tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80764497632237651902024-03-13T23:05:21.758-04:00*Our Escape From Autism . . .*Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-9664408320650833572010-11-19T11:05:00.000-05:002010-11-19T11:05:15.612-05:00Potty Time Diary...weak stomachs beware! :) <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Gabe is 6 years old and we have been working on #2 potty-training for over 4 years now with no success. I have heard from many parents how they so easily potty-trained their kids and got numerous dirty looks when I said, "oh yeah, tried that already." I'm sorry, but don't you think after 4 years that I've probably at least attempted to do an M&M reward system, sticker chart, book reading plan? lol </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Gabe has been # 1 trained for a few years now, so I knew it was just a matter of getting him to realize what I was asking him to do. He knew that putting his pee in the potty was acceptable, but to him poop clearly goes in your pants. DUH! Yeah, so that was the issue. How does one get a kid with ASD to associate the "feeling" of going with putting it in the potty? We had several times where we would randomly sit him on the potty and he seemed to accidentally go a little, but then he would stop and wait it out until he could go right upstairs and poop in his pants. The worst part is that he would hold it in sometimes for 8 hours just to wait until he got home where he was comfortable. He had to be just miserable and couldn't function as well at school. I mean, who could?</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Mike decided to be super dad and google out of the box things about autism and potty training and found several blog sites where moms had given their ASD kiddos pediatric enemas for several days in a row (like 5-8 days) and they just "got-it" after that. Sounds too good to be true, right? WRONG! Worked like a charm and after about 6 or 7 days of doing the enemas, Gabe was going on his own in the potty. The most challenging part of this was figuring out when he said "potty" (he is very verbally limited) whether he was needing to go #1 or #2. So, for a while we would sit him down every time he went just in case. He now will say potty for #1 and poop for #2. Hey, I'll take it! I am just so thankful that Mike found those blogs about this because I would have never thought this could work and be so simple. I was a little terrified when he said enema because I figured Gabe would fight and scream about them, but he didn't mind them at all and showed no discomfort about getting them. I think after the first one he realized how much it cleared him out and he probably felt like a million bucks after wards! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">I wanted to post our success for other moms and dads who are needing something "non-traditional" because you have tried everything else to no avail! It is so frustrating sometimes and it stinks to feel like you are alone. I hope this helps at least one other family. I know it has made our lives and Gabe's so much better in the last few months!</span></span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-88583564205873238172010-08-11T11:03:00.000-04:002010-08-11T11:03:25.416-04:00Pics of some NuLife samples we tried!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0sQZkpWH-U5DBAZKLGC_FyFW60y1KbFb5TCB9zhI6WyMgeRasW5m7S7BelMBTOWI4kYfastO6adm0P9YEqmYUP6MiqPMqgFKPEz6jzt5oiy2kX0FiRbvmJKJ9CI0YpVJtJ4mekUAcygP/s1600/1+a+Gabe+eating+spaghetti.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0sQZkpWH-U5DBAZKLGC_FyFW60y1KbFb5TCB9zhI6WyMgeRasW5m7S7BelMBTOWI4kYfastO6adm0P9YEqmYUP6MiqPMqgFKPEz6jzt5oiy2kX0FiRbvmJKJ9CI0YpVJtJ4mekUAcygP/s400/1+a+Gabe+eating+spaghetti.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Us eating GFCF Spaghetti and NuLife Foods Beefy Veggy Meatballs<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The best part is that NuLife Foods has been generous enough to offer any of our readers a 10% off discount on their first order from their website!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">At checkout you will enter "Gabe10" and receive 10% off. Pretty simple! I hope you all enjoy it just as much as we did. We are customers for life now! :)</span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-42768328648535031162010-07-10T11:35:00.000-04:002010-07-10T11:35:38.164-04:00Neglect....<span><span style="background-color: purple;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Wow, we have had a busy couple of months around here. I feel like I have completely neglected this blog. Sorry, Mr. Blog site!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In March, we started working on getting Gabe in to an ABA therapy school here and he finally got to start last Tuesday. So far, it seems to be going great. He is getting used to getting up early again and being back in to a routine, which is always good for him. He has his own therapist every day Mon-Fri and they are going to work on all of his areas of need like speech, #2 training, social skills, etc. I really think he is going to LOVE his therapist. She is in her mid-20's and seems so sweet. It also helps that she is a cute blonde. ;) Gabe loves girls already!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In April, my big "not-so-little"boy turned 6 years old. Wow, how the time flies when you are battling autism! We had his party at a bounce house place that he LOVES and invited a few friends and family to join us. Gabe had a blast and jumped his little heart out.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">It was cute when a kid from his class showed up (he has autism, too) and ran up to Gabe and jumped in his seat with him and they just sat there and hugged each other. Gabe was so happy that he came and they ran around together the rest of the night. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> In May, we started Gabe on a couple of new supplements in hopes to get his speech to come back. He regressed terribly over the winter while at public school. I just don't think that any public school has enough funding to help these kids out. They can't afford to get the teachers proper training to really "get" these kids and help them. It's so sad to me...