another one bites the dust!
One Heart, One Mind: The Case for Healing Autism – A New Book by Pierre Fontaine CCH
RecoveringNicholas’s homeopath, Pierre Fontaine, has published a new book titled, “One Heart, One Mind – The Case for Healing Autism” which takes a look at several of his cases in which he recovered children from autism. He’s shared this book with me so that I can share it with all of you. It has been […]
Phenomenal Autism & PANDAS Recovery in Progress thanks to Classical Homeopath Pierre Fontaine!!
Pierre Fontaine has shared a new case and the results have been phenomenal! DOB: 1/15/2008 ASD / PANDAS During pregnancy Mom was sick (nauseous), had sun poisoning, was Strep B positive and had to take a high dose of penicillin before birth. Parents were stressed (selling home and building a new one). Dad had just […]
Update on Nicholas – Coming up on our 4 Year Anniversary with Homeopathy and Pierre Fontaine!!
To those of you who have emailed to check up on us, thanks so much – its so nice to hear from those of you who are still fighting so vigilantly to heal your children from autism, aspergers and adhd!! I hope that you all find the path to recovering your child! Nicholas continues to […]
Living life… autism-free!!
Thank you all for the emails inquiring about Nicholas. We’re all doing great and continue to be ecstatic with his progress with homeopathy! Autism took away so much of our lives for too long, as I am sure you can imagine… whether it’s one day or three years, it’s all too long when you are […]
Interview with Pierre Fontaine: Homeopathy & Autism
June 4th, Pierre Fontaine joined me live on Biomed for Autism’s radio show to discuss classical homeopathy for children with autism. You can listen to the archive here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/biomed-for-autism/2010/06/04/classical-homeopathy-with-pierre-fontaine Visit the Biomed for Autism Facebook page to keep up on future events! Pierre Fontaine, RSHom (NA), CCH, has been a professional Homeopath in New York […]
Nicholas is potty-trained
May 29th, 2009 
Mom 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!)
Addition to my progress update
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, be happy!” Just amazing.
I found this game and showed him just the other day and he labeled all of their emotions without me even asking:
Thomas the Tank Engine Emotions Game
“Mommy, why is James angry?” “Look Mommy, Thomas is happy!”
Also, he is now telling us when he is tired.
And, if we raise our voices around us – he tells us to use our inside voices. Gotta love it.
I’m sure more will come to me – I will add them here if they do.
5/29/2009 – Oops – one I forgot about. Nicholas understands that boys and girls are different. He has correctly pointed out boys and girls in photos and has also told us that “Nicholas has a penis. Daddy has a penis. Mommy has no penis.” (I guess I can’t leave the bathroom door unlocked anymore when I get in the shower! LOL)
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!!
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 long because everyone just has to get their kid in to see him. Before our appointment, I already knew Nicholas had autism. I was already beginning to put the biomed pieces together in my head. We had already seen a HUGE difference in Nicholas from just the addition of the Omega Fish Oil and Vitamin E. So, imagine a naive version of me (oh yeah, I was naive back then) sitting there asking this doctor why fish oils are making my child talk and babble when without it he was almost completely silent after him telling me that ABA was our only hope if we did not want to institutionalize our son and try again. So, imagine my shock when this doctor practically yelled at me about giving my child omega fish oil and then telling me that he was not giving me an Rx for ABA until I brought my son back to see him after he was medicated with risperdal. (the school requested a report or Rx for ABA so they could get Nicholas services – that was the primary reason for the appointment)
Hearing a neurologist confirm your thoughts that your child was in fact autistic was enough for one afternoon. Having such an individual tell you to put your child in an institution and try again was one of the most cruel things anyone has ever said to me in my life. Having him answer my curious question on fish oil in the manner in which he did was unprofessional and telling all at the same time. But, in the moment, I didn’t know that his response to the fish oil was telling at all. What I heard was autism and institution and risperdal. I collapsed in the parking lot shortly thereafter from a panic attack.
I went home and started looking up Risperdal. In less than five minutes, I read that this was medication for schizophrenic adults and that it was recently approved for children five years and above. In less than five minutes, I knew there was no way I was putting my son on a drug like this – my son’s behavior did not warrant it – and thinking back to the appointment I then realized that this doctor did nothing but provoke my son from the second we walked into his office – and at times, my son acted better than I thought he would there. (I truly understand some children need this medication and do not judge any parents for choosing this route for their child if they have tried everything in their power first.)
My son, as I said, was 2 1/2 years old. When I made the appointment, they told me that they had plenty of toys there so I would not need to bring any. We get there and are in the waiting room…. no toys. We are brought into the doctors office… again, no toys. My son was just starting to play with his toy phone at home and he saw a phone on the doctors desk and wanted to play with it. This doctor proceeded to taunt my child with his phone and then deny him access to play with it. And then he tells me my son is agitated and needs medication. This doctor did not choose to see my son pick up the receiver putting it to his ear and babbling like he was having a conversation. I have to wonder how different a neurotypical child would have acted in that situation.
