Re: New Nutriveda Experience - more good news.

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Hi Sharon,

thrilled to hear that the NV appears to be helping little . As we have

before discussed, Kobi and appear to be very similar in their 'ways', with

the exception of course that Kobi is still non verbal and nearly a year younger.

The Pro-EFA really appears to be making a difference for him - his PROMPT

therapaist was so excited. Will start adding the EPA in a couple of weeks.

I started him on NV yesterday but didn't have too much success in getting it

into him. He really only drinks water - doesn't want to know about smoothees etc

and rarely drinks milk. I tried slipping about half a tsp into his night bottles

but he wouldn't drink them.

I did manage to get about a third of a scoop of the chocolate one into a little

bit of chocolate mousse - not ideal I know, but initally I'm just trying

anything that will work to get it into him - he's a fussiest enough eater at the

best of times. He took this ok - didn't seem to notice it at all. I think it is

going to be a long, slow process for me getting him up to the 1 scoop a day

dosage. But we will persist. I'm going through the previous posts looking for

the various ways people are 'sneaking' it into foods.

I did notice in the afternoon that he appeared to be much happier and content to

ammuse himself than ususal (although he is usually quite a happy boy). This was

the case this morning too, but I'm inclined to think perhaps the NV didn't have

too much to do with this - after all he only had about half a scoop all up by

lunchtime.

I'm counting down the days till the first biomed appointment. Elena has been a

huge help with all that kind of stuff. She provides such detailed info and great

links.

Can't wait to see video of , I hope he continues in this positive direction.

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> Hello all.

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> Just finishing up wk 2 of Nutriveda and have good things to report. Here are

the details on my son and our experience thus far.

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> ABOUT RYAN:

> 34 mos old; diagnosed w/CAS at 24 mos. He's on 2 tsp/day of NN 3,6,9 since

diagnosis and we've seen very positive effects from using it. Most recently,

we had an OT eval and were told there may be mild issues with decreased oral

motor awareness & tactile discrimination, vestibular & proprioceptive processing

as well as praxis w/unfamiliar motor tasks - whatever all that means (we're

still learning about the Sensory Processing components of this - he seems just

old enough now to pick up on these things...ugh!).

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> EXPERIENCE w/NUTRIVEDA:

> Dpsage for is 1 scoop (8-9 level teaspoons). The first 4 days he took

3-4 tsp/day. During that time, he was nothing short of AWFUL. He was whiney,

crying and just plain defiant no matter what the situation. Anything would set

him off and we saw no improvements whatsoever. If anything we thought his

speech sounded a tad worse.

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> Then came day 5... woke up in the BEST mood and had the sweetest

temperament all day - no roller coaster fluctuations. Was he still a 2 yr old

little boy who can be snotty and doesn't always pay attention, certainly, but it

was different. The only way to describe it is that there was a level of

resistance that was gone. is an easy going kid, but more and more lately

we've been met with resistance to any and everything. It finally seemed as if

he was...dare I say it...a normal 2 yr old? Day 6 - same thing. Again, there

was a different kind of peace/calmness in him. My husband was upstairs

w/ looking down at me and said " isn't mommy pretty, ? " and

said " Mommy, you are pretty. " And...he used the T!!!! He's never been able to

say that letter before. Also, we noticed he was singing all day, humming, and

chatting more than normal. Finally, we started having hope that maybe it was

the NV? I increased his dosage to a full scoop and he went downhill again for

another 3-4 days before he leveled out again. We believe his body was

purging/detoxing something.

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> WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE SEEING:

> 1. Demeaner: This is where we've seen the most significant improvement. The

sweet part of is so very sweet, but always seems to be overpowered by this

massive defiant side. It seemed consequences (time-out, taking something away

even a spanking every now and then) were no deterrant. He simply was going to

do what he wanted to do regardless. Since he's my first child, I didn't know if

it was terrible 2s or what. However, after seeing him have such wonderful days

lately, I see it was something more. Again, only way to say it is that the

resistance is gone. He seems so much happier, compliant and go-with-the-flow.

> 2. Verbal Complexity: Seeing positive things here too. For instance,

instead of saying he wants to go to the bike shop with his daddy by saying " me

go " or " me go with daddy. " He says " I want to go to the bike store with daddy.

Daddy, don't go yet, wait on me. " - WHAT? This is happening in all aspects of

his speech - even pretend play. He's also mimicking me more and more.

> 3. Articulation: This hasn't surged a ton, but has definitely improved. He

is able to say more sounds more frequently. " T " for the first time, " Ns " are

80% there. I even hear him focusing on ending words correctly instead of

leaving off the last consenant. My in-laws heard him talking on the phone and

were blown away by the clarity (let's be clear, there is still not optimal

clarity, but much improved).

