Starting the diet!

So for the last few weeks I have been doing a ton of research about the Gluten-free/Casein-free/MSG-free/Dye-free diet for Hayden. We know Hayden is completely addicted to Gluten and has really bad reactions of aggression and hyperactivity with MSG and Dyes, especially Red40.Today, we started. I will be journaling here occasionally to update his progress on the diet and any changes in his behavior and sensory issues.

We decided not to cut out Casein for the first 2 weeks, but we did lower the intake of Casein, but totally cut out the other 3. So far today we have seen some involuntary facial movements - like he's tensing his muscles and almost like what you would see in a person going through withdrawls from Cocaine. A lot with the mouth and cheeks, and some with his eyes.

His behaviour has been a bit off, mostly more juvenile and whiny, but no over-baring. His urine smells just like yeast. It's so gross and breath-taking. He did sleep better for his nap - a solid 3 hours with very little motion. I was in shock! Good shock!

I guess my biggest concern was that he wouldn't eat the foods and would starve for a couple of days, but so far he has eaten at every meal. He is taking Organic Plant Enzymes with lunch and dinner and a yeast-killing multi-vitamin with lunch and so far he has done very well with both of them and we started them 3 days ago.

All-in-all I am SO proud of my little man! He is so much stronger than I give him credit for!