My Fast Food Recovery
Before you stop reading and think “Oh Lisa, she’s an organic, earthy person the diet works for her because that’s how they eat” WRONG! I am a recovering fast food junkie! There wasn’t a fast food restaurant I didn’t drive through before the diet. My Continue Reading →
What’s in a name?
I have been thinking about what to call my kids in this blog. While we were waiting to adopt, the only thing we could do was pick our children’s names. We thought long and hard about that decision. I want to share with you our children’s middle names. Our first Continue Reading →
Autism
It’s funny how you pursue something to the ends of the Earth and then when you get it you are shocked. I took our diet results to the Psychologist who was intrigued but still maintained that our daughter had a mood disorder with ADHD. However, she referred us Continue Reading →
Our first few weeks on the GFCF diet
Our son did not show any noticeable improvements on the diet. However, we did learn he could no longer have a “nerd rope”. Food colorings are a big trigger for him. I “knew” that but ignored it for a long time. Our daughter’s story is textbook amazing! Continue Reading →
GFCF diet
This “diet” is a pain in the ***. Having done it in the past, I knew that. Doing it now, I was taking food away from my daughter who loves food. This is the 6 year old child who when asked what we should have for dinner says, “Hmm, how about some chicken Continue Reading →
Autism?
Many times I had told family and friends, “If I didn’t know better, I would say my daughter has autism.” By knowing better I mean: Her problems started too late (3.5), her speech is too good. (There was regression, but only I noticed it) She didn’t have Continue Reading →
Out of Network
Out of network is my new favorite phrase. It seems you can get the help you need – when you need it, if you go out of network. Trust me – we needed help! For the next 3 months I went to the “talking doctor” with our daughter. They would play. Then the doctor Continue Reading →
Sensory Intergration Dysfunction and ADHD
Both of my children were initially diagnosed with Sensory Integration Dysfunction. I didi all the therapies, brushing, sensory diets, etc. I will never forget the last day my daughter had OT. She was now tan-truming ½ of her waking hours and hyper as all get out! Continue Reading →
A pretty pink princess
While all this was happening with our son, a beautiful little bundle of pink arrived in August 2001. Spaced 18 months apart our children adored each other. I had a little girl. She loved to be held and cuddled by mommy. Our daughter’s first years were uneventful Continue Reading →
Glasses
Implementing the GFCF diet was a chore and while I was seeinga change, would others notice too? The school noticed a huge change! His activity level became more normal.(Whatever you define normal as.) Eventually, as with everything we slowly went off the diet and Continue Reading →
Fighting for Job and Lizzie
