That darn yeast.....

Well, here we go again.....you get into a groove of things, thinking everything is going fairly smoothly and then you notice slight changes.  My little angel is acting a little more picky, having a few more sensory issues, stimming a bit more, not getting as much sleep, etc. .  Thinking it must just be her reaction to the change of seasons, which can't seem to make up it's mind.  Or, perhaps it's hormones kicking in, she is 10 and all.  But then you regroup your mind (sleep deprived and all) and really try and focus.  It hits me,  she hasn't had a anti-fungal  in awhile......hhhmmm.  You would think after these years of bio-meds and figuring these things out it would come a bit quicker to me?  Nope.  I am pretty sure (you never know with Autism) we've got a case of seasonal yuks and a kick of yeast.  Lovely.  I started a natural anti-fungal this time and hopefully that will kick it in the butt.  It is a slow process, and makes her feel pretty icky, but hopefully we can get her back to a better place very soon.

Can the season just make up it's mind.......

If you have Autism in your life (my youngest daughter, 10 yrs. old) you know that the change of seasons can knock the poor kids around a bit.  For some odd reason it can really aggravate certain aspects of their autism.  It is the craziest thing.  And in Washington State, this has been one odd Spring.  We've had some extreme changes in weather and it has done no good for my girl!  We've done no changes in bio-meds, food etc., but her stimming is worse than ever and her sleep was really suffering there for a bit.  But thru it all, she has that beautiful smile on her face and keeps us laughing at her jokes!  And I'll take laughing over crying any day!  We are just counting the days until summer.......