horse, lamb, bull, coyote and fox) I personally never made either recipe

so I couldn't tell you how they come out.

(LJs mom) on Long Island New York

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GFCF GRAHAM CRACKERS

3/4 CUP GFCF MARGARINE ( I used spectrum shortening)

1/4 CUP HONEY

1 CUP BROWN SUGAR

1 TSP VANILLA

1 1/2 CUPS BROWN RICE FLOUR

1 1/2 CUPS GF FLOUR MIX

1 TSP XANTHUM OR GUAR GUM

1 TSP SALT

1 TSP CINNAMON

1 TBSP BAKING POWDER

1/2 TO 3/4 CUP WATER

OVEN TO 325 DEGREES

MIX MARGARINE, HONEY, SUGAR AND VANILLA. MIX DRY INGREDIENTS IN ANOTHER

BOWL. STIR INTO CREAMED MIXTURE ALTERNATING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF WATER .

THE DOUGH SHOULD FORM A SOFT BALL. REFRIGERATE FOR ATLEAST 1 HOUR .

ROLL

DOUGH OUT ON PARCHMENT PAPER OR PLASTIC CUTTING BOARD--WHATEVER YOU HAVE.

ROLL UNTIL ABOUT 1/2 INCH THICK. TRANSFER TO GREASED COOKIE SHEET. CUT

INTO

SQUARES. PRICK EACH SQUARE WITH A FORK. YOU CAN SPRINKLE WITH CINNAMON

AND

SUGAR IF YOU WANT. ( I USE COOKIE CUTTERS CUZ ITS FUN)

BAKE 20-30 MINUTES . DETERMINE THE TIME BASED ON WHETHER YOU WANT THEM

SOFT OR CRUNCHY.

" Teddy Grahams "

3/4 cup GFCF stick (Fleischmann's unsalted) margarine

1/4 cup honey

1 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon GFCF vanilla

1 1/2 cups Fearn's Brown Rice baking mix

1 1/2 cups GF flour mix (Bette Hagman's mix is the one I use)

1 teaspoon xanthan gum

1 teaspoon salt

2 teaspoon cinnamon

2 teaspoons baking powder (gf)

1/2 to 3/4 cup water

Heat oven to 325 degrees

Mix margarine, honey, sugar, and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients in another

bowl. Stir this into the creamed mixture and alternate with water a

little at a time just so the dough will form a soft ball. Refrigerate

for at least 1 hour (I usually make the dough the night before I bake.

Roll

out half the dough on a brown-rice floured surface and roll to about 1/2

inch thick....then transfer

to a lightly greased baking sheet. Continue to roll until 1/4-1/8 inch

thick.

Cut out small teddy bear shapes with your cookie cutter. Remove excess

and

reform into a dough ball. Repeat. Bake for 20-30 minutes, watching them

carefully as the length of time they need will depend on the oven. Place

on

cooling rack and brush with honey and sprinkle with cinammon. Package in

small sandwich bags for easy take along snacks. They will last about two

weeks, but they shouldn't be around that long!

On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 23:51:25 -0500 " Montgomery "

writes:

.. I

> have to find a good substitute for gold fish crackers and cheerios,

> the staple of most one year olds.

>

.. I am on a mission to now try to find

> someone locally to evaluate him, but am afraid that no one will

> agree to because of his age. Where out of state can I go?? Has

> anyone taken their really young ones to s Hopkins or somewhere

> like that?? Can anyone point me in the right direction here????

>

> Trina

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Trina

Were do you live and how old is your little guy?

Hugs, Terry.B ( Beeda111@... ) mom to 5yo Nik PDD-NOS dx @ 2yo , and

3Mon old Alyssa so far NT

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I would definitely call ECI(Early Childhood Intervention).The

national #1-. Ask for the ECI in your area.

Good luck, keep us posted.

