Posts by radicalmama

primarily, he has two dinosaurs that have a flesh like exterior and squishy flesh like feel...they can bitten, pinched, pulled, squeezed...we give him wooden hammers and pegs. playdough. putty. ice. pretzels...rope pulling...

oh dear...i just saw that shirt, "I am not trying to be naughty, I'm Autsitic. Please have patience," and I just cannot stop bawling.

My three year old has been diagnosed with PDD-NOS. The intensity of his behavior seems to ebb and flow, and right now we are in a serious flow phase...forget flow, we are in a tidal wave. And I am not coping well. Tonight, a friend...

Some Background: My son, aged 3, received a diagnosis of PPD this week. Last month he was very very ill with a stomach virus, requiring medical intervention (two days in ER with IV and medicine to stop vomiting). For the first time in...

We home birthed and did not do a newborn screen. There was no mention in the report of hypoglycemia, or aciduria, just indication of a mitochondrial disorder (presumably mild).

I just got back a report on some old labs...and I don't understand them, and they seem un-googlable. It was reported as a dilute sample, with mild elevations in several things... but there was one that was really really high. My...

My 2.5 year old son has been exhibiting fairly violent full body (both sides) jerking (in succession) lasting several-45 seconds upon falling asleep. He has had previous minor tremor activity, apparent absence seizures (unconfirmed),...

My eleven year old daughter smells. Badly. She just refuses to wear deodorant. I don't know why. She won't discuss it. I actually don't wear it, for some reason I don't really have a lot of body odor, but I do keep a tube of natural...

My nearly two-year old son has been testing us, big time. The day seems like an enormous struggle. He throws food and toys, pulls the heater control off the wall, throws objects into the heating grate, pulls up my plants, and bites me...

When we started to have our son evaluated for neuro stuff, we also worried about what they would say about our non-vaxing. After seeing DOZENS of doctors...EVERY single one asked if his vaccinations were up to date, and EVERY single...