A batch of joghurt

Well, for most of us, joghurt is just another form of snack. And usally its also very healty for our tummy-area. In the last years you see commercials about joghurt that has some "good" bacteria, so your intestians do a better job for your overall health. All true, but you don't have to buy that "special" joghurt, that is double as expensive as normal ones. Just buy FAGE brand, its yummy and has all the good bacteria you need.

The reason i am writing this is that in the SCD diet homemade joghurt is the best resource for healty intestinals. And because Nickys intestinals where severe damaged from whatever it was (antibiodics, milk, gluten, suger and other food he was not tolerating) we waited for this day today for about half a year. Nicky is milkfree for over 19 months, so he hasn't eaten any products that come from a cow, sheep or goat.

So, i made my first batch of homemade joghurt. I found my old joghurtmaker in my mother-in-laws house and tried it. It was not hard to make. Just cooking some organic(BIO)milk, putting in some good joghurt (FAGE) and then it had to ferment for 24 hours in the machine. It has to ferment this long to get rid of all the milkstuff that could hurt Nicky's tummy again.

anyway, the result is YUMMY.

So i gave Nicky one teaspoon this afternoon. And now we wait, for a reaction, a good one (hopefully) or a horrific one.

Keep your fingers crossed that he sleeps well tonight and just tolerates the Joghurt .

The picture also shows my first batch of homemade applesauce. I got the apples last week from a friend; all organic apples, Philip picked them all :)

Autism and Potty training

When it comes to autism, there are many things that just don't come easy. One of them is toilett training. I read many books and talked to many people about it. But for us there was never a good timing. Because toilett training means you have to life after the clock. Every hour or so you gotta run with your child to the bathroom.

My favourite ABA-Verbal Behavior author is Robert Schramm. In his book he has a whole section about Potty Training. He writes about skippig the diaper at all. From first day on, and night. That did sound impossible for me a year ago. But Nicky is dry every morning now, so we decided we could give it a shot.

So for the last 4 days we are without diaper, means Nicky, but we are with him: In the bathroom every hour. The timer is always ticking. And you have to leave everything what you are doing right now to go with him.

So far we are doing good. And YES we have accidents. Yesterday was a not so good day. But i am not giving up now. I see that he enjoyes beeing without diaper.

Nights are still accident free, that makes me most happy.

Well keep your fingers crossed. The funny thing is, that now that we are in germany, we would get diapers paid for from health insurance, lol.

Nickys first day of school

What a special day for us! Nicky's first day of school. It was very sweet and we all got dressed up for this special event. The new school, the Friedrich-Froebel-Schule in Wetzlar (http://froebel-schule-wetzlar.de/) made a special welcome party for the new six students in first grade. After a warm welcome and music, the kids had a chance to see their new classroom, where muffins and a cute decorated table waited for them. The parents had to leave... We had some coffee and wondered how the kids are doing in there. Some shy connections between parents. Everbody was nervoes, even me. But our little, big Nic did great. He just sat down on this table and waited till somebody will start the party :O) . He was so cool and a pro. I think he is glad to be back in this routine.

After exchanging some words with the teachers and caregivers the first day in the new school was over. We celebrated this beautyful day with a trip to our lake here in Niederweidbach. The kids (Nicky, Philip and my niece Laura) had a blast. The lake even has a sandy beach. It's not Horseneck beach, but close, lol.