Questions, questions, questions

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Hi everybody. First of all, I want to say I've been lurking about,

reading posts for about two weeks now, but have never needed to post

until now. You all seem so knowledgeable, and after reading your

posts for so long, I feel as though I know you! And I apologize in

advance, but this is going to be a long one...

Background: My son is 2 1/2 yrs old. He was diagnosed with PDD two

weeks after his second birthday. He seems to have a mild case. He

makes eye contact with us, engages us in the programs he's viewing

(ie, when he sees something " neat " , he looks as us as if to say " did

you see that? " ), plays " I'm going to get you " and hide and seek type

games. He eats very little...Hawaiian bread, pancakes, hot dogs,

Mcs cheeseburgers, and french fries, pasta, mac and cheeze,

Hostess chocolate chip mini-muffins, and pizza. That's about it. He

will also eat the occasional banana, but not very often. Also, he

drinks nothing but juice, and I always make sure that his juice is

100% fruit juice.

He's been seeing a nutritional therapist, in addition to others. She

had us put him on a multi-vitamin (made by Natrol), and also a

teaspoon of flaxseed oil daily. I read about Peptizyde a few months

back, and kept it in the back of my mind. I also had been reading

about the GFCF diet, but was wondering how could I possibly do that,

since my son's diet is made up of so much bread? Then, a friend told

me about seeing Karyn Seroussi on the Today show a few weeks ago, and

urged me to read her book. Once I started reading the questions in

the back of the book, I started to understand a little bit about why

my son's diet is the way it is. Before I start the GFCF diet, I

decided to try the Peptizyde. We received it on Thurs, 4/25, and

gave him one in his juice, with a piece of Hawaiian bread for his

snack, at about 7pm. He had been constipated for a few days, and

about 2 hours after his snack, he had a large BM. Since then though,

no major improvements in BMs. We've also noticed a little increased

hyperactivity, and a little increased agression, which I understand

is normal. He was never agressive at all before, but this morning

when I tried to brush his teeth, he threw a bit of a tantrum, and hit

my arm, and pushed it away. We have noticed minor improvements in

other behaviors, such as a little better eye contact with people he

is not too familiar with, and it seems as though he is doing a little

more imitating than he had in the past. Also, he is speaking in his

own little language more, most often " singing " to his Barney

videos. Now for the questions:

1) When I send my son to his sitter's house each day, I send two of

his juice cups, one marked breakfast, and the other marked lunch,

with a 1/2 capsule of Peptizyde in each of the juice cups. Is it ok

to do it this way, or would I be better off sending the capsules, and

having the sitter put them in his juice before his meals? He usually

eats two pancakes for breakfast, plain, and a hot dog for lunch,

usually with a piece of Hawaiian bread.

2) I noticed a lot of talk about fruits and veggies, and needing a

seperate enzyme for those. My son does not eat fruits or veggies,

but does drink A LOT of watered down juice during the day. Would he

need these other enzymes as well? I did actually just place an order

for HN-ZYME PRIME last night, just to see if he would improve further

using this as well. I am just wondering if the juice has the same

effect as eating fruit.

3) Since starting the Peptizyde, his appetite has seemed to

decrease. He did not have a great appetite to begin with. Is this

normal? I should add at this time that exactly one week after

starting the Peptizyde, he broke out with chicken pox, so that may

have something to do with his decreased appetite. It is a mild case,

and he's not even really scratching, nor has it changed his demeanor

at all, in other words, if it weren't for the dots, you wouldn't even

know he was sick!

4) The last few nights, it seems as though his thirst has

increased. Again, not sure if this is related to the chicken pox (he

has no fever), or could this be a side effect of the Peptizyde? He

seems to be craving juice a lot more than normal.

5) Tomorrow will be two weeks since we started the Peptizyde. Like

I stated earlier, we have noticed slight improvements. Can we expect

to see more improvements as time goes on? I'm just wondering if the

improvements happen all at once, or if they are minor improvements, a

little at a time.

Again, sorry for the long read, and thanks in advance for the help!!

Kathy, mommy to Brett (2 1/2 - PDD) and (7 1/2)