Here is my story about my son Trevor....
When Trevor was 9 mths the pediatrician asked the standard baby questions at his wellness visit. Does he respond to his name, does he wave, all the social stuff. My answer was no to all of the social questions. The doctor told me not to worry.
At 1 year it was the same thing, no to all of the social questions. I asked the doctor if I should worry yet and she said "no Mom just needs to work with him more". Ouch!
At 15 mths Trevor went in for an ear infection. I asked the doctor again about the fact that Trevor wasn't waving, responding to his name, making eye contact, and spinning things. She finally listened to me and sent us to have him evaluated.
He was 16 months when the therapists arrived in our home to evaluate him. 5 therapist came and said he was at a 9 month level for speech and a 6 month level for cognitive or understanding. My hubby and I were devastated! We started therapy right away!
He had 2 speech, 2 occupational and 1 developmental therapy every week. Where we live they came to our house. Which was WONDERFUL! Also, we only had to pay around $100 a month for all of those services.
When Trevor was 2 and a couple of months, my up-line for Shaklee was over dropping something off. I told her about everything we'd been going through with Trevor. She suggested he take a really good whole food vitamin that he would absorb, and a pro-biotic. She said that a lot of kids on the autism spectrum have digestive issues and trouble absorbing the nutrients out of their food. Our colons have an on-going battle of good vs bad bacteria and the good stuff helps us break down our foods so we can absorb them. Sugar, dairy, and processed stuff feeds the bad stuff. Also, every time we take an antibiotic well kill all the good and bad stuff. We have put the good stuff back!
I put Trevor on something called "Citra Boost" from Shaklee. It's a whole food vitamin with pro-biotics. You mix it with orange juice and it makes it like a creamsicle. I started with a half does twice a day at first because he was sensitive to texture changes. Then he got used to it and would chug it! He started getting better! Not getting sick anymore and we noticed a change in his social skills too! He would play with the therapists more and was starting to make eye contact. I think getting a cat helped a lot too! He first made eye contact with our cat!
Little by little Trevor started saying more and more words. By 3 he went in the Early Intervention pre-school thought the school district. That goodness for all of the services we have here! He was talking pretty well by 3 and a half. He still was about one year delayed but we felt we were out of the woods. We did a lot of praying, therapy and Shaklee! I really believe getting him to absorb the nutrition with the whole food vitamin and pro-biotic made a HUGE difference. I'm so grateful to Jennifer (my up-line) for telling me!
Trevor was taken off of all of the Therapies at pre-school at age 4 1/2 yrs. They asked if that would be OK and I said I'd been waiting for the day they would say that! What Mom doesn't want to hear that?!?!
He is now in a normal kindergarten class. He might have ADD, but he's functioning just fine. You'd never guess what we'd been through if you met him!
Now I give him 2 of Shaklee's "Incredivites" which is a children's multi with Lactoferon a pre-biotic that feed the good bacteria. It has over 22 vitamins and minerals including a full spectrum of Vitamin B's for happy kids!
I also give him 2 "Mighty Smarts" an omega for his brain. Omegas are so important for brain health because our brains are made of fats. The catch is that we need the good fats! Shaklee's Omegas or "Mighty Smarts" are pharmacudical grade and triple cleanse so you don't have to worry about mercury or anything bad being in there! Shaklee is super ananl about what's in all of their supplements.
I also give Trevor Shaklee's "Optiflora" a probiotic that is triple encapsulated to ensure that live bacteria gets down to the colon. The problem with yougurt (other than all the sugar which feeds the bad bacteria) is that the good bacteria has to get down through the stomach acids, through the upper intestine and down to the lower intestin and colon were it can do the most good. Shaklee spent 15 yrs creating the "Optiflora" pro-biotic. It's the only one on the market guarenteed to deliver LIVE CULTURES to the lower intestine and colon.
Now Trevor never gets sick (unless I start slacking on the vitamins, and let him eat a lot of sugar). If you met him now you would think he had a lot of energy, but you'd never guess that he had been diagnosed as under the spectrum of Autism.
Phew! That was a long story! I hope my story can help someone else who maybe going through the same thing we went through!