> 4. Focus: Stronger! This morning he played alone for 1 hour. That is not

common. He did a few puzzles and I noticed it wasn't the usual trial and error

to find the right location for each piece. He was actually looking at the image

on each puzzle piece and trying to match it. Haven't seen that before. I never

thought of him as unfocused, but I see a difference.

> 5. Fine/Gross Motor: Not sure I see anything different here. This is hard

b/c he's only 2, but we'll see. He did learn how to cut with scissors, but not

sure if it was naturally learned or due to NV.

> 6. Social: is very social and likes to be the center of attention, but

mostly w/adults. He attends preschool 2x/wk (2.5hr classes) w/100% typical kids

and LOVES it but when it comes to classroom setting, his teachers say he still

parallel plays and doesn't initiate w/the other kids. I know Ry well enough to

know it's not b/c he doesn't want to play and talk with the other kids, it's

because he can't...he can't talk to them and knows he doesn't have anything to

say. So...he'll walk up, hand them something and walk away. (it's quite

heartbreaking actually). However, we're seeing a big difference here. At

church daycare this weekend, instead of running straight to the teacher for

attention, he walked over to a kid building a block tower and said " WOW! That

is really big! " Also, there was a little girl fussing and he walked up to her

and said " it be okay " and patted her on the shoulder. He is walking up to

people and saying hi and asking their names. He's talking about the DETAILS of

his day more than just answering questions with yes/no. Maybe it's a

confidence? Who knows.

> 7. Sensory: We are seeing no change in his suspected sensory issues. But

I'm hoping with time this changes.

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> WHAT'S OUR PROMPT THERAPIST SAYING:

> Overall very impressed. She also mentioned less resistance in demeaner and in

his jaw. He's making sounds easier and things seem to be flowing

differently/better. She said his focus was significantly better and she's not

having to PROMPT as much as she was a week ago. She's thrilled.

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> HOW IS HE TAKING IT:

> We mix the vanilla w/Bolthouse Farms juice smoothies. If you don't have time

to make your own smoothies, I'd reco purchasing these. They come in a TON of

flavors & 's able to take a half scoop in one drink (2x/day). You can find

them next to the milk cases at Wal-Mart, or at Kroger's in the produce section

next to the bagged lettuce/specialty dressings - same for Whole Foods.

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> Overall, my skeptical husband and I are convinced that most of these surges

are due to the NV. Sometimes we can't pinpoint what's different about , but

something is...something there. We had him tested with a DAN doc the week

before we started NV to better understand what is/is not working in his

gut/system, but won't get the results back until April. We're hoping when we

meet with DAN in April we'll get some insight into what exactly the Nutriveda is

helping regulate in .

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> Hopeful and excited! I have video of him talking from the week before we

started NV and will take more this week. As soon as I get it posted I'll let

you all know.

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> Sharon

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[Guest guest]

Two things -first off Sharon excellent job in documenting what you are seeing!

It really is just as you say you can't explain that one thing that is

" different " about your child. I've thought of calling it " maturity " -do you

think that's a good word? Anyway much of what you have below can be used to put

together our survey as well!

Ruby don't feel bad about whatever you need to do to get the nutriiveda into

your child the first week or so. Some like it at first as we read -but even if

they don't to start they learn to like it (our systems are now hard wired for

twinkies or something)

Don't forget you don't have to mix it in drinks- you can add it to pudding as

you did or anything like it -yogurt, apple sauce, peanut butter etc, sprinkle it

on any type of food...and as Sharon suggested you can perhaps find a drink your

child loves and mix a bit into it. Some here have used NesQuick which may not

be healthiest but it's still working -and in the scheme of things that is all

that matters!

Also don't forget Sowmya suggested mixing into icing

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[Guest guest]

Great, I'd totally forgotten reading about icing - now that is one thing my boy

adores!! Off to the shops right now, then home for a bikkie baking afternoon.

I'm sure I'll have luck here. Did try the quik, but only got him to take a few

sips. Will keep trying that one though.

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> Two things -first off Sharon excellent job in documenting what you are seeing!

It really is just as you say you can't explain that one thing that is

" different " about your child. I've thought of calling it " maturity " -do you

think that's a good word? Anyway much of what you have below can be used to put

together our survey as well!

>

> Ruby don't feel bad about whatever you need to do to get the nutriiveda into

your child the first week or so. Some like it at first as we read -but even if

they don't to start they learn to like it (our systems are now hard wired for

twinkies or something)

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> Don't forget you don't have to mix it in drinks- you can add it to pudding as

you did or anything like it -yogurt, apple sauce, peanut butter etc, sprinkle it

on any type of food...and as Sharon suggested you can perhaps find a drink your

child loves and mix a bit into it. Some here have used NesQuick which may not

be healthiest but it's still working -and in the scheme of things that is all

that matters!

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> Also don't forget Sowmya suggested mixing into icing

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