Nicholas’s 2nd birthday party was a disaster. Sensory overload for him. Too many people in the house, too much noise – he spent the day in his room, by himself. We tried to sing Happy Birthday, but that ended up with him tantruming all over the floor.

Between 2 and 2 1/2, this was the peak of the worst he had ever been – it was hard to see how bad it was until he was different, better. If you played on his terms, everything was cool. Change the plan and chaos ensued. He still had no interest in pointing, waving, other kids, answering to his name. He uttered a word here and there, but the only noises coming out of him were grunting, screaming and crying.

In hindsight, I started acting like a robot, so to speak, wherever we were, looking for things he would get interested in, couldn’t have – so I had to be pro-active and steer clear or set up and environment that would keep him happy. You don’t even realize it when you’re doing it. If we went into a restaurant and had a teenaged waiter, I knew instantaneously that this was going to be a waste of time – getting me food for a child as quick as possible meant nothing to a kid who had no experience with children – to know that me asking him to bring something out asap meant NOW and not in 15-20 minutes.

I felt like I had no reason to exist other than to say, “Nicholas no, Nicholas stop” to which he never listened anyway. So everything that started with that phrase ended up in me carrying him out to the car anyway I could keep hold of him while he was thrashing around. NO ONE ever told me that this was not normal.

When he was 2 years, 3 months, he took zithromax.

When he was 2 years, 6 months, he was given nystatin cream for a red anal ring (which the ped blew me off about) – and I DEMANDED a referal for a speech evaluation. He wrote it, but he told us we would be wasting money on speech therapy because Nicholas didn’t need it.

Nicholas was 2 years, 8 months when I started treating him biomedically with vitamins & supplements. He’s starting to come back. The differences in him are astounding. Now that we see who he ‘is’ – we are stunned at who he ‘was’ – now I see the issues, now I see the signs.

At 2 1/2, Nicholas was evaulated by Early Intervention. The evaluators suggested a developmental pediatrician and told us that him getting services was a “no brainer” His scores are as follows:
Language Comprehension: 25-30 month range (displays some difficulties)
Language Expession: 19-24 month range (displays some difficulties)
Nonverbal thinking: 31 month range
Social/Personal Behaviors – 13/18 months with some scatters to 24 months
Motor Behaviors: S0lid at 25 months with scatters to 30 months

He started with DI therapy and Speech. At first, he liked playing with the therapists, but when they kept coming back and expecting things from them, the tantrums followed. Screaming started. Meltdowns we had never seen before. We, along with the EI team, pushed through and got to the other side. We worked with the EI team and implemented their strategies throughout our daily routine. We weren’t just leaving it up to a few hours of therapy each week.

At the same time, I was ramping up Nicholas’s supplements. All of the ones I have tried have brought significant gains. Epsom salt baths and evening primrose oil have calmed him down dramatically. His focus is better, he is more attentive. His eye contact is fantastic compared to what it was. he responds much better to his name.

He knows his colors, animals, alphabet, numbers, shapes and more! To hear him say the words is amazing! His conversational speech nees work, but we know it is in there.

He aged out of Early Intervention at 3 and is entering a pre-school program. He is getting used to the classroom environment and their rules. He is not bothered about being dropped off, but being told what to do, where to sit, etc is a bit of a transition for him.