Newbie intro and questions

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Hello, All,

I'm here to get info, and although I see that there is much info in your links

section, I'm going to ask my " give me a shortcut to knowledge " question anyway:

My 28-month old son has speech issues, and, I think, sensory issues. The most

troubling behavior, other than general high activity levels, is that he bangs

his head when upset, or sometimes just for " fun. " He used to smell things a lot,

but that has calmed down lately. We tested into Early Intervention at 22 months,

and since then he has made great progress, but he is still most definitely

behind the curve. He uses mostly one-word commands and requests, but he has

started doing some two-word phrases and the very, very rare three-word

utterance. He doesn't really use " sentences " yet. I was very concerned about

autism, but he has made gains in eye-contact, engagement, etc. in the last

couple of months, so it is becoming less of a concern. It's still possible. We

see a developmental pediatrician at the end of next month, after waiting 6

months to get in.

I stared the DHA/EPA supplements about two weeks ago. In a nutshell, it seems to

help. Now what I need to do is refine what I'm giving him, because I have tried

various things and, for instance, the cod liver oil-based DHA didn't seem to

help. I know it's different for every child, but can those of you with

experience help me formulate a plan?

I started with one Cormega combined with two childrens DHA (Nordic Naturals). I

have since realized that the pills have very low doses of oil in them. That

seemed to work well, but he HATES the taste.

I bought the cod-liver-oild stuff, also from Nordic, and after two nights I

could tell it wasn't working as well, then I read in the book that it might also

be too much A and D, so I decided to take that one myself.

I bought Omega 3-6-9 from Nordic, and it seems to have a dosing similar to the

ProEFA the book mentions. I gave him 3 softgels. It is hit or miss as to how

much he actually takes. He likes this preparation best and spits out less of it

than the others. It seems to work some, but I was curious about trying the

Coromega again.

I have been doing Cormega for the past couple of nights, combined with one of

the 3-6-9 capsules last night and none tonight. It seems like the Coromega

increases his desire to talk more -- although I can't udnerstand most of it. But

he HATES the taste and spits a lot out, too.

I don't understand why the Coromega would work better if the 3-6-9 is the only

one that also contains GLA. But the Coromega claims to absorb better and has a

higher dose than anything else I've given.

I am wondering if I should try the ProEFA -- buy something else to try -- or

just sit tight with the Coromega for a couple of weeks and see what happens.

Overall, fish oil is improving behavior, too. He doesn't try to climb out of the

shopping cart as much, and he is banging his head less overall, although that,

to be fair, comes and goes in any case.

He is having some loose stools, but he has some issues in that arena to begin

with. I probably need to cut out dairy, but he LOVES milk so much. We did

extended breastfeeding and only weaned a few months ago.

Sorry to throw all this out. I just figure you guys are the ones to ask.

Thanks!!!!