Bread makes a return

You woke at 7am today crying. Sadly I woke at 6something from the sound of the traffic and spent the morning being grumpy and lethargic. I would, maybe tempting fate, say that this bout of withdrawal symptoms are over. We have certainly dealt with nappies/patience/obsessiveness in lifts and ending the obsessive behaviour/stamping and anger and maybe a few other behaviours from the change in diet and Epsom Salts. Hopefully Saba Itzik's package will arrive soon and we can start with the vitamins and minerals.

The lift and dropping Mummy off were no problem at all. Not in the sense that you didn't care, just that you stayed calm. You said goodbye (though sometimes you sort of say goodbye once we drive off like today). You do get a little upset after we go round the block - not screaming, more just "oh no, Mummy gone". It makes me think that there is still a connection to be made there, but we are much closer than we were. I'm glad I insist on the routine of taking Mummy to work - you know where she is, and you know we pick her up later, so it makes it a lot easier for all of us. Your distress at Mummy leaving is much less too. You also said, after we counted all the building numbers "to work". Not "work" (avoda), but "to work" (la'avod). Things are happening to your language every day.

We went to the park - it's Purim - but there wasn't a whole lot of interest, you were happy enough, but I couldn't get your interests up and probably mine too. It does make me think that nursery is good for you on days like this. I haven't got enough energy really. It is hard sometimes because it is personal. For other people you are part of their job. You're slightly more than that to me. I was also a bit peed off that they put lollies up to 5 shekels. It's extortionate - they are 2 in Rehovot.

I gave in an ordered some Tom's of Maine Silly Strawberry toothpaste and got them to send it to Nanny's. She will bring it in a week. I can't believe how hard this has been to source some toothpaste. There is some Weleda Calendula flavoured in Eden, but the thought of trying a new flavour on you is not exciting - and it is twice the price of toothpaste in England. Things are really expensive here, I've started to notice. Except fruit and vegetables.

I found a couple of interesting articles/discussions on the causes of autism. One forum thread discussing 'did you have a difficult labour', with a whole host of people saying "yes". Obviously, few people can be bothered to post to say "no", and few people say their labour was easy. It did make me think though that you were stuck for maybe 60 hours, not straight in the canal and had to be whipped out after 60 hours of contractions 7 minutes apart when your heartbeat dropped from 168 to 60 in a second. Maybe this complicates the brain functioning. Maybe if they made a discussion of babies born with blue eyes you'd see a million hands go up and declare and "he has ASD now". Someone did ask if breast-feeding might have anything to do with it, to which, an autistic adult posted in large block letters NO. The other thing is more interesting. Your mum found an article which seemed to be close to proving that autistic behaviours diminish when the child has a fever and language improves, when the temperature drops below 100F normal business is resumed. I also read something about a trick for potty training that I think might be interesting. You sit on the potty and blow bubbles - it is the same action apparently and helps.

Following on from yesterday's "want help" request, you stunned me again. I was on the laptop and you asked to type some numbers. I said I was busy so you said "help me...help you...help you". If you were actually asking if you could help me, which is the only sensible conclusion I could draw, then that is miraculous.

Mummy took over dinner again, fortunately for you. So you wolfed down two slices of GF bread and jam and then two more slices of eggy toast. Excellent. You've been asking almost exclusive for bread and cheese since this diet started, so I'm pleased that the chewy bread that you get on this diet still gets gobbled down. I think I set my sights to high for this diet - I wanted to run before I could walk. You'll eat lentils one day.

All in all quite a good day, you were pretty stable, though the screeching every time you don't get your own way is becoming more regular. In bed by 7.30pm stuffed full of bread.

Today's Food

Breakfast: Date & Banana Smoothie with Calcium, Apple (or at least most of an apple), ice lolly from the park, Cornflakes with Rice Milk

Snack: Chocolate Cake.

Lunch: Homemade Baked Beans (refused again, and they were delicious), White Rice (ate a bit of), Lentil Patty (refused), Vegetable Patty (refused)

Snack: Gummy bears, apple

Dinner: Two slices of Gluten-free bread (defrosted, on full power for 35 secs) Jam Sandwich, two slices of French toast (sprinkle of sugar, one egg, salt, no milk). Wolfed down. Apparently your mum's ideas work better than your dad's. One day you'll grow up to eat her food and regret it.