Re: questions: allergies, moving stress, red ears

April 14, 2010

I guess a thought to me is........if you didn't custom build or stay on top of

things, the dust can be terrible in a new house. Run the fan on the furnace to

keep the air circulating and keep changing out the filters. We bought a spec

home, it was a nightmare! Custom built, cleaned a ton, no issues. Vacuum a

ton, baths, shower when coming in from outside. Do you have an air cleaner?

Honestly, we didn't see any issues moving into 2 new homes in 6 years plus a

rental, but if chemically sensitive, off gassing might be his nightmare.

Hopefully not. Check the air ducts, make sure clean. Even take a duster to the

walls. Our building wiped all the walls down. The dust alone from trim work.

Tammy

[ ] questions: allergies, moving stress, red ears

We moved a week and a half ago, and it didn't exactly go as planned and my son

had a difficult time. He seems to have settled in a bit more, no longer crying

for " familiar " as he put it, or crying because " strange! confused! " . Anyway, if

any one has any tips, I'd sure appreciate them. We do cyber school at home, and

I'm having trouble keeping him focused and caught up, and I can't get the house

unpacked properly to make it feel more like " home " . It won't feel like the old

home - it's completely different, and we replace a lot of things with better

quality stuff - he wants " his " bed back, but we invested in an organic chemical

free mattress and boxspring. We addressed the bulk of the stress/anxiety with

therapies, social stories, Bach flower and homeopathy and a lot of positive

reinforcement and hugs. He does LOVE the new place, trying to learn to ride a

bike and even trying to make friends, so I'm hoping it all works out right in

the end.

Now, to top it all off, it's bad allergy season where we live and he's

particularly allergic to tree pollens. With the messed up move, we missed our

NAET that he needs for this time of year as a " tune up " . We are scheduled for

next week - but what a long week ahead. His face is swollen, his eyes are

inflammed and itching, congestion, sneezying, wheezing, coughing, cranky, not

sleeping, and miserable. Trying some homeopathy in the meantime which is barely

controlling things. He has severe reactions to all Rx allergy meds we've ever

tried. I did try Benadryl last night and got a really bad reaction from him -

hyper, giggly, and terribly aggressive and violent. If anyone has any

suggestions, I'm all ears.

Speaking of ears.....we've used epsom salt baths for about 3 years now and saw

great things. Now lately, his ears turn red IN the bath. I used to put him in

the epsom salt bath to GET RID of the red ears. What does this mean? Should we

stop the baths? We've been doing biomed for 3 years, and chelation for a year

(the past few weeks we had to stop as we had living arrangement issues with

selling/building). He has improved by leaps and bounds overall - his ATEC was

last at a 31 and his behvavioral therapists were pleased because he met all his

goals. Now the past week it has all fallen apart. I'm hoping NAET for the

allergies gets him back on track like it usually does.

Thanks for the usual great advice!

April 14, 2010

We did custom build, but there IS a ton of dust, because we were first on our

cul-de-sac and we have construction going on all around us - literally as I sit

here I'm watching a crane thingy lift roof trusses for the house across the way.

Of course, that's not helping my son's focus either - it is little boy heaven!

There is an excavator in my backyard grading at this minute and he's out on the

deck just in awe. So the dust is an issue, I'm trying to vacuum every evening,

and he bathes before bed every night. We are running air cleaners throughout the

house. We're amping up some supplements and he seems more regulated today.

Giving him a lot of heavy work to tire him out.

Thanks,

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> We moved a week and a half ago, and it didn't exactly go as planned and my son