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Hi! I am Bekah, mom to two wonderful boys, Micah (5) and River (16

months)and we have been having some " autistic-like problems " with our

5yo. He was exclusively breastfed and received all immunizations at

the scheduled time except the MMR, which I had read a piece about the

link between that and autism and decided to delay that until he was

2...about a month after his shot and gradually as he self weaned from

nursing we started seeing some subtle issues. Hand twisting and

flapping when excited, facial grimaces and tense, jerky arm

movements. He would also play in vary strange ways...just kind of

yell and throw toys together in a pile and sift through it

frantically followed by the tense arm movements. About this time he

stopped eating a varied diet, and his temperamental shyness became

more pronounced.

We kind of just thought that all these things were " toddler-hood " and

our pede told us not to worry that toddlers are picky eaters etc.

Again the issues were very subtle and not constant...but as the years

went by, 3yo, 4yo, 5yo...we just started getting more concerned as he

just got more " stimmy " and socially awkward. There was some repetive

behaviours....repeating an ad or scene from a show over and over and

some real troubles being potty trained. He still has a bowel movement

in a Pullup and he became very " fight or flight " around food.

We have been seeing an OT and speech pathologist the past several

months and he is still in the process of being diagnosed and tested.

SPD and possibly PDD or Aspergers(?)No problems cognitively..he is

at " grade " level in all academic subjects but due to low muscle tone

has some difficulty with pencil grasp and other fine motor

skills...also some gross motor delays. We homeschool and the OT and

speech (for pragmatics and oral sensitivity) are really helping. I

have been reading about vitamins and diet etc and wanted to learn

more ways to help my son.

He takes a childrens multi and flax oil supp and Kids Kyo-dophilus

probiotic supp. We use Aloe Vera to help with the problems " pooping "

that he has due to retaining from low tone. We are researching Gluten

free diets and possibly a digestive enzyme. We do the Epsom salt

baths as well.

Looking forward to learning more.

Sorry so long...glad to find this group.

Bekah