My two boys are having trouble!!! Please help!

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Well Hi everyone , my name is Meaghan and i have three beautiful little boys ,

Connor who is 4 , who is 2 1/2 , and Liam who is 1! Yeah i know what your

thinking... and yes having three boys that young is exhausting! But they are

always keeping me laughing and happy with how silly they are everyday! So my two

oldest sons Connor( 4 yrs.) and (2 1/2 yrs. ) are having some problems ,

has autism and at age two was almost completely none verbal , but because

he was having issues with severe constipation i took him off of dairy, to my

surprise in a matter of 1 week he went from having maybe 10 words to well over

70 , and 3 months later i cant even keep tack of how many words he is saying!

Still has alot of work to do with his speech but im so happy with how much he is

progressing! While his speech has gotten a lot better , his sensory issues

having spiraled out of control! HIs meltdowns have become very hard to deal with

, as it more so just makes me sad because he gets so upset! His diet is horrible

i can not get him to eat ANYTHING! So im struggling with how to manage and help

him with all his issues!

Now my 4 year old son Connor , is having a lot of the same issues , his sensory

issues are starting to really bother him, he recently had to be removed from the

4k program at his school because he wasnt adjusting well! He also has a very

poor diet and will gag when i try and get him to eat certain foods! So i dont

know what i should be doing about that? Connor does fine is one on one

interaction with other children and adults , but when more then 2 people around

him start , talking, laughing, running, singing, dancing he becomes very upset

and will yell at everyone to stop! I happened to be driving by his school when

he was out for recess and at no point in the 30 minute recess did i see Connor

playing with or even near another child, at one point he did go on a piece of

equipment that other kids were on , but as soon as connor came on every single

other child that was on the equipment got off and ran away from Connor! He has

become very insecure and he wants to have friends and play with friends , but

when it comes down to actually interacting he gets very confused and upset, and

i just need help in what i can do to help him through this! He has not been

diagnosed with anything yet , i have made a doctors appointment for him next

week to get a referral for him to be evaluated. My other son will be

getting evaluated by a clinical a few hours away from us in 2 weeks!

So its been alot to handle having 2 children that are struggling , and i just

dont want to fail them , and i hate seeing my four year be soooo insecure ,

before he started school he loved doing learning activities with him and

coloring , and just learning any way he could! He is very smart for his age, he

can add and subtract and loooooooves science , talks about the solar system all

the time , and to be honest knows things i dont even know , which doesnt make me

look to good , but i was always so excited about his love for learning!! So i

dont know if i really have a specific question for anyone to answer , more so as

i just would love to hear anyone's thoughts or suggestions on things to help my

sons! I am sure i forgot to mention a few more details about things that my sons

do , but this is just i guess the gist of it!

Thanks for taking the time to read my story , i appreciate it!

Happy Holidays

Meaghan Larson