New Nutriveda Experience - more good news.

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Hello all.

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.

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!).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

Sharon