Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Helpless turned into hope

When you have a child who you can't figure out how to help. His teachers say there is something wrong, the psychologist says he has ADHD tendencies, he doesn't get concepts that are age appropriate. You sit on the floor crying while he is throwing a tantrum because his world is stressing him out and you are lost. You cry to your husband and say he needs help but you don't want to medicate him. He can throw a baseball with an amazing arm, is probably the 2nd best hitter on the team, but can't figure out where to go with the ball because he can't understand cause and effect. You feel led to call the psychiatrist, but you can't quite bring yourself to do it. When you see his report card and it's constantly saying 'needs improvement' on all his self control skill sets you feel like a failure.

You feel like you failed as a mom. How can you possibly take care of 3 others when you can't help this child who is extremely impulsive navigate the overstimulating world around him and not be labeled as "that mom who can't control her kid"? They were right, I couldn't control my kid, but it's not for lack of trying or because HE wanted to feel so out of control all the time.

This was me, over 2 years ago. The pediatrician was pushing me to call the psychiatrist and I was dragging my feet. I didn't know why, but God did. He had another plan for us! He presented us with these supplements just when we had no where else to turn. Through all the nay-sayers, we did what was best for our family. We chose something natural that the pediatrician supports. She was amazed yesterday at his well check with is progress and said "Keep it up! It's clearly working!"


It's my mission to give this gift to as many families as possible. I'm so thankful someone shared with me!!