Foodie Friday
Our autism journey

Nope, nada, not gonna happen sleep. The big comfy new pillow came, he went to sleep almost instantaneously, and I thought, ahhh bliss. Although, knowing it wasn’t going to work, praying it would. The gut. We don’t give it the attention it deserves. The dude is picky, but yet for being five, autism and his own choices, I think he eats pretty well. I’ve got him on a gluten free, dairy free diet, but almost everything has gluten in it anymore. I have him on supplements like probiotics and enzymes, and those have helped tremendously. So last night as he is all comfy in his bed, sound asleep, the instincts of his body took over. He isn’t potty trained, it can take months or even years to teach a child with autism to use the bathroom. In the middle of the night his body wakes him, because he has to go to the bathroom, even though he doesn’t understand the steps. And this is only my newest (oldest) guess of why my baby doesn’t sleep. Or I should say all the pieces are coming together, maybe. Now to figure out what food causes this, or maybe it is having milk too late in the evening. He never wakes with a dry diaper, never. It will all come together, the more things we try the more hope I see. Owen and I are a team and growing Owen is what we do. Today and always I look to that hope. I cling to it. It is what gets me up in the mornings and through the door to the outside world. I see progress, I see hope. Believe in yourself and the rest will follow. Smiles to all and donut daze!