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We started Enhansa finally and wow, it works! Gabe's speech has returned plus some already in just over a month of being on it. We are still increasing the dosage, we went for the low and slow method. I am so grateful that his speech is back and I can only hope it will keep coming. We also started him on CoQ10, Glutathione cream, and 5HTP. We haven't noticed too much with any of these. Maybe because the Enhansa is hard to beat with improvements. I must say that the first 2 weeks on Enhansa were pretty terrible as far as the die-off symptoms go. He was so cranky and irritable, but I loved it since I knew that he was on his way up, up, up! :) Activated charcoals work for that if needed.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm sure there are tons more things going on in our lives that I'm forgetting to mention right now, but I'll close this post with a few pictures that a dear friend, Abby McKinney Photography captured for us last month. If you want family portraits done that really tell a story about your family, then you should check her out. She is the sweetest person and also has a blog site about her family's recovery from autism.</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here is her site: AbbyMcKinneyPhotography.com or </span>http://mckinneyclan3.blogspot.com/ . Check her out sometime.<br />
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Gabe seems to be sooooooo much happier to be back on his GFCFSF diet again. We are still keeping him on low sugar- low carbs and watching the intake to make sure he doesn't get over-loaded. We are thinking about trying a product called Virustop by Enzymedica. Anyone ever tried or heard of it?? I have read some pretty awesome recovery stories that are related to using it. Who knows at this point. There are a lot of different directions to go in, and we aren't sure where we are heading yet!Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-86847641016261185012010-02-19T23:30:00.000-05:002010-02-19T23:30:39.370-05:00My First Blog Award!!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to Erin at Yes, Our Hands Are Full, I received my very first beautiful blog award. :) How sweet! Thanks Erin! Check out her blog here:http://schmit-ourhandsarefull.blogspot.com/</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The rules for accepting this award are that you first thank the person who awarded you, then pick new blogs that you feel deserve this award and notify them that they have won. So fun! Play along with me! :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. McKinney Clan</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. Autism's Bitch</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. 1-2-3 Autism Free</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">4. Lauren Furrer</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">5. Adventures in Autism</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">6. The World is like a book</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">7. Injecting Sense</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3. I love sports and being active</span></span><br />
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</span></span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-59535168660145370152010-02-15T14:18:00.000-05:002010-02-15T14:18:46.057-05:00Cashew Butter Reese Cups :)Thursday night I decided to try a recipe that a friend recommended to us for Almond butter Reese Cups. I wanted something to send in for Gabe's Valentine's Day party at school Friday. Reese Cups are Gabe's all time fav. candy. He LOVES peanut butter and was very sad when he couldn't have it anymore due to his sensitivity.<br />
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Instead of almond butter, I decided to try salted, cashew butter with the enojy life allergy-free chocolate bars and semi-sweet chocolate chips. I melted the chocolate over the stove for a few minutes in a saucepan and then poured the first layer in muffin cups. Stick them in the freezer for about 10 minutes until hard and then add a tsp of your favorite nut butter and then cover the nut butter with more chocolate. Freeze again until they are hardened and wrap individually with saran wrap! I stored them in the fridge, not sure if they would go bad otherwise. I assume they would. Gabe LOVVVVVVVED them. He was SO thrilled to be getting candy again and had chocolate everywhere after. Little does he know that it's healthy candy! :) I love moments like that!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I honestly think that there is no reason to live if you are not happy with life, and Gabe not being happy is not ok for me. His happiness is the MOST important thing in this world to me. I love him more than anything and will try just about anything to recover him from this terrible thing called autism, but I will NOT sit back and let him be un-happy. It would be one thing if he was doing amazing new things and could poop everyday without the use of a laxative, but sadly that just is not the case.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I'm sure that SCD works for many, many people and I do think it has many great qualities. It just doesn't work for Gabe. </span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">We gave it almost a full 3 month trial period. The weirdest thing is, we let Gabe get his favorite pizza from a local place called Monical's (they make a GF crust and we don't get cheese) and we saw NO reactions to coming off SCD. If anything, he pooped 4 times in the last 2 days and they were really "normal" consistency again (his poops have been TERRIBLE, smelly and gritty from all the nuts and nut based flours on SCD)</span>. <span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I can't explain why except that maybe his body just really needed the carbs from the rice based pizza crust again. It is probably really hard for a 5yr old to have enough energy only eating nuts and meats like he was. We are really hopeful that by doing a combination of really healthy meals from both GFCF and SCD we can still heal Gabe's gut and keep him the happy, healthy little boy that we know and love. Life is all about balance. :)</span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-67670368861533139322010-02-09T11:33:00.000-05:002010-02-09T11:33:38.014-05:00Running low on motivation for SCD....