gfcf, harnesses, treatment links

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I used a bought harness when my undx'd aspie was little for both he and his

sister, who were 14 mos. apart.

We also have a rule that we don't go into stores with out shopping carts!

He's 5, but slim enough to still fit in one. One of the programs he's in

now with his ABA is called " Boundaries " and the therapists walk around in

our yard (it's big) and practice " Stop! " with him and give him the ever

present skittles (or gfcf chips i find at Wal-Mart) for listening. It's

helping, too. I did a similar thing with him as he likes to play games, so

I taught him " Freeze! " so he'd have to stop when i'd say. It helped also,

but i never got his " compliance " to 100% with it, mostly because we

discontinued it after winter set in and we became housebound ( " frozen

tundra " territory, *grin*). I didn't know the harnesses at Wal-Mart could

fit a child beyond little toddler sizes. Something i might look into, as

well.

>

> actually with the harness, they sell them at walmart. I bought a couple

that

> go over the childs head and it has a round clip in back and a strap that

> connects, like a leash. I have to defend this product, because it is a God

> send to me. My 6 yr old runs away, and he is very hard to catch.

Everywhere

> we go, he has this problem. So we put this on him and I hold onto the

strap,

> (sounds so much better than leash) and he has the freedom to walk on his

own

> and I have the comfort of knowing he can't get away and he's safe. So it

is a

> must for us. It " s either that or not take him anywhere, and that wouldn't

be

> fair. Sometimes people stare, but oh well. I took him to our dr wearing

this,

> and he liked the product, and told me not to worry about what other people

> think So now, I basically don't. Sharon

>

>

> just curious, I use cod liver oil and vitamins, but never the essiac tea.

> What is the tea for? thanks in advance, Sharon

Essiac tea is supposed to help detox their poor little bodies of all the

stuff they seem to be unable to get rid of on their own (heavy metals,

artificial colors, etc)

I've gotten very irregular over the summer in his supplements, and i'd just

started it the end of May, so i'll have to fill u in on the full results

probably sometime after the kids are back in school *grin*. a website with

some info about it is www.essiactea.com , but i get mine in capsule form

from www.naturessunshine.com and sprinkle it on his chicken breasts,

hamburgers, and All Natural Sausages the last 2-3 minutes of cooking,

which are gfcf free and he's still crazy about them. The E-Tea capsules are

so mild in flavor he doesn't taste them, which is saying a lot for him! I

also sprinkle it on his rice spaghetti, or put it in his sauce (i use

Newman's Bombolina or Prego's Meat Sauce: Italian Sausage because according

to the label they're gfcf). But i haven't been remembering all the time

this summer.

>

> Well things are calmer here, was not " accepted " into any

hospital's programs, one thing or another wasn't a match and honestly I am

glad.....! I cannot imagine leaving my baby (not yet 7) for two weeks in a

pshych hospital! He is still very moody and gets angry more often than not

and flies off the handle. We have found a combination of targetted

management in home services and extensive OUTpatient services that I am

prettty sure are covered. On the Service dog front we received a call in tip

on a perfect candidate at Wayside Waifs and he is, perfect that is!! A seven

month old Shepherd mix who is not exactly beautiful but the more I am around

him the more awesome he looks on the outside as well as in! He is SO well

behaved and picking up behaviors like crazy. Learning as fast as you could

imagine, not at all like a 7 month old puppy. He has all hios basic

obedience down pat, ignores barking mean dogs on a walk and wears his doggy

backpack with no complaint.

This sounds so cool!!

> Last night he was licking 's ear and looking worried, I made him

stop but today is screaming he has an ear ouchy, did Jack

instinctively know he had an ear infection before it hurt him????? Weird.

Even wierder is never ever gets sick so I was baffled.

When an infection gets bad, we can smell it (but who wants to, eeuw). The

dogs nose might be so sensitive he could already smell it, and there way of

dealing with infections is to continually lick them clean.

> Anyway, things are still edgy with and his " outbursts " but I made

several huge decisions, one: no more babysitting in my home (gulp.....minus

450 a week!) two: research GF/CF diet Three :Learn not to let others' ill

wishes and poor manners affect my entire family!! On top of all the queer

things happening this week my business " partner " in the babysitting gig ups

and leaves, cussing me out about my crazy unstable son (gee, she's one to

talk!!!!) and my dirty kitchen (NOT!!!!!!), I just have to let it go. She is

a childless woman with no idea how the rest of us live, yep, my kitchen gets

dirty every day, and clean every day and on and on and on and on...

Hope things work out for you, i know you must be sweating on this one!!

>

> > have seen a difference. I know there are a few people on here who

> may know

> > more about the gluten/cassein free. O.k., speak up. Hope this

> helped a

> > little.

go your yahoogroups page and search for autism. you'll find the gfcfkids

group that way. They were my savior when i first got the dx. A really nice

group like this one with lots of advice about all sorts of treatments. some

of their members also started the gfcfrecipes group, and they get off topic

a lot and discuss all sorts of things as well *grin*. they are invaluable

for starting the gfcf diet as is the website, www.gfcfdiet.com . It's kind

of hard to navigate, i feel, though. I scroll down the Home Page and click

on Site Map and go to all the links from there. I've saved their many pages

of brand names, it's wonderful to find the 'regular' brand of things we can

use.

some of the places to shop are:

www.missroben.com (a great catalog with lots of tips)

www.glutenfree.com

www.glutenfreedelights.com

www.kinnikinnick.com (info page on gfcf diet for autistics)

www.glutensolutions.com

www.twinvalleymills.com (they sell sorghum flour in bulk, many-incl

myself-find sorghum easier to work with than others, and not as 'gritty' as

rice flour)

www.bobsredmill.com they also tell you where you might be able to find a

store that carries there products near you.

www.kirkmanlabs.com has Auntie 's mixes.

I search for sales. If you find any ethnic grocers (like

www.ethnic-grocer.com, or something like that) the Asian and east Indian

markets have other types of flour and sometimes they're much cheaper.

Another group of cooking i've looked into is American Indian or Native

American cooking, as most of them did not have any dairy or gluten in their

diets (fry bread is something they came up with when the gov't put them on

reservations and gave them wheat flour to survive off of).

When it comes to bread, the mixes are almost and sometimes more expensive

than the loaves. I've found Food for Life bread (they might have a

website), white rice, brown rice, or millet, come the closest to REAL bread

that i've found, and my little guy loves them.

many people like to buy the potato based milk from www.vancesfoods.com, but

i've never tried it. There's a site for almond milk, too, but i don't know

it anymore. you could try a search.

Do a search for 'gluten free recipes' in a good search engine. When you get

there and find some you might want to try, click 'file', 'save as...' and

then make a 'new folder' for the recipes. i call mine 'gfcf recipes', and

save the web pages as text files so they don't take up a lot of room on your

hard drive. At least that's how it works on my computer.

Okay, there's my hints. Oh, yeah. Mc's French fries are supposed to

be safe (we eat them) and their cash registers have a 'w/out bun' button for

the burgers. I get my guy the 'mighty kids meal' and he takes the two

hamburger patties and eats them like a burger--i love it.

For great ways of getting thru to our kids, i like the sites

www.coping.org/earlyin/floortm.htm for Floortime info and

www.tclc.com/ABAOVERVIEW for great ideas on making you're own ABA program.

My son is coming back to me because of ABA, but before i knew about autism

or treatments i was inadvertently using a lot of the Floortime techniques

that kept him from completely slipping away from me.

luv from katm0mdu and her motley krew