GAPS is gut and psychology syndrome. Yes, it's about leaky gut. It's a protocol to heal the gut (basically, simple healthy food). Theidea is that once the gut is healed it will stop absorbing undigested food which act as toxins in the body, it will be able to properly absorb nutrients so the body and brain can function properly and it will be able to remove toxins such as heavy metals from the body, the way a healthy gut does. The book is excellent and I highly recommend reading it.
I was fortunate enough to attend a seminar presented by the legendary Tony Attwood today. I came away from it feeling renewed and a whole lot more knowledgable (and loaded down with books and sensory toys lol) Ripley has been slowly sliding down a slippery slope lately; its getting to a point where people who've known us for a long time are finally seeing the 'real' him. Last week at the park he spent the whole 3hrs wandering around roaring at people (he was being a dragon) but he ended up frightening a few of the other kids (random people) and a few parents shoo'ed their kids away from him, near broke my heart He's progressed to threatening to kill me when he has a meltdown and yesterday he spent 20min's scratching my face and arms, punching me and screaming when I took Ds1 to karate. Poor instructor didnt know what to do. I didnt know what to do except sit on him until he calmed down; Im not used to dealing with this behaviour in public.
I hope everyone else is travelling as well as you can when you live our lives
Popping in here hoping to get some answers to my questions. My DS is 17.5 months old and I have been worried about his 'certain' behaviours for a while now. Mainly it's his arm flapping and his leg kicking (he does it a lot while in his high chair, his car seat and in his stoller). Automatically I'm thinking autism, but he does not seem to fit the profile exactly (well from what I read on the net). I realise the spectrum is very wide. I have so far taken him to his pediatrician and he seems to think his arm flapping and his kicking is his way of expressing his excitement/frastration/boredom and he will grow out of it when he starts walking. I have his 18 month MCHN app. in 4 weeks so I will be seeking her opinion on this and also asking if he can get assessed for early intervention. His vocab consist of mum, dada, yum, and other noises which are not words (well to me anyway).
I was just wondering, with those of you with children with ASD and autism (is there more???) at what age in your kids did you start noticing certain behaviours that worried you?
Basically DS has:
has been late with all his milestones so far
his fine motor skills are OK but not fantastic
good eye contact and responds to his name but not all the time
does not finger point
does not stack anything but demolishes the blocks when I stack them
when I give him this 'fit the shapes' thing he only plays with the pieces and them throws them away
he does not seem 'far away' although sometimes it looks like he is seeing through me
loud noises and lights do not seem to affect him
he doesn't appear to pay any attention to the lady at gymbaroo when she is calling out his name to show him something
doesn't seem to chuck a tanty unless he is super tired and I don't give him what he wants
he has been good with night sleeping but not so much day sleeping (that has improved now that he is more active though)
Is he too young to pick up on other things like his interaction with other kids?
Can't think of any more now but that will do for now.
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He's progressed to threatening to kill me when he has a meltdown and yesterday he spent 20min's scratching my face and arms, punching me and screaming when I took Ds1 to karate. Poor instructor didnt know what to do. I didnt know what to do except sit on him until he calmed down; Im not used to dealing with this behaviour in public.
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