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I have an odd question and I'm wondering if anyone else here

experiences this with their child?

I have twins, will be 3 in March. They are currently in speech and

occupational therapies. We have not done any supplements, but we

have pinpointed some foods that we think they are

intolerant/sensitive to and have cut those out with great results.

Sugar, MSG, food additives, some dairy.

One twin is PDD-NOS with probable ADHD. For the most part, he

is " with us " everyday - interacting, imaginary play, highly talkative

but not yet verbal...some words we can understand here & there.

Our other twin has mild to moderate autism. When they were both

evaluated by the psych, he said it was VERY difficult as to where to

place them on the spectrum because he could tell they COULD do some

of his tests if they wanted to...especially this guy. The psych had

reports from speech & OT stating things he will/would do with them

but he refused with the psych. Hence, the mild to moderate.

For us as parents, since we spend every day with him, it is even hard

for us to figure this guy out. Some days he is in a " zone " and not

quite here with us. Gets into anything and everything he knows he

isn't supposed to get into (including danger items), bangs his head

on the couch (he's learned the floor and walls hurt!), spitting out

juice or water everywhere, trying to bite his brothers, banging into

things like he can't see them, etc. Typical things that look like

stimming.

On other days, like yesterday, he's a happy go lucky kid. He will

listen to verbal commands, use his sign language, seems to want to

talk, doesn't bang his head, doesn't get into everything, doesn't

spit!, none of his " usual " stimming, and is generally fun to be

around.

Yesterday he dropped something on my foot and when I said, " OW! That

hurt! " he actually got down and kissed my foot. Any other time, he

wouldn't have cared if he hurt someone. Yesterday he also brought

something to me to share, rather than to fix or get help

for....something the psych said kids with autism won't do.

My DH suggested today about getting a brain CT scan of him thinking

that there could be a tumor or something pressing on his brain

causing the things we think are " stims " when it could be something

else.

So what do you think the deal is? Do your children change from day

to day so drastically?

Thanks for any information.

Le