Question take 2

July 25, 2001

I posted this before and didn't get a reply, but since my yahoogroup email

has been wonky for the past week, I thought I'd repost in hopes that someone

just didn't get it the first time.

A week ago last saturday, Josh ran out of Strawberry Quik and started

drinking plain rice milk (major hurdle for us here. He had refused it up

until then.) We have not put anything in his milk since then (except TMG).

Then, Josh ran out of epsom salt last Tuesday or Wednesday and we bought some

more last Sunday night and resumed baths Sunday night.

Friday, I realized that his behaviour over the week prior had been much

improved. He was loving and kissing on me, he hadn't been destructive in

several days, he was smiling and happier, ect.

Monday, Josh was ALL OVER THE PLACE. Very disorganized. He wrote on my

furniture in blue crayon, he destroyed the playroom in one of his dump

sessions..

Yesterday, Tuesday, he wrote on walls with blue chalk (I hid the crayons, but

forgot the sidewalk chalk. LOL), he was defiant and mad all day..

Has anyone else had this result from epsom salt baths? I thought it was

because we had removed the Nestle's Strawberry Quik from his diet (excess

sugar, red dye, ect) but I'm beginning to think that it's from the lack of

salt baths. I don't want to d/c them if this isn't the problem. The baths are

the only things so far that have helped him have normalish, formed BM's.

This week without the salts his BM's have been mushy and foul and awful

(sorry), but I'm today, after bath #2, beginning to see that turn around.

Also, they help him to sleep. He still wakes during the night, but he does

GO to sleep much easier..

I'm just confused as to which way to go with this.

Married to Dan

Mom to:

Dana (3/4/98)

36 week preemie, now a spirited 3 y/o

~~~~~and~~~~~~

(3/26/99)

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

mild-moderate autism/hearing impaired

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