<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;"> We are almost to our wit's end with the SC Diet. Gabe is not doing better, if anything, he may be worse off than before. His constipation is back full-force and I know he is just miserable. We have had to give him laxatives almost every day or every other day. His teacher says he is still the wonderfully sweet and loving little boy at school, but his focus and attention span have gone away completely. That was really sad for us to hear because she raved about how great he was doing in those areas at the beginning of the school year when he was GFCF, low sugar and low carb</span></span></span>. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How can you do well on GFCF low sugar/low carb, but not do well on the SCD? You would think that he would excel on this diet.... autism sucks!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We are going to give the diet until the end of this month and then we may go back to GFCF again if there is no changes by then. Gabe is getting really tired of eating the same foods I think and It is far too time consuming and expensive of a diet to not see any improvements in two full months (will be 3 months after Feb.).</span></span><br />
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</div> Floatin' down the Creek. :)Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-84020577531338922122010-01-17T18:59:00.000-05:002010-01-17T18:59:37.786-05:00Epsom Salts = Greatest gift ever created on Earth!!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I LOVE EPSOM SALTS!!!!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">They are probably my most treasured item that I buy from Wal-Mart right now. Even over the few snack items that I buy to eat when Gabe goes to bed at night. ;)</span></span></span><br />
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</div>Mike, Gabe, and I on Christmas Day. :)Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-61164510839304956622010-01-06T21:21:00.000-05:002010-01-06T21:21:57.224-05:00Starting to branch out.....<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have decided to branch out and add a few new things in to Gabe's diet. He has been SCD now for over a month, so I think it's safe to add some new foods. I think we may be giving him too much meat in his diet. Dr. H said that sometimes our kiddos have trouble digesting proteins. (UGH!) If it isn't one thing, it's another. I swear! :( I'm really hoping that isn't the case for Gabe since that is his main food source on this diet. He isn't a real big veggie eater yet, although he is eating WAY more foods than he ever was this time last year. We are working on adding in new veggies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am going to make his monster cookies tonight, but this time I am going to add in some cashew butter to see how they turn out. Maybe that will spice them up a little bit more for something new and different! I feel so bad for Gabe because he seems to be getting really sick of eating the same foods. Strange that he use to ONLY eat the same 5 foods every day all day long and nothing else and now he gets tired of it once he realizes how great variety is! lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I will try to post some pictures of how they turn out! I am waiting for cookie monster to fall asleep before I start baking! :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-76029686326751455142010-01-02T00:39:00.000-05:002010-01-02T00:39:08.891-05:004 weeks on SCD :)<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As of tomorrow, Gabe has been on the SC Diet for a whole month. Time flies when you're having fun, so they say. ;)</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are really starting to get in to a routine with everything and it is definitely getting MUCH easier. It is still very time consuming compared to GFCF, but that is just because you are constantly making something from scratch and there are only so many hours in the day. It's been nice that Mike and I have both been home off work the past two weeks and Gabe has been out of school for break. We even ventured out of town to visit Mike's family in Cincinatti for two days. Getting brave aren't we? lol </span></b><br />
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We still haven't been seeing much progress other than the improved bowels that I mentioned last time. No need to go in to detail on that again. I will spare you. ;) We realized two days ago that we were using Sea Salt that was Iodinized and had a bunch of added illegal stuff (dextrose, Silicon Dioxide, etc.). We didn't even think to check sea salt for added sugar. We definitely will be checking everything more closely from now on.<br />
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We also got a HUGE lucky break by getting in to a local DAN doctor who is wonderful. She usually has a 9-12 month wait, but since we have already been seeing one of her colleagues she got us in the very next day for a consult. It was so our lucky day or something. Her name is Dr. Mary Lou Hullsman. She recovered her daughter from autism a few years ago and has personally done the SCD diet for her family. We really like our current DAN dr., but his son is only 3 and they haven't tried SCD yet due to food issues. So, speaking with Dr. Hullsman was awesome since she could really relate to our questions specifically about the diet. She also noticed that Gabe's pupils were dialated and that is usually a symptom of adrenal fatigue. We bought a supplement from her office that helps with AF called Cytosyme-AD. Hopefully that is a big key to helping Gabe. We'll see I guess. She also said that we need to