Janelle

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Trina,

I live with in the range in upstate NY of one of the BIGGEST and

far reaching hospitals in upstate NY- it streatches towards Albany

and again towardsNYC and stratches towards all the other bigger NY

state cities- , now that my son is 10, been on the diet a year and a

half and sanity has returned to my home, I called the head of

peadiatrics because no-one responded to my concerns when my son was

little- now I know at bare minimum he had all the symptoms of celiac!

She told me that there was no cure for autism, and things like this

diet were just cruel because they gave parents like myself false

hope! I argued the point repeatedly sighting my sons remarkable

improvement- she said still there is no correlation- it just happens

sometimes at that age that you see improvement! Ignorance is

impossilbe to argue with so I stopped- the fact is were I to go off

this diet tomorrow my son would absolutely either be instituionalized

or in juvinille detention rather than preparing to enter into less

restrictive public classroom!!!! Her level of ignorance made me

realize that that train of thought also implies to the pattened

response I received from the doctors, teachers and school officals as

I struggled to get my little handful of joy diagnosised. He is on

the opposite end of the spectrum-kind of an einstein but with the

emotions of a two year old from age four until the diet(age 8)- then

his physical grow and developmental growth in the delayed area began

sprouting! I was told by assorted community officals for this and

that -it does no good to label a child, don't push this, it serves no

purpose, it's your imagination, maybe your angry at your son because

of the separation from his father!!!!!!!!!!, maybe you project these

behaviors on him, are you depressed???, and as the behaviors

strectched into kindergarten and first grade- he can do this-

(writting/reading) he just doesn't want to, issues with attention and

finally when the only way to communicate to teachers tha t he

couldn't do it was transform in to a tazmanian devil, that 's what he

did- it began taking three men to restrain him - but still the school

insisted it was an avoidance technique - an emotional disturbance

blah blah bhlah- no one around here would support a parent seeking a

diagnosis!

The most important thing is that you know- there is so much hope for

you because he is so young- you haven't lost those precious

developmental years, it seems to me the peptides inhibit development-

cognitive as well as phsycal -nerolgical -muscles ect, if you remove

them now while you have those formative years in hand -the chances of

sucess and raising a child with no issues!! is very high for you.

What any of us with older children wouldn't give for an opportunity

to have tried the diet when our babies were babies! Ok thats my

scpeel on that topic,- except the only other things that in

retrospect would have helped is learning the behavior modificatin

techniques used with autistic children back then- I think if I had it

would have avoided the frequent restraints in school, also - in NYS

there is Early Intervention which helps bring therapy in your home-

something I didn't know about then, speech, occupational and physical

therapy especially to help develop muscle coordination and strength

and also special education teachers- theyre don't psuh for diagnosis

either, just assess the 'delays' and meet the needs fo the delays.

one other thing-

For the cheerio /goldfish subustitute question-this is like the third

time I have shared this this week but its worth it - I began using

isnack cyber soy chips- original, garlic and for the cheerio

substitue the apple cinanmon flavor- the ingedients read as if they

are glueten, casien and corn free!!!Still waiting for conformation

from the company but my sons behavior says it all! I am sure they

are safe. I bought them at Walmart but it is cheaper to order them on

line at isnack.com. for 12/13.95 Best of all one 2 ox bag has 14

grams of protien!!! Good luck -Jays's mom

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>>>Now, I am really freaked out. I am on a mission to now try to find someone

locally to evaluate him, but am afraid that no one will agree to because of his

age. Where out of state can I go?? Has anyone taken their really young ones to

s Hopkins or somewhere like that?? Can anyone point me in the right

direction here????<<<

You should be concerned. I just received my son's original Ped's file on my

son, and it makes me sick to read it. I questioned his development at 15

months, 18 months, and 24 months. Over and over again the Ped wrote " watch

child's development " . She thought I was neurotic, and stupid. I finally got

disgusted and started going to doctors looking for answers. Well, I didn't

confirm my suspicions until he was 3.4 years of age!!! All that time, wasted.

