Nathan had a rough day yesterday. He was overtired having been out late combining with Dad but that doesn’t totally explain the rotten day he had. He had trouble sharing at daycare, was incredibly emotional about everything and even had an accident & wet himself.
When I came to collect him, he was pretty upset and [...]
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2 Sep
Frustrated.
1 Sep
Cookie Thief
There is a cookie thief in my house. And it isn’t me, so don’t go there. Yes, I have noticed that we are suddenly short of cookies again & yet I just made a whole bunch of them on Saturday.
I’ll admit it, I know the culprit too. I’ve even caught him red-handed. Unfortunately, I suspect [...]
30 Aug
It’s Not One OR the Other
I’m having a great e-mail conversation with a lovely woman these days & she said something that I thought really needed to be explored.
People told her not to pursue the GFCF diet because her child was responding so well to ABA and other therapy.
Wow. Do people think the GFCF diet is a stand-alone intervention? Or [...]
24 Aug
Now It’s 1 in 100
Autism rates in the US (ages 2 – 17) are now at 1 in 100. One percent.
It wasn’t very long ago it was 1 in 10,000. Or even 1 in 166. Or 1 in 150.
Actually, if you factor in the .6% that had a ASD at one time, but don’t now, we’re down to 1 [...]
20 Aug
Biomedical = Bankruptcy?
It occurs to me on a pretty much constant regular basis that all this Biomedical intervention has the possibility of bankrupting not only me but thousands of other families. And, if it doesn’t bankrupt me, it surely will put a “crimp” in our lifestyle that other families simply don’t have.
Don’t get me wrong. My child [...]
17 Aug
Gluten Free Flour Blends
If you want to bake Gluten Free, you will likely have much more success with a blend of flours. Bette Hagman, the guru of gluten free cooking has several blends that I have had great success with.
And yes, you can buy pre-mixed gluten free flour blends. They are more expensive than doing it yourself & [...]
11 Aug
Packaged GFCF Goods We’ve Encountered
My stat counter tells me that people want to know what they can buy in a Canadian grocery store that is GFCF. Well, like I said before, there isn’t much & what is available is expensive. Cost aside, it is easier to tote a mix or two to Grandma’s house instead of all the ingredients [...]
3 Aug
Let’s Go Shopping
The toughest part of starting GFCF is the inital shopping trips. If you are lucky enough to live in a big city or near a great health food store you might find it simpler. For the rest of us, here’s Part 4 of the GFCF for Beginners series.
There are a couple of things to keep [...]
31 Jul
Swine Flu Mass Immunizations
I’m interrupting my For Beginnners! series to rant (just a bit) about the latest news that Canada will be undertaking an “Influenza Mass Immunization” program in the fall.
Oh, and it gets better. The latest research suggests that pregnant women, particularly in their 2nd and 3rd trimester are hit “harder” with the H1N1 virus. They may [...]
30 Jul
GFCF the Easy Way
Welcome to Part 3 of a continuing series on the GFCF diet.
There are two ways to start GFCF – the hard way, where you pull everything and go cold turkey or the easy way.
Now, don’t kid yourself for a second, GFCF is still a challenge and you’ll likely spend a lot more time in the [...]