resume all of Gabe's probiotics that we previously had him on before starting SCD. We thought we needed to remove them since they weren't SCD legal, but she said that he really seems to need them to kill of the yeast. The diet alone isn't really getting rid of it as fast as we need it to. She thinks that if we do that we will really start to see great benefits from the combination of the diet and probiotics. We had him on ThreeLac, S Boulardii, Pro-bio Gold and Nystatin to fight yeast before and now he is only on Pro-Bio Inulin Free. It was really nice to hear that the supplements won't affect the diet enough to have to stop taking them. Gabe is clearly a kid who needs probiotics to fight bacteria off. It's funny how having a fresh set of eyes and ears can help you that much. We were really, really happy to have gotten the chance to meet with her. I would really recommend always getting a second opinion every so often from another DAN dr. if you can. I know we will in the future!<br />
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I will keep updating on our progress as much as possible. Hopefully I will have more exciting things to post soon with our new plans. :)Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-38245667118559086632010-01-01T23:03:00.000-05:002010-01-01T23:03:21.515-05:00SCD Pizza ~ John's Recipe #2<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Tonight I decided to branch out and try a new recipe for Gabe. He seems to be getting tired of eating plain meats now. We figured we wouldn't try too many new foods until we got his yeast under control better, but I can't blame him for getting sick of pork chops, steaks, and chicken breasts. lol</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here is the pizza recipe we tried and a picture of how it turned out. The picture is only half of the original pizza as Gabe was already busy eating it. haha He ate the whole pizza in one sitting, so I think next time I will double the ingredients and have some left-overs for another meal.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">-1/2 cup almond flour</span></span><br />
- <span style="color: purple;">1 tsp salt</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">- 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil <br />
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<span style="color: purple;">- 1 egg</span><br />
<span style="color: purple;">- italian spices (oregano, basil, pepper, garlic, onion, etc.) </span><br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Mix all ingredients together and add more flour to mix until mixture forms a dough ball. </span>Grease pizza pan with olive oil and spread dough out in pan. Don't worry if the pizza doesn't fill the whole pan. Preheat oven to 350 and throw pizza in while the oven is preheating. This will set up the crust and once the oven has pre-heated the crust should be golden brown and ready for the toppings to be added.<br />
Add toppings and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.<br />
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**We used homemade pizza sauce (tomato paste, water, italian spices & salt) and I fried up some hamburger meat. We don't use any dairy products yet, but they do recommend Havarti cheese on top if you want or fresh veggies. Gabe loved it, we hope you will too! :)<br />
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</div>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-7609645171670431482010-01-01T22:46:00.000-05:002010-01-01T22:46:41.871-05:00Deanna's Midas Gold Pancake/Waffle Recipe ~ SCD <span style="color: purple;">For breakfast we have been making Gabe waffles, Pancakes, or Sausage patties. He, of course, prefers the waffles or pancakes. :) I thought I would post the recipe we use (which he loves) that is so user-friendly and quick! We make Gabe a honey syrup by mixing a little bit of spectrum shortening with the honey and microwaving it for a few seconds. It makes the honey a little less over-powering I think.<br />
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MIDAS GOLD PANCAKES/OR WAFFLES<br />
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1 cup almond flour<br />
4 eggs<br />
2 tablespoons honey<br />
1 teaspoon vanilla<br />
1/4 teaspoon salt<br />
1/4 teaspoon baking soda<br />
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Beat eggs in a mixing bowl with a large whisk. Add honey and vanilla and beat until smooth. Add almond flour, salt and baking soda and mix well with whisk.<br />
Pour in hot waffle iron and cook according to waffle iron instructions or cook like pancakes.<br />
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Here is a picture of the one's Mike made this morning.....<br />
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</div>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-68266051133997840752009-12-20T13:07:00.000-05:002009-12-20T13:07:01.992-05:00Two weeks on SCD!<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As of yesterday, we have been on the SCD diet for two weeks! We have definitely learned a LOT this past week. Gabe had a huge issue with constipation for the first week. We were having to give him laxatives about every day to clean him out. You don't want that sitting inside any longer than it has to be! The constipation has gone now and he is having multiple bowel movements a day -which is CRAZY for Gabe. I can probably count on one hand the times where he has ever pooped more than once in a day and it not be diarrhea. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">These are very normal and solid</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">. It's like his bowels woke up and decided to work correctly now. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: small;">This has put quite a damper on potty training though. We use to be able to put him in big boy pants all day pretty much. Now, we never know when he's going to have to go and he refuses to tell us that he has to go. He has been completely #1 trained for about a year now with accidents here and there on occasion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> So far, the diet is proving slowly that we have made a very good decision to give it a try. We haven't really introduced many new things yet. I have made almond pancakes with honey syrup for breakfast or sausage patties. Boiled or grilled chicken, pork, or steak for lunch/dinner</span></span>, <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Snacks are the hardest to replicate. He LOVES his almond flour Monster cookies, and he now likes organic Dole ripe bananas</span></span>, <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">pecans, and almonds as snack options. He is so funny when he eats bananas....he walks around with it in his hand like he is so cool. :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So far, the biggest improvements have been with his bowel movements and attention span. We haven't seen a big speech improvement yet. We are hoping that comes soon! :)</span></span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-23166212750163365292009-12-09T22:02:00.000-05:002009-12-09T22:02:22.248-05:00Monster Cookie Recipe as requested. : )Here is the recipe for the cookies I baked Gabe last night. They turned out really well. I only made 1/2 the recipe for my first attempt ( 1 cup= 1/2 cup). The next time I will try the whole amounts.<br />
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From: Breaking the Vicious Cycle<br />
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Monster Cookies<br />
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5 cups nut flour<br />
1 cup raisins (didn't use these)<br />
1 cup walnut pieces (didn't use these)<br />
1 cup flaked unsweetened coconut (used coconut flour instead)<br />
1/2 cup melted butter (used Spectrum Shortening instead)<br />
1 cup honey<br />
2 eggs, beaten<br />
1 tsp baking soda<br />
1/8 tsp salt (used iodized sea salt instead)<br />
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1. Mix all ingredients<br />
2. Drop by large tablespoonfuls on to greased cookie sheet.<br />
3. Press flat with a buttered fork (so the dough won't stick to the fork).<br />
4. Bake at 325 degrees until golden brown (15-20 minutes).<br />
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They baked faster than 15 minutes for me, fyi (we like our cookies soft and chewy though). I also added an extra egg and extra honey in the batter and on top after they came out of the oven as a glaze. I think the only changes I will make next time will be to add vanilla, cinnamon, and maybe nutmeg to the batter for some flavor. You could also add some berries or pecans in the batter for more flavor as well! I'm really picky about my cookies, but these really are amazingly great. Soft and chewy, and they don't have an over-powering nutty flavor either. ENJOY! : )<br />
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</div>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-82581847736861387092009-12-09T21:12:00.000-05:002009-12-09T21:12:47.500-05:00SCD update days 3-5<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We are 5 days strong with the SCD diet!!!! You have no idea how excited we are to say that. We were SO scared (mainly me) that we wouldn't be able to do it because it seems so scary and impossible.We are very blessed that Gabe loves to eat meats, so that has made it a lot easier on us. The hardest part was doing the intro diet and not having any snacks for school and in between meals. It's hard to explain to a 5 year old why they can't have a snack unless it's more meat or eggs (which Gabe is not a fan of). That really sucks. Other than that, the diet has been really pretty simple. Gabe is such a wonderful little boy and we are so blessed to have him as our child. He amazes me everyday and I would take him a million times over ANY typical "easy" child any day!</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> He is the strongest little boy I've ever known. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I think he is feeling pretty icky the last few days due to the yeast die-off. The rash has gone away, but now he is having issues with constipation (normal for the diet) so we've been giving him milk of magnesia. It's funny because Elaine's book talks a lot about how to get rid of diarhea and what not to eat for that, but doesn't mention much about constipation. The PecanBread.com website mentions that it can be a side-effect from die-off, but doesn't really say how to keep it from happening. Maybe he will just have that problem until his gut heals a little more. Who knows.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Last night we bought some almonds and ground them in to flour to make some cookies that I found a recipe for. They were actually really simple to make and Gabe absolutely LOVED them. He was so thrilled to have "cookies" again. haha I made the first batch of 6 and tried one, but it seemed pretty bland so I ended up glazing them with a little bit of honey on top. That helped a lot. Gabe didn't seem to care either way though once I told him they were cookies. hahaha Gotta love boys! I was shocked that the almond flour turned out to work WAY better for baking cookies than any gluten-free product we tried. They rose well and didn't flatten as soon as I took them out of the oven. I would highly recommend using it!