Thankfully, his autism was on the mild side, and we quickly got him back on

track. His language is great, but his behavior is a roller coaster ride.

Any reputable Pediatric Development Specialist should be able to help. Where do

you live? I would definately seek help. Like I said before, it's better to

play it safe, than be sorry later. When you described the tupperware and bubble

episode, it reminded me of my son at the same age. The only difference, he

would have screamed bloody murder, without indicating what he really wanted.

Good luck and (((((((HUGS)))))))).......

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Trina,

You have to call your local State Board of Health for an evaluation,

and they will do this as young as 12 months, earlier. (my daughter had an

eval because of a leg malformation) Once you call Board of Health & have an

evaluation done, they will appoint a social worker, or case worker, you will

sit down with this person, the evaluators, and they will discuss your

options as per Early Intervention. If you live on Long Island, (Nassau)ask

for Harriet Bassen, she is wonderful.-Shari

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Generally, a parent's impression is very trustworthy, but I also

caution because I do not subscribe to the developmental milestone

theory. For example, my oldest son did not say his first word until

age 2-1/2, and all the milestones say by 24 months. My oldest is now

age 7 and very gifted. I think too many parents are made to feel

panicked over small things that all children do, it is just the degree

which is of concern. I do not see what you describe is a cause for

being OVERLY concerned [you used the phrase " freaked out " ], but if it

does cause you concern, then yes you should act on it.

If you believe your child is showing signs, then you should have him

evaluated if you believe that is the best thing to do. Here is the

diagnostic criteria section of my site, you should look at the two

links I have for the CHAT [checklist for autism in toddlers]. You

will notice they are for 18 months, which is generally the age when

most doctors do show concern. But these are the tests that doctors

and other evaluators will be using with your child, so you can do them

yourself and see if your child might qualify.

http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/parentin.htm#diagnostic

Call your local regional center, or one of the other organizations

mentioned by the other people here.

Do not vaccinate your child again, or at least until you feel

comfortable with it. Here is more information about that.

http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/parentin.htm#vaccines

Going gfcf is a good start also. You may find your child does not

qualify as autistic or anything else when you have him evaluated,

because you started diet early.

Here is my section for early intervention and therapies.

http://home.pacbell.net/cscomp/parentin.htm#therapies

I guess the bottom line is, if you start gfcf, do not vaccinate

further, consider metals testing, and play with him just like you

would normally play with a 12mo baby, that is basically all anyone

will do for your child anyway. So you are doing all the right things

if you are concerned, so perhaps the " formal " evaluation will not do

much of anything for you anyway. All the " therapies " for a baby that

young will revolve around naming objects, teaching how to play, etc,

and you can do that for him yourself anyway.

Well that is my two cents. I hope it might help you.

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Here it is. They turn out very much like " NIPS " . I think that's what those

crackers use to be called. It's been so long since we ate stuff like that, I

can't remember. I only remember spending tons of money on the product (son was

hugely addicted).

CHEESE CRACKERS

1 cup white rice flour

½ cup potato starch flour

1 tsp xanthan gum

½ tsp salt

1 tsp baking powder

1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp onion powder

½ cup cf margarine

2 cups gf/cf soy cheddar or american cheese (I use Tofutti)

Combine the first 8 ingredients. Add margarine, and process until crumbly. Add

in the cheese, a little at a time. Beat until thoroghly combined and dough forms

a smooth ball. Divide dough into two balls and chill for 20 minutes. On a

lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8 " thickness. Use a small 1 " round

cordial glass or any desired small cookie cutter, and make cutouts. Place

crakcers on a ungreased baking sheet, spacing each ½ " . Bake at 400 degrees for

12 minutes. Remove crackers to a baking rack to cool. When cooled, place

crakcers in an airtight container. Crackers will keep about 1 week. Crackers can

also be frozen.

Yields: about 120 small crackers

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