Re: Sweet Pea introduction

[Guest guest]

Hi Sandy,

Welcome to our group! I am so glad you have been on contact with

[Guest guest]

Sandy,

What an incredible story! I'm so glad to hear that Sweat Pea is improving! Not

sure if you have seen the recent posts by Robin ('s mom) & Alyssa (Matt's

mom). Both of their kids had seizures PRIOR to using NutriiVeda. has

been seizure free since she started NV in December 2009! Matt has been seizure

free since Feb 5, 2010 shortly after he started NV.

I am so happy shared NV with me & so glad I shared NV w/Alyssa & my other

clients!

So, I would recommend to continue the NV, as u are. Perhaps your dtr will have

similar results.

Warmest wishes,

Barbara , M.S., CCC-SLP

www.helpmespeak.com

410-442-9791

Ask me about NutriiVeda!

On May 23, 2010, at 3:10 PM, " aulranchquilts " <aulranchquilts@...> wrote:

> I though that I had best take the time to introduce our little one to this

group and share progress so far. Thanks first to , who has been kind enough

to email me and answer questions while I continue to learn and especially for

helping to write the book that changed our lives: The Late Talker.

>

> Our little one, whom we call Sweet Pea on the internet, was born 10 weeks

early and barely weighed in at 2# and 13 inches in length to two disabled

parents. My dh and I have been foster/adoptive parents for a long time and had

switched to help children under six to especially take care of drug babies and

help to ween them off things like crack cocaine, heroin, and other abusive

substances their little bodies never should have been exposed to. We enjoyed our

job, though the pay is deplorable, the rewards were often great. This was not

our first premie, as many drug babies are born at least a few weeks early. We

clean them up, help them grow and, usually, send them off elsewhere, sometimes

home, a relative, or a new family.

>

> Sweet Pea had many issues at birth and more developed as she grew. She started

various therapies before she was 7 months old. It was the developmental

therapist that noted, just before Sweet Pea's third birthday, that she suspected

Integrated sensory issues and verbal apraxia. She had worked with the child for

well over a year and saw no progress. Now don't get me wrong. She was a very

verbal child. She just never said anything important. At some point she started:

mamadada, mamadada, over and over. Her little mind wanted to talk, she just had

issues learning the progression of language. Her NICU DR suggested sign language

very early on, stating that Sweet Pea would drop signing as language developed.

I thank God that she had that for-site, for that was her main language

communication for many years and we continue to add more even today.

>

> One of the first books that we purchased was " Becoming Verbal with Childhood

Apraxia " . I learned a lot, including that she was talking if we listened

carefully. By the time she was three, we knew that she could understand

everything we were saying to her, but she could not express herself. The birth

to three program ended and we switched to therapy at the local college which was

recorded sessions with fourth year students or students working on a master's

program in speech pathology.

>

> We live hours from any large city that might have services and, despite

referrals from her pediatrician and NICU DR, we were unable to do anything but

put her on a waiting list for the neurology department. My biggest complaint

about that is a year in the life of a disabled child can have a lifetime effect.

So, in desperation, we used the net to find the Cherab foundation and The Late

Talker.

>

> I cried. Tanner is just like my Sweet Pea! She can't lick her lips, she stuffs

food into her mouth with her fingers and then chokes on it because her mouth is

so full. Blowing bubbles is more work than fun. She loves music, but can not

sing. Language is very limited and very repetitive. Uppida meant pick me up.

Some sentences were 'run together' as if they were one word like: untaba (want a

bath). She would say an occasional perfect sentence out of the blue and we would

never hear it again.

>

> I did not know about NutriiVeda at the time I read the book, but I did read

that Omega oils might help. I started looking for something we could give a

child that chokes on everything, especially things she would not like. We found

CorOmega and started her off on a 1/2 a packet. Within the week, I made it a

whole package. What could it hurt? Results were amazing, not perfect, but

language did start to develop to some degree and at a faster rate than

previously. Prior to Omega oils, Sweet Pea did not learn more than one new word

every 4 -6 weeks. Within 6 month, people who did not see her often were

commenting and how improved she was. So, we doubled CorOmega again and gave her

two packets and at 4 1/2 we made it three packets. I could not find a Omega

3-6-9 that she might take.

>

> Sweet Pea was always under that chart in height and weight. At 4, they wanted

to know what I had changed in her diet. She went from being under the chart to

being in the chart. Granted, it was the lowest five percent, but in it none the

less! They were impressed. Last year, I decided to look for other nutrients in

chewable form that she might take. We decided to try chewable, chocolate calcium

supplements. She loves them. Again, at least one per day, but I would not

hesitate to give her one per meal. She grew so fast, for the first time ever, I

had to purchase THREE sizes of clothing in one year. She went from a size 3 to a

6X in less than one year. She skipped size 5, totally! This is the same child

that spent six to nine months in 6 month clothing and two years in size 18

months.

>

> What else can we find? We started doing more research. We found a speech

pathologist/specialist for apraxia in our 'backyard'. What a blessing. She has

been working with her for almost a year now and Sweet Pea has made great

progress. She leaves off the ends of words. New sounds are developing. You can

look at her face and know that she is thinking of what she wants to say, but it

is not coming out of the mouth. She still signs a lot of things, especially if

she is excited or frustrated. She is also in a special class at the local public

school. It is a functional classroom. If language does really develop, she will

be transfered to a educational classroom.

>

> She had ear tubes put in, tonsils and adenoids removed last October. By

Thanksgiving, she was speaking in complete sentences with individual words for

the first time. They tell me that she is hearing some sounds for the first time

- like 's'. They can not develop if you do not hear them. She can't tell you she

does not understand, if she can't talk.

>

> I decided to reread " The Late Talker " and check her progress. Why I missed

that there was a group, is beyond me. I am so glad I found you all! Thank

you so much for sharing your stories. They are such an inspiration and give us

so much to hope for. We decided to try the NutriiVeda. The week it came, the

school called to tell us that she had had two petite mall seizures at school, so

we waited to begin until after her EEG was done. I have not had a call from the

pediatric neurologist yet with results. We are just starting that process after

three years of waiting. So far that diagnosis is POD-NOS.

>

> I have some goals that I would like to see. We will watch her progress on the

NutriiVeda. Singing is one of them. Sensory issues and speech are others. Today

is the start of week 2. Of note, so far, she has used two 'P' words in a

sentence for the first time ever. The most she has ever done is 'p p p' for pop

corn. She has been doing that for over two years but never said a p word.

>

> Blessings to all.

> Sandy

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, Barbara and Robin,I have read those wonderful stories. I am currently

attempting to talk a couple of moms into trying Nutriiveda for their children

who suffer from seizures. I am hoping it will work for them, too.

Blessings,

Sandy