Narnia Grace

Narnia turned 2 on March 3rd, 2012.  2 months after her birthday she still couldn't say any words.  It stung every time I would try to get her to say "mama" and she would look at me with a blank expression on her face.  Since we knew it would be several months before she started therapy, Jim and I decided to try vitamin therapy with her.  In this case, vitamin therapy is using high doses of certain vitamins in an attempt to decrease the incidence of certain symptoms, as well as increase positive behaviors.  So, in the beginning of May we started Narnia on two different liquid vitamins, and by the middle of May she went from having no words to having four.  She now has 30+ words that she can say and identify.  Needless to say, Jim and I are quite sold on the benefits of vitamin therapy and use it for both Narnia and Noah. 
Narnia's disorder not only affects her language skills, but also causes some major behavior problems.  She is non-compliant and can be very aggressive.  At daycare, she bites other children- sometimes because she wants a toy they have and sometimes for no apparent reason at all.  She has a difficult time with routine transitions, especially if she was doing something she really enjoyed.  She will throw a tantrum involving thrashing around on the floor, hitting her head against walls, hitting others, and screaming.  One time, Jim, Noah, Narnia and I were outside and had to come in for supper.  Narnia didn't want to stop what she was doing, so a trantrum began.  Once we were all inside, I saw that she was literally pulling her hair out in clumps.  I had to sit her in my lap and hold her arms down so that she wouldn't keep pulling it out.  While she failed and screamed, I just restrained her and cried.  I was covered in clumps of her hair.  It was so sad.  She was such a different person, I just kept thinking, "This can't be my daughter.  What happened to my baby?  This can't be my daughter.  This can't be my life." 
Narnia also has a hard time transitioning out of activities she doesn't want to do anymore.  For example, she will be playing with bubbles and having lots of fun, but after awhile her facial expression changes and she starts getting aggrivated.  Although she she doesn't want to continue doing that activity, she doesn't know how to stop doing it.  Sometimes she will keep doing an activity until she physically can't do it anymore and ends up having a trantrum. 
There are ways which this affects me that I can't even begin to communicate, but I will try to relate the ones I can next time.