Hello there!

Sorry! I did not mean to fall off the face of the earth but my parents were here visiting and then I hurt my wrist getting ready for our yard sale. I had my hand all wrapped up so I could only type with one hand and it was super annoying! I am better though and ready to fill everyone in.

So.. we have been looking into diet changes for Cooper. I am fairly certain that I am going to put him on the gluten free/casein free/soy free diet. He is already dairy free so casein is already taken care of and I have already taken him off of soy... I just need to add gluten.... the tough one! I have also gotten rid of all artificial colors in his diet and that has really helped!

It is in my nature to put my mind to something and just jump in head first. However, this time I made myself stop and do this slowly. I felt like I needed to just observe Cooper first and see if I could see him reacting to anything and then start taking foods away slowly. This way I can see how he reacts to each thing being taken away (behavior wise) and I can also ease him into it. I just did not think it was fair to him to go cold turkey.

So I have seen an amazingly clear reaction from him to anything with artificial colors in it! It was just amazing to me how quickly I could see him reacting. He would just tantrum like a crazy kid and he would "loose" his words. Just starting with the "eeegghhh uuuggghhh" stuff when he was tantruming instead of using his words. So he still pitches fits but at least he does not have the artificial stuff (which is not good for anyone anyway) triggering it.

I got some gluten free things at Whole Foods last weekend. I love Whole Foods! Man for a mama with kids with such specific dietary restraints it is a life saver! I don't know how I would do it without it! I also have started buying Hunter's rice milk and Cooper's almond milk by the case there. You get a 10% discount when you do so it is totally worth it! I end up saving just a little bit of money but first every bit helps and second I don't have to worry about running out of milk! I get the shelf stable kind so I just put it in the cupboard and I have enough for each of them for two weeks. I shop biweekly so it makes it easy on me!

I have Cooper's results appointment on Monday and I am super anxious about it. I am just nearly certain they are going to say that he is on the Autism Spectrum and I am not that hung up on the label per say but it is still not going to be fun to hear. So I will post again after that to give the update!

Cooper had a really fun day today! He got to go outside and play with Daddy and the other kids when I went to get some things done at preschool. When I got home (5 hours later!!) he was inside running around in a Power Ranger costume pretending he was Spiderman. He could not find the Spiderman costume so I guess that had to do!