KIERAN AND WHEAT INTOLERENCE

Part of the problems I am now having with Kieran is his general attitude that mum is a meany not only do I instigate his Dore exercises but now to add insult to injury I have taken away his beloved ham sandwiches because he is now on a wheat free diet. Kieran has always had a weight problem and it did not matter how much I tried to curb his weight it wasn't working. We do not have sweets or chocolate in the house and he always eats what we eat, but every time he sees the dietition he has always gained extra pounds.
I began to notice over a period of time that Kieran would wake up looking his normal self but within a matter of hours he would look as though he had balloned in weight. I started to think maybe his problem was to do with an intolerence to something he was eating. Discussed it with the dietitian who said it could be a wheat intolerence, so we started a regime where we cut out all wheat from his diet. Within a week he had lost 6 pounds in weight and was looking better, we then started him back on wheat and suddenly overnight he had balloned again and put 3 pounds back on in 3 days.
So we now know to a certain degree that he is wheat intolerent and to just carry on with the regime. Not easy when your child constantly reminds you what he is now missing in his diet and how awful I am for depriving him of the foods he loves. So with everything else which is happening in this house nothing is really easy and can be a bit slapdash at times, but then I can't expect to be super woman.
My one thing that keeps me going is the realisation that as he improves with Dore so will his attitude and his ability to cope with things that are a mountain at the moment for him. Hopefully he will see the benefit of both and readjust to make his and my life easier.

KIERANS PROGRESS

We are over a year now into Kieran's Dore exercises and he can still be as obstinate now as he has always been over doing them. He is making progress at school with his reading and now keeps up with the rest of his peers within his group, but we still have a long way to go.
I went to see his teacher a couple of weeks ago and she is pleased with his progress, his motivation to learn at school has made a difference for him and his teachers. He is now back with the SENCO which is a relief because at one point Kieran was not considered priority enough for it.
His teacher did also point out that his mental maths really needed help as well, my face must have been a picture, because her manner became very sympathetic and supportive with what I was already doing for him. I could have actually cried with all the input I have with Kieran at the moment not only Dore, reading, spelling and now his wheat free diet as well (I will come to that in a minute) my first thought was where am I going to fit in his mental maths as well?. Problem was solved 2 days ago though through Dore, he has commenced Mental Exercises so a perfect way to get him to do his mental arithmatic and spellings all in one go.