Re: Another Tanner update (normal?! Who asked for normal?!)

[Guest guest]

Just wanted to add that my soon to be 16 YO many times diagnosed as ADHD but

never medicated and brilliant son Dakota ironically is listening better since

he's been on nutriiveda. Not as good as Tanner did prior -but as you can read

in the archives- notably better.

I was on the phone with two of my boy's friend's parents -both of whom are

doctors telling them about this new Tanner stage and both told me what I already

knew...this is a perfectly normal stage.

woohoo (lower case, said as a whisper)

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[Guest guest]

, I just had to smile.  I took Josh to a new psychiatrist about the

non-epileptic seizures and we talked about him not listening to me, not helping

out like he used to, etc. (like Tanner not listening to you now).  Shrink

said, yep, it's normal tween behavior, and testing us parents (just like they

did when they were younger at some point).  whoo hoo (lower case...).  BTW, I

showed her the NV information and she was very interested in it, even made a

copy for herself.  She said it looked like excellent " brain stimulating "

ingredients and she wants to make sure I keep her updated on things that

have/may happen.

 

Sherry and Josh

From: kiddietalk <kiddietalk@...>

Subject: [ ] Another Tanner update (normal?! Who asked for

normal?!)

Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 11:13 AM

 

As many of you know my son Tanner who just turned 14 years old has had life

changing surges on nutriiveda in so many areas that I can't even begin to list

them all. But from the way he looks, speaks, acts, learns..and in areas such as

multi tasking and abstract humor that he never either grasped or was able to do

prior -which is why I started this page here to document.

http://pursuitofresearch.org/pursuit.html It's kind of like why I started this

page here http://pursuitofresearch.org/science.html to keep track of my theories

why this is working while most of the world doesn't have a clue about what I

consider to be (not kiddding) some sort of cure. I don't know how- but the more

time that goes on -the more I see -yes -a cure. That's my opinion and I don't

care if some don't believe me yet. Those that doubt it are those that don't try

it and basically I have found interestingly enough that the majority of parents

that have used nutriiveda up to this

point tends to be a more highly educated and in many cases from a medical or

educational background of some sort. I have never spoken to so many research

scientists before in my life!!! (funny yesterday I was speaking with a parent

and telling her this and then later in the conversation found out that she too

works in a hospital lab....she was a research scientist too!!)

Anyway I have a new update to share that like the jumping over the bush that

Tanner did that I didn't even want him to do -but he now has the motor skills

for it-I want to include and share. I guess we can file this " surge " under

taking the good with the bad!!

Tanner was typically my good son who listened more to what I told him. In school

as well if the teacher said " everyone needs to clean up " while most didn't

listen and ran off -Tanner would stay and help the teacher. Dakota is my more

typical teen who you have to repeat yourself before he listens- which as many of

you know with typical teens is annoying!

Well Tanner as I pointed out before is now much more social with children that

typically only were friends with Dakota. When they would come over to my house

Dakota and these friends would hang out together and Tanner had other friends he

would be with -but they wouldn't be together. Now Tanner is not only hanging out

with his brother and friends -but like last night one of them invited Tanner to

sleep over his house because Dakota is over another friend's house.

Just wanted to share that social observation because while it may not seem like

a surge -I can tell you I know that is as well as anything else on the list. But

here's the annoying part. I had to make Tanner's upper bunk bed for one of their

friend's that used to be just Dakota's friend that was sleeping over. Typically

this particular child would sleep in Dakota's room -so I don't have to get the

sheets and pillows and blankets for Tanner's room. And the upper bunk with

picking up the mattress etc. isn't the easiest bed to make. OK so I come down

the ladder and notice a stick of deodorant on Tanner's bed. Tanner is walking

toward his bathroom and I hand him, or try to hand him, the deodorant which is

on his bed -so clearly that he used...and said " Tanner can you take this back to

your bathroom? " And he ignored me!!!!! I had to ask him a few times and you

don't understand -typically Tanner would have just grabbed it from my hand and

taken it to the

bathroom. Typically Tanner and I could bond over how Dakota never listens.

Typically Tanner would say to me " Dakota never listens " And now here was Tanner

turning into a typical teen. Well when I talked to Tanner about it he just said

he didn't think it was a big deal and I " could have just dropped it on the

floor " OMG that is SOOOOO not Tanner!!!

Anyway just wanted to share that I guess when we want our kids to be normal -we

do have to take that for all it is. So while I do miss my child who used to

listen and seemed take things more literally before -I guess if I want a free

thinker who is more " normal " I have to learn how to accept that aspect of Tanner

is gone -and treat him just like I do my other son now. There is no doubt in my

mind that there is neuro repair going on with Tanner -and in fact I'd be shocked

if in another year or so there is no way anyone would ever know he ever had

anything " wrong " with him...in fact right now -you'd have to look pretty darn

close and I'd even have trouble finding those areas. In fact -I'd say in a few

areas now including academics and growth (the child just turned 14 and is just

under SIX FEET TALL and 147 pounds!!!) he is well above normal.

So yes it was me that asked for normal but I'm glad that's what I wanted even if

it is annoying at times!!!

Now how do I put that up here? http://pursuitofresearch.org/pursuit.html " More

age appropriate behaviors " " Abstract listening " ???? ha!

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