Guest guest Posted July 1, 2010 Report Share Posted July 1, 2010 Just joined the group and desperately need some help. We have had our 6 year old grandson since he was 3 months old. By the age of 5 weeks he had 18 fractures and had been gagged by his father (who is in prison). We got him from the courts at 3 months of age. At 3 years of age he was diagnosed with autism determined by his fixation on objects, spinning everything, not making eye contact and not wanting to be close to anyone. He was a loner but never shut up. He began talking at 18 months and repeated 7 and 8 minute movie skits by the age of 3, word for word. At the end of his pre K year, he was not potty trained and could not tell you any of his needs. His ONLY conversaton was sentences out of his movies which he had memorized. He played with the train and all those engines just like he was in the movie. He pushed them around the tracks using the exact scenes in the movies. In May 2009, we put him on digestive enzymes and within 60 days he was potty trained and could carry on a limited conversation with us. We thought we had it made. He only eats food that does not have to be chewed: (breads, ravioli, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, etc.). If he has to chew it, he gags on it and throws everything up. He is not on any medication other that severe allery meds (allegra, singular, nasocort and breathing treatments). He takes digestive enzymes, Young Living Mightyvites, and Mineral Essence for extra minerals. However, we are now facing things we are not sure how to handle. For the past 3 months, he has been eating things from his body. He has never put anything in his mouth that he was not forced to eat. We have never worried about balls, coins, marbles, small objects because he would not put anything in his mouth and still will not. He will not even put a piece of candy in his mouth. But for some reason he is facinated with his nose, earwax, feces, etc. What do we do? He has become such a loving child over the past year, we just do not know where to go with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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