Almost a 4 weeks on the Feingold diet - We were doing great, and then Tink's school thinks they're doing an awesome thing by handing her an APPLE! Well.. she came bombing in the house after school, loud and obnoxious as can be. Couldn't sit still and her journal said she was jumping a lot in school. She told me the"heathy"snack was.....apples. They are a no-no on stage 1 of FG. I was amazed (still a little shocked) that some kids are THAT sensitive to salicylic acid. I will definitely be packing her a healthy snack from now on... She did calm down just in time for bed by the way.
Hulk being hulk! Hulk was a very lively baby, who hated to sleep alone. As he grew, he found a love for drawing. We would find his creations everywhere. On the walls, furniture, doors, and on any paper he could find. He has an amazing ability! He also has some uniquenesses. He loves dressing-up and being different characters, sometimes I think he'd rather be them than himself. Hulk has sensory processing disorder. The food on his plate can't touch. He occasionally has poor eye contact. Some noises, materials, and smells bother him. I noticed these things around the same time Tink was diagnosed with ASD, so of course the thought was in the back of my head. Once you have one child on the spectrum, you get this radar for other kids. Hulk started school, Kindergarten, First grade went well. Except at home he was very hyperactive, impulsive, and couldn't focus. He was diagnosed with ADHD. By the end of First grade he was falling behind in reading and his t