So Alyssa had he appointment yesterday and she was tested for 20 of the most common allergies and she was negative. Thats great! We still dont know why she is getting the eczema but its actually doing well with the aveeno and they gave me new cream for her face so hopefullt it will work. I think the winter is really bad for her so thats why it was getting worse. I am glad we have it under control now. As for allergies, the Dr said that it wouldnt really affect her behavior even if she did have them. She said that eliminating certain foods like sugar and red dye could be a trigger but thats not considered an allergy. We are planning to do this soon. We are actually all going to follow the feingold diet which has been very effective for kids with ADHD. It will be hard for all of us but it will also be good for us. I decided we should all do it because I dont think its fair for Alyssa to have to eat everything seperate from us and plus it will be healthier for all of us. The kit is around 100 bucks so I will have to figure out when we can squeeze that in the budget. Its not going to be easy now that JRs hours are cut but its a neccesity so we will make it work.
Alyssa has a Dr appt with her regular ped in a couple weeks for a behavior consult. I dont think its going to do any good. Most peds dont diagonse this young and honestly I have brought it up before and was told I need to parent different. Whatever!!! I am far from perfect but I know her behavior is not because of the way we are parenting. I am sure there are things we can learn to help but her behavior is out of control. Her teacher seems to think she is fine...hyper but not ADHD. I would agree is she saw her more than 6 hours a week. Anyways, we have a very long road ahead of us. I am going to do whatever it takes to help my baby girl!!!!!
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You CAN do the Feingold diet. It is not that difficult if you have the help and support of others doing the same thing (see Feingold Assoc, the support group).
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