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Yesterday was the day. We started the intro part to the diet, which consists of eggs, homemade chicken soup, and very lean meats like broiled chicken, steak, hamburger, etc. You do this intro diet for 3-5 days to "detox" the body and kill off the yeast quickly. Breakfast has been the toughest meal for us as Gabe is not a fan of eating eggs. We made him some yesterday and he did try really hard to eat some, but not as much as he usually would have. He is use to eating his GFCF Van's waffles with syrup and butter. Eggs just don't quite compare I guess. : )</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">All-in-all, Gabe has been wonderful about it. He did climb the shelves in the pantry yesterday trying to get to some chips that I hadn't noticed yet. I grabbed those and threw them away with everything else. He did get in to a candy cane today from the Christmas Tree. I had no idea that he even knew those were edible. LoL Goes to show that even though he didn't try to eat them before, nothing is safe when you are detoxing from yeast! We gave him several extra enzymes to help flush it out before it messed up the new diet too much. He has had really rosy-red cheeks all day today and even broke out in a small red rash around his neck and ears. I'm sure this is all the yeast dying-off. It's weird how quickly the body can fight it off when there is nothing for it to feed on anymore. I'm hoping that his die-off symptoms aren't too severe. I feel bad for him and wish that I could make time go by faster for him. Wouldn't that be nice? I think he has been having some night terrors recently as well, he has been waking up randomly and crying or running in to our room for comfort, which he didn't use to ever do before.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So far, so good though. We are staying strong and trying to be extra supportive and patient with Gabe for the next few weeks. We want to give this diet an honest shot because we know that Gabe will benefit greatly from it. I will keep updating his progress. :)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;">We are going Wednesday to see the DAN! doctor for our 3 month visit to see where we are going from here. I am almost certain that we will end up deciding on the SCD diet, as Gabe seems to have very severe yeast (candida) over-growth issues in his gut. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;">Well, in August, we cut back drastically on his carb and sugar intake. He was probably getting less than 5g of sugar/carbs per day. The result was a HUGE outburst of speech and language development. He was coming up to us spontaneously saying, "I want to swing" or " I want a drink", whatever it was he wanted he could find the words and ask without ANY cue or prompt from us. It was nothing short of shocking and amazing to us.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="background-color: white;">What changed? </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span style="background-color: white;">He started school and we slacked off on monitoring his sugar intake. We weren't really certain that the sugar-free diet was what caused the increase in speech until he regressed back to where he was before now. It's really dissapointing and stressful. I hate regression, just the thought of it makes me get chills. It's like the worst nightmare you could ever have and a constant fear of a parent with a child with autism. Candida also sucks....it is such a viscious cycle. You kill/starve it off and think you're out of the clear, and then it comes back to bite you in the ass again. I am %100 for sure that if we completely got rid of the Candida, that Gabe would be well on the road to recovery after. I just cannot figure out how to get rid of it forever. I feel so terrible depriving Gabe of snacks and drinks that every other kid runs around eating and drinking in front of him all day every day. I know, I know, I shouldn't feel bad because it's what is best for him. Yeah, I get that, but it still SUCKS! I know that it is what is best for him and that I need to be strong for him and do the SCD diet, but there is a part of me that mourns that loss of normalicy for him. I want for him to be like every other kid who can get ice cream from the ice cream man when he comes through the neighborhood (even though they are probably serial killers or pedophiles- kidding, kind of). I would love for him to be able to eat the greasy, deep fried fair food when we go every year like I did when I was little (even though it is TERRIBLE for you). I want all of that for him, but I also know that if I don't help him get better, then he will never have a shot at living a "normal" life as a functioning member of society. I want to see him get married, go to college, have kids (but NOT vaccinate them!), and be happy.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-36776112355429686922009-09-27T23:51:00.001-04:002009-09-27T23:51:06.579-04:00Mona Vie?<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: magenta;">So, my friend called me over a few weeks ago and showed me this "wine bottle", or so what I though</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">t was a wine bottle anyways. Wine gives me a headache just looking at it, so I was immediately turned off. :)</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">She then said that it is MonaVie, a powerful, antioxidant-rich superfood berry blend that is helping thousands of people with all sorts of different ailments around the world. It has the Acai Berry in it and about 17 other fruits in it. It also has preservatives though, which I found a bit odd. She then said that it was preserved because they have to ship it from whatever jungle they pick the berries from in Asia. The berries go through a "flash freeze" and then are brought back to be bottled from what I understand, so I'm not sure why they would add preservatives if it is frozen. Anyways, apparently it has been "known" to help people with autism, adhd, depression, diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer, etc. etc. etc. I googled it (isn't google wonderful?) and found about 7 google pages FULL of nothing but negative things to say about MonaVie. Saying that it is a pyramid scheme/scam and the juice is no better for you than drinking a glass of Welch's Grape Juice a day. Men's Journal even did an article saying that the amount of antioxidants in MonaVie are less than that of Welch's Grape Juice. I also have found some Acai Berry juice blends from various stores around here that are certified organic and have a TON of great superfoods in them, probably somewhat comparable to MonaVie's ingredients and WITH NO PRESERVATIVES at all. May I add that a liter of this juice from Wal-Mart is $6.99 vs the MonaVie price of $40 a bottle ( One bottle lasts 1 person 7 days), so that adds up to about $170 per month for one person drinking it. Very expensive stuff. My friend is now a "distributor" for MonaVie and they are telling her that she will become a millionaire in no time because this MonaVie is the next biggest thing and will pretty much cure anything you have wrong with you, more or less.