Another Day, Another Change in Dosage...

Those of you who are just meeting me now should know that I don't normally behave like this.  Reading these posts would make you think I change Jake's medicines everyday.  The truth of the matter is that Jake's medicines and dosages had remained unchanged for almost a year before the experimental break we took from the Liquid Carnosine Plus and the Behavior Balance Liquid.  Since then we have been up and down a little more than usual, trying to find our way back to the behavior we had come to know and love (mostly).


As I said previously, Jake is doing really well.  Most people would never know there had ever been any doubt or worry about our sweet little boy.  I, being his mother, am a little more critical.  I see things that most people don't see, and I make myself nuts on his behalf (I can't wait to hold it over his head when he grows up).  :)


The things that make me itch to switch things up are the following: 

• The Flapping and Jumping- when Jake gets excited he mostly jumps, sometimes flaps, and sometimes just paces back and forth talking to himself.  When he does these things it is like he is not in control of his body.  You can see him struggle to get it together, and although he has gotten much better at getting a grip on it, it almost looks to me like he is fighting off a demon possession.  On days when it worse than others (and for some reason it is usually worse in the afternoon), it makes me desperate to figure out a way to stop it.
• The Messy Bowel Movements-  for a kid who is on digestive enzymes and a probiotic, you would think all we feed him is liquid.  We went through a phase (right when we started potty training) where his bowel movements were perfectly normal (thank god, because that first accident in his underpants would have traumatized me otherwise).  When we broke from his medicines for a little bit, things went south pretty fast.  Bringing the Behavior Balance Liquid back on board didn't help, but for some reason bringing in the Liquid Carnosine Plus improved matters a little bit (which is strange, since it is filled with stuff for the brain and not the bowels).  Right now, let's say that everything is just ok...not great, not awful...just ok.  I am always wondering how to make that better because I guess I equate healthy bowels with healthy behavior (especially since we are pretty sure Jake's issues are related to food sensitivities, hence the digestive enzymes, which were the first things to really work on him).
• The Drooling-  as I said, mystery solved, but I had to sacrifice half an ML of Liquid Carnosine Plus to improve that situation.  I am hoping that won't affect his behavior, but for god knows what reason, it may affect his poop.  Unreal how these things are all tied together!

Anyway, I guess if this is the worst of it, I should be thankful.  This, and the occasional fit of ridiculous silliness, should not have me pulling my hair out.  It does of course, but what can I do, it comes with being his mom.  Meanwhile his flapping may drive me nuts, but now I see kids who flap everywhere.  I am so hyper-aware of it!  There is actually a boy in his class who does it almost constantly, and I know this is wrong, but it makes me dance a little on the inside when I see it.  I am glad it makes Jake stand out less, and I am glad that I am probably not the only mom who wants to help her baby boy be still when he does it.

So now we are back up to three and a half MLs of Claritin before bed, and back down to one and a half MLs of Liquid Carnosine Plus in the morning.  He was doing well at these doses for a couple of weeks, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it!

Oh, and one more thing....the parking incident yesterday will be costing my insurance company $1380 plus five days of car rental for the woman whose car I hit!  And I thought supplements were expensive!!!