Ezra’s behavior has been very erratic. He has been acting like a drug addict on a high, sometimes violent and confrontational, the next moment completely spacing out, and then suddenly screaming at the top of his lungs and running around in circles, crashing headfirst into the pillows on the couch, and laughing maniacally. It is time to examine his diet. I feel so lost in this forest of information out there. There is no one-size-fits-all solution. Sometimes I wish that God would just tell me what’s good for him, so I could help him sooner.

I admit I have been avoiding the diet change, but it has become very obvious that my happy, cute, verbal boy turns psychotic twenty minutes after eating something. Why have I been avoiding it? Because it takes so much time and money. I don’t mind cooking special foods but I’m annoyed that I’m paying $5 for 2 cups of Teff flour. Let’s face it, if I went to Aldi to buy 1 kg of white flour it would cost me $.35. Only 0.5 kg bag of rice flour costs me $2.50. One bag of spaghetti at Aldi’s $.27. Special rice spaghetti $3.99 per bag. The price is a stumbling block, and I also dread the fights we have over eating, because Ezra is so picky and resorts to screaming at the top of his lungs and throwing food if he doesn’t want to eat something. It gets tiring, especially at the end of the day. And yet, I know that forcing doesn’t get me anywhere. Unless he loves the concept of trying new foods, unless it’s fun and exciting it will be a battle all the time. That goes for everything.

Anyway, here is a really fabulous, extensive website on dietary info. It is the best link I’ve come across with more links compiled than anywhere I’ve ever seen.

On the plus side, and maybe I should make this a separate post, I managed to get Ezra to take his supplements. Again, I made it fun and now Ezra loves taking his supplements. It’s not fight at all.