Day 6- for lack of a better title

We have a word!!!!! Chase tonight said a word and real word and I heard it with my own ears!!!!! He brought me a strip of PECS pictures with various foods on them, I asked him what he wanted and he then pointed at the taco and said "taco" I immediately started crying, I ran outside and told Chris I couldn't believe it!!! I still can't believe it!! We are on day 6 of the diet, his last infraction was 5 days ago other than that he has been perfect!!! I am so excited words can't even describe!! On another awesome note tonight I got him to drink rice milk! This is HUGE! He hasn't had any milk in 6 days I am out of juice so I figured I would give him some but not let him see my pour it, well it worked he drank it!!! His behaviors are still mostly the same, jumping on the couch, playing with himself, ect. He seems to be eating more, still mostly cereal but I am keeping as much of a variety as I possibly can. I made him some granola bars and jello tonight and he thought that was cool, especially the jello.

Now on to Miss Trinity it is harder to keep her from having infractions than Chase!! It seems like we have a few good days then all the sudden she will have stolen one of the other kids milk and is drinking it. Being that she is so young she doesn't understand that the milk makes it hard for her to breathe and makes her nose run and her chest fill up so she coughs. So far though I have been able to add eggs back into her diet as long as they are in moderation which makes baking a little bit easier for me. I also had to cancel her drs appointment tomorrow because the van is broke again, honestly it is fine with me I was going to refuse her vaccinations anyways because she still isn't feeling well and I am not going to overload her immune system, I learned that lesson the hard way.

I am going to call the drs office tomorrow to see if Calista's lab work is back, I am really anxious to see her results, almost more than I was with Chase's. Probably because I was expecting Chase to have issues with his body. Next week Spencer goes in for his lead test and I will request the same tests for him they ran on Calista, Chase and Trinity, all is fair in a family full of allergies.

I am also on the edge of my seat for the new book I bought to get here. I am just finishing Dr. Bocks book, boy do I wish I could see him and have him treat Chase, if only I lived in New York. Anyways I got a new book that is just about the different supplements that have been found to help and what symptoms they help. By the time I get that book and start it we should be on the diet for about 2 weeks, I really want to wait a full 3 weeks before starting any supplements on any of the kids for a couple reasons:
#1 it takes 3 weeks at a minimum for casein to leave the body, longer for gluten more like 3 months but I am not waiting that long
#2 by the end of 3 weeks I should have everyones test results back so I know what problems each child has and from there I can cater to their diets and add supplements as needed.
#3 I need that 3 weeks for my research time, baking time, and for any chance of Chase going through withdrawl to be over with (so far we haven't had any problems but it is ONLY day 6)

One last thought for the night. I learned tonight that one of the symptoms of yeast overload is cracking of the skin on fingers and toes. This was like a light bulb moment for me. I had a feeling that Spencer has a yeast problem. His belly is always bloated, he is the gassiest person in the world, and his stool shows signs of yeast. Add in the fact that his toes have been cracking, and not just little cracks, huge cracks in the skin on the top of his toes but they never bleed (and in my opinion are big enough that they should) I am now definately sure that he has a yeast problem. So taking care of both my yeasty beasty's is top priority on my list once we get their diets straight.

On a side note the book I am just finishing reading is:
Healing the New Childhood Epidemics; Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders by Kenneth Bock and Cameron Stauth
and the one I just bought is:
Autism: Effective Biomedical Treatments (Have we done everything we can for this child? Individuality in an Epidemic) by Jon Pangborn