My son was hyper as if he was driven by a motor that never shut off. “He needs medication!” exclaims the doctor, “He will not learn without it!” In my many beginning hours of research into my son’s issues, I found a list of things to try to calm him down a bit and I started trying them. Epsom Salt baths – check. Evening Primrose Oil – check. Gaba – check. L-theanine – check. I added epsom salt baths – and wow — the difference was amazing. Then I added Evening Primrose Oil – I saw less hyper. I added gaba, but knowing that would take a month or so to kick in, I also added L-Theanine – and that worked very well. Less hyper, less anxiety – and suddenly I was angry. Angry that they would rather my son be medicated — with a drug that wasn’t even approved for a 2 year old. Angry that this doctor couldn’t say – hey, magnesium is calming – why don’t you try some of that either orally or epsom salt baths and see if that works to calm him down some?? Unfortunately, we all know the answer to that question by now.
I felt like this doctor was on a misson:
1. Diagnose
2. Break down parents into believing there is nothing that can be done to help their child
3. Medicate
I still have that Rx for risperdal. I keep it as a reminder of what I’m working towards – a child who does not need to depend on anything in life — including Rx drugs like this. I’m so glad Sharyl Attkisson wrote about this. So very glad. Thank you, Sharyl. You are one of my heroes. Thank you for having the backbone to stand up for the truth!
Sharyl Attkisson Explores Off Label Use of Risperdal in Children
By Kim StaglianoSharyl Attkisson of CBS News delves into the off-label use of Risperdal for children and it’s serious side effects, including breast growth on males.
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 just dont know if they understand or not — you think they don’t but then they do — or you think they do and they really don’t – but this nailed it for us.
He’s been singing all kinds of songs. I only heard the ABC song out of him. When seeing a picture of a birthday cake, he launched into Happy Birthday and sang the whole song. I came running because I could not believe it. He sang it again for me on request perfectly from beginning to end. Other songs include those from Wubbzy… You’re a Star, you’re a star, yeah yeah a superstar….
He started complimenting us. Mommy, your hair looks nice. Daddy, I like your shirt. (Where this came from, I dont know – but we are a complimentary family, so perhaps he’s picked some things up or perhaps it’s genetic stemming from Grandma’s genes)
My hair has gotten way too long once again and my bangs were covering my eyes. I was promptly told, “mommy you need a haircut, can I cut your hair?”
He’s changing lyrics to songs on us. If we sing something to him — he sings it back changing the lyrics — and he’s funny. I am so jealous of people who can do this kind of thing on the fly – never thought Nicholas would be one of those with this ability.
His level of pretend play has reached a new plateau. While in the bath, he will say “look mommy, I’m a whale” he will put water in his mouth and spit it out like he’s blowing water out like a whale. We have never seen him pretend to be someone/something else before.
He’s doing things to be deliberately funny. He will call grandpa daddy and vice versa and when he’s corrected, he laughs hysterically.
He’s actually patient, which is something that’s been getting better — but boy, this is something that shows us how far he has come. His reward toy (see the next update) is sitting in the livingroom in the box. He wanted to open it and I said tomorrow. He said okay and has not asked again. Had this been a year ago – there would have been screaming, tantrums, crying and who knows what else before we would have said enough and opened it. Had this been a year ago – I would not have been able to even bring the box in the house because I knew what would happen if I had said tomorrow.
Here’s the biggie – Nicholas is almost potty trained. He is going both poopy and pee-pee on the potty — and boy is he really trying. He’s not 100% yet — but since we’ve only been pushing it since this past Saturday, I am so impressed and thankful. The diapers are gone during the day. He went to school the past 2 days in underpants. Yesterday, he had an accident at school and came home in a diaper. Today, he came home in his undies!!!!!!! In the past three days, he got 35 stickers to fill his chart and get his special toy that he picked out. I made a sticker chart with a picture of that toy – and to be honest, I did not think he “got it” when it came to putting together all the stickers and the toy — but he totally got it now. We really started pushing it on Saturday – and he spent the day in his big boy underpants. Gymboree had the cutest undies and I found a pair with trains on them. (this is what I think did it to be honest) — once he felt how good the undies felt, he would not allow us to put a diaper on him Saturday night. It was a struggle – but he would have been soaked, so I had to sneak the diaper into the undies and then put them on. That he was okay with. I prayed he would not want to continue that, but the next morning, he asked for his train undies again. (I may have to go buy a 2nd pair!)
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 course) – and he tried. He had a little trouble, but he did it – and with much less coercion than I imagined.
So, we just tried it again today – and he did it again!
I so hope this is a trend. Life would be so much easier if I could get him to swallow capsules.
Added 5/21/09 – he’s still doing it. Thank goodness. I pray that I can soon work up to the little capsules and go from there.
Added 5/28/09 – still doing it! We haven’t missed a day yet. Huge. This is just huge for him.
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 help us with yeast – I do not believe I gave him enough to actually work on the yeast. Nicholas had a bacterial flare last week (I posted about it) and in a few days of giving him 2 caps twice a day – he was back to his normal self. These are so tiny – they are smaller than a raisin. Good way to get your kiddo swallowing capsules.