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">Now, I'm very open-minded when it comes to trying or learning about new things, especially when it comes to treatments for Gabe and I am not against this MonaVie juice...... If I knew that it worked like people who sell it are saying it does. I'm just wanting to find out more about it. Everyone who sells this juice seems to know nothing about what they are selling. I asked a guy who claims to be earning over $60,000 a year selling MonaVie if the preservative in it is aluminum-based or not and why they even put them in the juice if it is supposedly so "natural". He couldn't tell me and had no idea there were preservatives in it until I asked him about it. Strange....if I were making a living off of selling a product I would want to know any and everything about it to be sure I didn't get up in front of people and end up looking like a dummy, right? Clearly he is in it for the money and not the "health benefits" they claim.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">One interesting fact is that Jenny McCarthy does reference it in her Mother Warriors book saying that has been known to help children with autism. I also found some testimonies online from autism moms saying that it has really, really helped their kids with speech, socializing, concentration, etc. I LOVE Jenny and usually take her word on most things, but I am a bit hesitant to believe that this really helps that much and if it is just as beneficial to drink the "so called off brand" that I found at Wally World the other day?</span></span></span><br />
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He amazes me more everyday and I love him more and more everyday.<br />Anyways, enough of the mushy stuff, I'll get to my point of this blog. We met with Gabe's new teachers, he will have one for his Life Skills (special ed) class and one for the reg. kindergarten class. He is splitting his time between the two at first with the end goal of being in kindergarten at least most of the day, if not all day. I would love to see him grow and improve so much that he no longer needs Life Skills class, but right now that is definitely the best place for him to be to get everything he needs. He has now been in school for almost 3 weeks and he is doing really, really well so far. His new teacher seems too good to be true. She teaches almost exactly how we parent Gabe. She doesn't baby him or treat him like he is different just because he has autism. She pushes him just as much as she would any other child, which I think is what a lot of these kids need. Usually, when Gabe has goals and is pushes to achieve them, he always exceeds them. He is so smart and loves school! He continues to use his words a lot at school, but a little less at home. I think that by the time he gets home at night he is just so exhausted that he tries to get lazy on us. ;) Once he gets use to his schedule I think he will jump back in to the swing of things. We have also slacked a bit on watching his sugar intake. We were doing really well there for a while and then school started and it made it very difficult to send snacks that didn't contain sugar or carbs. We are currently trying to find some snacks that he will enjoy, but that are also low in sugar. That could prove to be a challenge.<br /><br />We are still doing the MB12 injections and they are going really well. I think for a few weeks I was injecting them too deep and they weren't as effective. It's almost like when they seem to burn and itch more, they are more effective. I wonder why that is...because the times that he doesn't cry after are when I don't notice as much effect from the shot.<br /><br /><br />Our DAN! Dr recently put Gabe on Naltrexone cream to see if it would help with Gabe's tippy-toe walking. Anyone else heard of this before? It doesn't seem to be doing anything thus far.....<br /><br /></span></span></span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-4138697260931839792009-08-13T14:26:00.000-04:002009-08-13T14:40:44.320-04:00Betty Crocker GF/CF cookies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98AhXzRmP6N8BKhk1hgUaLAymyx6Pzj4KSIAeopG-o2Jdy6kzvgx-gEzgMtJLGxiepy-Uh24fJR5bOhlS0yjBBoXwVErRizhlqCyQRvFWfzkD8yloZGN3iGrpfRC72Wl2IWfjI_Vs4XXz/s1600-h/1+a+GFCookie.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj98AhXzRmP6N8BKhk1hgUaLAymyx6Pzj4KSIAeopG-o2Jdy6kzvgx-gEzgMtJLGxiepy-Uh24fJR5bOhlS0yjBBoXwVErRizhlqCyQRvFWfzkD8yloZGN3iGrpfRC72Wl2IWfjI_Vs4XXz/s320/1+a+GFCookie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369519838812656146" border="0" /></a>Cookie Monster GABE .<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12GhKtFC8pd3E5NmBR5xQASr7-1z9Gp01vjv0Y8bZ_UEgd_nl1qZ_yIOF-HpDqJrnxW2DFf61aQhKxVCDpndqKHPoHZvZ6dwIph5MGObR33w5TIxwxaw2jH6hVopsWnrXa6Z7yX6c0iAM/s1600-h/1+a+GF+cookies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12GhKtFC8pd3E5NmBR5xQASr7-1z9Gp01vjv0Y8bZ_UEgd_nl1qZ_yIOF-HpDqJrnxW2DFf61aQhKxVCDpndqKHPoHZvZ6dwIph5MGObR33w5TIxwxaw2jH6hVopsWnrXa6Z7yX6c0iAM/s320/1+a+GF+cookies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369519830195830914" border="0" /></a>The box. :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmsK6w8ZbCW1tHnvWQk1USAzflpeeAFyJqi4PvNquudqtRztAtBQ2dQ7duk7Zg6BUqN3douFhSQTa061kFdnGruUtr2wR9vk9IRRHrHI7fZA3mNgeO4a15v_fjsQUcsncpLxSLZ0L2PAG/s1600-h/1+a+cookie+monster.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQmsK6w8ZbCW1tHnvWQk1USAzflpeeAFyJqi4PvNquudqtRztAtBQ2dQ7duk7Zg6BUqN3douFhSQTa061kFdnGruUtr2wR9vk9IRRHrHI7fZA3mNgeO4a15v_fjsQUcsncpLxSLZ0L2PAG/s320/1+a+cookie+monster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369519820935175586" border="0" /></a>Again...Cookie Monster!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpvz6Qwozsnit23i_8ra6Mkeoaw_fxaAlza0_e5FgKRDQEksAyUwypmq-e1ywiwZ4E9n3hakaHTpYuyV3NXHD8qyPr5sbpfbXAsQlGSjgcwwJzXaD11GwRuqknpGvXOC8jDllbzY3dqDz/s1600-h/1+a+cookiies.