... Re: Ugh help please

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> After yet another hour phone call from my dd school, I need some

serious help on what to do.

>

> My dd is almost 5 and has lack of speech (but she has I would

guess 10 words since the summer) No focus, no interest in anything

at all expect playing outside with someone, no imagination, class

clown, will not keep her shoes on, mouths everything, throws

everything. Yet she is a sweetheart that will turn and smile and

melt anyones heart afterwards. Constipation since 6months of age.

Hi Lena,

I feel for you and your family. So many of us have gone through

challenging times with our children, so we have an idea how tough

things can get (doctors/school/individuals/even ourselves all not

understanding what's going on with our child).

Personally, I feel it comes down to mainly a " processing " thing.

Certain individuals cannot process certain foods and/or certain

environmental things (such as fragrance and other chemicals/toxins)

properly. For our dd, she cannot process artificial colors,

preservatives, corn, wheat, chocolate, soy, Barley, Malt, B and E

Vit's properly (as seen in behavioral changes, sleep changes,

anxiety changes, increased sensory issues, stuttering changes,

and/or skin changes), so we try to avoid all of these things with

the exception of maybe once a month. Houston's enzymes, " No-Fenol "

and " AFP Peptizyde " , have helped a great deal as well as going on

the Feingold Diet (www.feingold.org).

Have you considered educating your little one at home? We've been

homeschooling now for the past four years with a wonderful

curriculum called K12 (www.k12.com). Deciding to homeschool was the

best decision we could have ever made for our precious daughter as

she would have been put into the office or time-outs (as she was in

her Pre-K school) on a regular basis, which, over time, would have

hurt her self esteem. Plus, all of the chemical contacts would have

been detrimental to her health.

Another advantage to homeschooling is you'll be able to keep to a

proper diet for your little one. A diet that will work BEST for her

body and you can avoid fragrance encounters that can change behavior

due to the fact that many of our sensitive kids cannot process out

toxin's properly (Chemicals/Toxins are in: perfume, fragrance in

soaps, artwork paint, fragrance on the clothes from laundry

detergent, plug-in's,...). We found some good organic products

(Household cleaner, shampoo's, soap,...) at a company called, Aubrey

Organics (www.aubry-organics.com).

Try to stick mainly to healthy types of foods (organic, not

processed foods)and drink lots of water. Stick to foods with no

artificial colors, no preservatives, and if your child is not

negatively reactive to milk, purchase an organic Hormone-free Vit D

milk. Don't buy the low fat milks, as they have a preservative in

the Vit. A Palmitate. Get the whole milk (Vit D) and if you want

less fat, just add a little cold water to it (helps save money too

since the milk lasts longer).

If you need some ideas, feel free to contact me directly at

K12userfor2@...

Also, stop all suppliments for now (you can start them up if needed

in the future one at a time over a one week process or so while

keeping everything else consistent, so you'll be able to see what

she may or may not be reactive to), be sure to purchase or home make

toxin-free foods (nothing artificial...if a food has " Vanillin " in

it, that's artificial. Make sure it has " Vanilla " ...We purchase the

liquid Vanilla without any alcohol in it to bake cookies and other

things). Have you tried Houston's enzymes yet? They made a world of

difference for our child's behavior (www.houstonii.com)...We get the

capsules without the papain and bromelain as our dd gets more

hyperactive with those (but they're fine for most people; we just

have a VERY sensitive little girl who reacts to a lot of different

things).

Each child has their own unique combination of things that will work

out best for them. It just takes time, patience, and trial and

error to figure things.

Keep us informed as to how things are going (we all learn from each

other)...

Best wishes,

Gretchen