12-02-2009, 04:08 PM
Thank you, Lorna... He was born full term...
What helped us the most was a diet without any chemical food colorants and corn syrup! Avoiding exposure (as best we can) of preservatives in foods/drinks, milk, and white flour. This really assisted him in no longer banging his head and being physically uncontrollable/inconsolable... It was really a traumatic few years for me... and him.
Then, about 3 years ago I came across this article on natural chelation... using cilantro. We tried it and found that it worked well for us... that was when his eczema really started to clear up and also he became less touch sensitive... and better able to take in communication. He had hyper-speech-- where he would just keep asking questions and people would answer but when asked if he understood he would just ask the same question again.. it was rapid fire questioning...
Thankfully, we are pretty much through it all. He also is now able to discern which foods are good for him and will choose not to eat the foods with food colorants, corn syrup etc because of the way it makes him feel "out of control of his body." He even will read the food labels... It is really funny and joyous to see him engaging in the world.
--fairyfarmgirl
What helped us the most was a diet without any chemical food colorants and corn syrup! Avoiding exposure (as best we can) of preservatives in foods/drinks, milk, and white flour. This really assisted him in no longer banging his head and being physically uncontrollable/inconsolable... It was really a traumatic few years for me... and him.
Then, about 3 years ago I came across this article on natural chelation... using cilantro. We tried it and found that it worked well for us... that was when his eczema really started to clear up and also he became less touch sensitive... and better able to take in communication. He had hyper-speech-- where he would just keep asking questions and people would answer but when asked if he understood he would just ask the same question again.. it was rapid fire questioning...
Thankfully, we are pretty much through it all. He also is now able to discern which foods are good for him and will choose not to eat the foods with food colorants, corn syrup etc because of the way it makes him feel "out of control of his body." He even will read the food labels... It is really funny and joyous to see him engaging in the world.
--fairyfarmgirl