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNpvz6Qwozsnit23i_8ra6Mkeoaw_fxaAlza0_e5FgKRDQEksAyUwypmq-e1ywiwZ4E9n3hakaHTpYuyV3NXHD8qyPr5sbpfbXAsQlGSjgcwwJzXaD11GwRuqknpGvXOC8jDllbzY3dqDz/s320/1+a+cookiies.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369519812670182418" border="0" /></a>The cookies when they came out of the oven. :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We decided to try the new Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookies and here are some pics of how they turned out. Next we are going to try the brownies! :)<br /><br />P.S~ I added an extra egg because the batter was WAY too dry without it. I think either they are just naturally more crumbly or the extra egg made it more crumbly. BUT, they taste great according to Gabe. :)Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-56808480027386806922009-08-13T12:55:00.000-04:002009-08-13T13:11:36.313-04:00Exciting news!<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204);"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Great news here. Gabe has been using spontaneous speech and in sentences!!!! He has always said one or two words together when prompted, or even tried to repeat a sentence like "I want....". We were at the pool on Tuesday and I always pack a little snack bag for him with a water and some fritos or something in it. He came over and grabbed my hand, I asked him "What?" and he said "I want drink". Wow, ok so I opened the snack bag and as I gave him the drink he noticed the bag of fritos in there and said "I want fritos". lol This is nuts, he has always needed prompted to even say "I want"...let alone say it without even a hesitation!<br />We think the MB12 injections are really starting to work! Along with, of course, all of the other 15 supplements and vitamins we are giving him per day. lol<br />Speech is our biggest hurdle for him right now, because I know that once he can at least have functional speech, we will be on our way to recovery for him! I have to give Mike huge kudos for being so great and helping me so much with all of this. While I'm at school every evening (almost) he is the one making sure Gabe eats his safe foods and gets all of his supplements he is supposed to get per day. Without him, I couldn't do it all alone, so I probably need to tell him that more often! He is great! :)<br /></span></span></span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8076449763223765190.post-45747873654122171032009-08-05T12:39:00.000-04:002009-08-05T13:02:31.202-04:00I suck at blogging....<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I need to apologize for how bad I suck at this "blogging thing". I'm terrible and I never remember to update on here. It's so hard to find the time and when I do have it I'm stuck on Facebook or Twitter reading other people's problems! I am really going to make a valid effort to be better at this once Gabe starts back to school full-time next week. I say this now, but then I will be out enjoying "me" time during the day and still won't have time for this!<br /><br />Anyways, now that I am done giving half-ass'd excuses for why I don't blog. I will talk about something with relevance.<br />I realized Monday that I had probably, most-likely been giving Gabe his MB12 injections too deep. He was experiencing SOOOO much hyperactivity that I thought Mike might go nuts. He doesn't have quite the patience that I do with Gabe. I think it's a man thing, no offense guys! Women are just naturally born to be more patient and understanding, especially with our kiddos. He has been almost constantly on his toes walking. He has always done a little bit of toe-walking, but never this often. I can barely get him to walk on his heels at all anymore. I'm not sure if it's the MB12 shots making him detox a bit or what. We have adjusted to 1 injection every four days now instead of every 3 days. Hopefully this will help with the hyperactivity he was experiencing. I also think that I was doing the injections too deep in his butt. They say that if you inject it into the muscle, then it tends to disperse all at once in to the body, where as if you inject in to the fatty tissue it sits there a lot longer. AKA less hyperactivity all at once. One way to tell it's too deep is if you can't see the purple/red liquid sitting under the skin. It almost looks like a bruise, but goes away in 5 or 10 minutes. I wasn't seeing that until the last two injections so I think they must have been way too deep. The shot we gave him Monday (the correct depth) didn't really make him hyper at all and he has been very loving and not as off the wall crazy. Thank you, Jesus! :)<br /><br />We spoke with his DAN dr today by phone and he suggested using an opiate blocker to see if it helps with inflamation of the brain. This is sometimes a link to tippy-toe walking if it's not from yeast overgrowth or constipation, which Gabes isn't. I forget what the medicine was called now, isn't that awful? Something like Naprexin or something? It's compounded in to a topical cream that you rub on the inside of the thigh every night before bed. He is thinking that if it helps with the stimming issues, then maybe we will need to do an IgG test to see if he is still eating something in his diet that he's sensitive to. We have been holding off on the IgG test since it's not covered by insurance, but I'm thinking that we are going to just have to bite it and bend over.<br /><br />We got the results back for his IgE allergy testing and he is allergic to NOTHING. No peanuts, wheat, dairy, soy, eggs, etc. While that is good news, it tells us nothing really.....waste of blood cells. I was pretty sure he was allergic to peanuts from all the nausea, diarrhea, and vomiting he had going on a few weeks back. Dr. Justus seems to think that he may still be IgG allergic to peanuts, so I guess we will have to wait for that test to be sure. He said we could give him peanut butter and see if he gets sick, but I would feel like a huge A-hole doing that to him. Plus, I don't think his comforter can handle many more washes from that 3 week stent we had.<br /></span>Jade, Mike, and Gabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15160015138256140252noreply@blogger.com4