Friday, January 27, 2012

THREE YEARS OLD AND FLYING

ANDY was three when I first saw him in late November. He was so hyperactive that he'd touched every toy I had and bounced off the wall so much
I thought he might break a window on the glassed-in porch where I do my therapy."No", he said when he could verbalize. Otherwise, he just went right on with whatever he had in mind.
His presenting symptoms were many:poor balance and coordination, hyperactvity, limited eye-contact, allergies to food,problems knowing where his body is in space (He ran into walls and banged things a lot ), poor sequencing, no concept of potty training (wore diaper), auditory processing problems,dislike of new situations, objected to being touched.He was indeed flying.

The chiropractor/nutritionist, Dr. Richard Herbold felt that the med.s given mom to prevent premature labor were the cause.I thought it was going to be a long road him to have better focus
much less better balance and proprioception.

He has made quantums leaps in 2 months. He now plays quietly with Lego's and keeps trying different solutions where before he would be frustrated and move on to something else.He now wears"big boy" underpants, and wants to jump from furniture.He has careful, good hand control, balances and alternates his feet going up stairs, is more aware of others even to the point of being kind to that formerly ignored baby brother .

He is now flying forward into his life on a more normal trajectory. Mom and Dad are thrilled and no longer say "I just don't know what to do with him". There is more to work on but what fabulous progress and coming into a normal, self-directed life.