Well, in less than a week, Nicholas is potty-trained!!!!!!!!! No more diapers (during the day) for Nicholas. We are sooo thrilled with this huge accomplishment! (I have to send out a big thanks to Gymboree for making big boy underpants with trains on them!)
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May 28th, 2009 
Mom Another biggie, which I forgot to mention, was that Nicholas is understanding emotions and he is even reading our facial expressions and tieing them to emotions. He can identify and tell us when he is sad, mad, happy, etc. When he reads the look on my face, he has said “mommy don’t be mad” “mommy, […]
Inspiration at it’s finest….
May 28th, 2009 Mom Sam – you truly are an inspiration!! You should be very, very, very proud of yourself – you are quite talented!! Click to read the story on Age of Autism
Sharyl Attkisson Explores Off Label Use of Risperdal in Children
May 28th, 2009 Mom When Nicholas was almost 2 1/2 years old, we took him to a local Neurologist who was apparently “the dr to see” in a big hospital in NJ. You know, the kind of doctor who is on Autism Boards and “really knows his stuff” You know, the one with the waiting list which is months […]
Progress Update on Nicholas
May 28th, 2009 Mom Round 34 brought some pretty incredible gains along with it. Nicholas was incredible during the round – absolutely incredible. He started finishing sentences which blew us away. It hit us instantly when he did because we then knew – he UNDERSTOOD what he was hearing. I wanted to jump for joy with it. Sometimes, you […]
Swallowing Capsules
May 15th, 2009 Mom Yesterday, I attempted to get Nicholas to take a gelcap – and he DID!! I decided to try with these tiny Oil of Oregano gepcaps – smallest ones I could find. I went first and showed him step by step and then asked him to try it. (promising him a trip to the store, of […]
Added Wild Oil of Oregano
May 14th, 2009 Mom I started giving Nicholas Wild Oil of Oregano today. These are small gelcaps and Nicholas swallowed it with very little coaching! Physician’s Strength 100% Wild Oil of Oregano Update – January 27, 2010: These were the gelcaps that started us getting Nicholas on the path to swallowing capsules. While at this time, they did not […]
Added Chromium Picolinate today
May 12th, 2009 Mom I added Chromium Picolinate to Nicholas’s supplement regiment today: 100mcg with breakfast, lunch and dinner. Chromium is an essential trace mineral that works with insulin to support healthy blood glucose levels and plays and important role in the proper utilization of protein, fat and carbohydrates. Why am I adding this to his routine?? One, Nicholas’s […]
