Today my plan was to endorse how important preschool is for our kids with apraxia. After all, I’d been mentally planning it for months now. What else would I talk about when tomorrow night is orientation, Wednesday Jake meets his new teacher, and Friday is the first day of school? I also thought I’d be giving …
Last week a moment that I had been anticipating for months finally arrived. On Wednesday my husband and I took Jake to see a physician that specializes in pediatric integrative medicine. All the months of prayers, googling, researching, reading, emails, calls, and comments on blog posts had all led us to this decision. I am …
A few months ago, I blogged on a study that was done in 2009 that suggested that apraxia could be caused by nutritional deficiencies, sensitivities, or allergies within the body. (Click here to read). At the beginning of May Dr. Claudia Morris, who performed that study, gave me some additional information on nutrition and apraxia …
After my emotional meltdown last week, I coped by getting online to educate myself. I stumbled upon a 2009 study by Dr. Claudia Morris: “Syndrome of allergy, apraxia, and malabsorption: characterization of a neurodevelopment phenotype that responds to vitamin E supplementation.” A few key points of the study were: Vitamin E deficiency causes symptoms that …
During this special week devoted to love, love, and more love, I learned my little one has two addictions – my iPhone (annoyingly taking photos and playing games like Fruit Ninja and Temple Runner) and eating chocolate. Webster’s definition of an addict is “one addicted to an evil habit” and the word addicted means, “devoted, …
Jake's Journey with Apraxia 