Recovering Noah

Well, I can tell it will be a long day. Noah's been up since 4:00 am. I just don't get it. He didn't fall asleep until around 10:45 - aren't kids supposed to sleep for more than 5 hours a night? It's de ja vu all over again. Noah fell into this pattern when he was a baby and it lasted nightly until he was about 20 months - once we removed soy and corn from his diet. He would still have sleep issues about 4 times a week, but at least I got reprieve the days he would sleep a bit longer. I really don't know what causes his sleep issues. And if I don't know, then how can I help him? And as a mom, it's just awful when you can't help your own child. That feeling of helplessness just gets you right to the core. We went to Noah's chiropracter on Tuesday and she used a BioFeedback device on him. The next day, he was sluggish and out of it. Today, he's been seeking lots of sensory stimulation. He woke up shrieking and squealing and turning circles. He...

Wow! I can't believe that I finally created our own blog. I feel so high-tech! :-) I am very unsavvy when it comes to the computer, so it feels good to finally get this thing accomplished. We've been trying to get a website and blog going for sometime. We are almost finished with the website and will send it to our web designer (thanks Mario!) this week. Hopefully, it'll be up in a few weeks and you can all check it out. It basically tells Noah's story and his journey through autism - from regressing into autism at 15 months old, to doing ABA and Biomedical therapies, to regressing again at the age of 3, to finally finding a treatment protocol that works and where we are today. It also details why we're trying to raise money to continue his new protocol and why we're so desperate for Noah to make progress. The website will be located at www.recoveringnoah.com - so be on the lookout for it! Well, I'm really excited about the upcoming website and about starti...