Answered prayer!....(I think!)

I'm just a horrible blogger. I've been MIA (again) for 9 months...this time will be different though, at least for a little while. My original idea was to write a journal, but having my daily/weekly updates all in one spot just seems to make sense, so I'm baaacccckkkkk!

Extremely long story short, we've been having behavior problems with Cash and just yesterday one of my many prayers was answered. I was once again at my breaking point. I had been yelled at since the moment I picked him up from school. Nothing I said or did was what he wanted to hear and in turn, he would lash out and scream horrible things. I walked away and headed upstairs to get my head on straight before I addressed the latest tantrum of the day. I got on my knees and prayed as loudly as I could begging for relief and answers to help my "angry child." I took a few deep breaths and headed back to face the monster. The VERY moment I landed on the last stair, it hit me like a ton of bricks. I ran over to my IPad and googled it. The 2nd to the top post nailed it; Angry Boy. I clicked on it and post after post was from parents experiencing the same behavior from their young children. Drum roll......gluten intolerance. Whether Cash has Celiac's or not, (he's getting an appointment to an allergist), we are going to try it out. It certainly won't hurt him and if we can get SOME relief, we're winning!!!

From that point on, he's been without gluten. We went straight to the store after picking up Lakely and I loaded our buggy with all sorts of incredibly expensive food for him to try. I called it his special food so he would think it was too good for any of us. Fast forward into the evening, we had an interesting bedtime situation that ended up pretty stellar. For the past two weeks, he has been sleeping in the guest room and having night terrors. Last night Tony was working on convincing him to get back in his own bed so Cash agreed....sorta. His mattress is now in Lakely's bedroom floor! Low and behold, without any gluten for half the day, especially at dinner, and with him in the same room as Lakely, Cash slept through the night!!!! HUGE SUCCESS!

Today was the first full day without the poison and he did wonderfully. I told his teacher (even though he's apparently an angel at school), and gave her a baggie of chocolate goodies to give him if another student brought in cupcakes or something. At least he could have something special too!

We only had a couple of very minor meltdowns today. One instance was him refusing to get his shoes on to go pick up Lakely from school so he went barefoot. I definitely got several looks having him walk over to the pick-up area without shoes, but I just flashed a smile with a look that dared them to ask a question or give me grief. No one did.

This evening we went to his soccer practice and for the FIRST time since the season began he participated! He had a great time, no whining and acted excited about the upcoming game this weekend. I couldn't be more proud!!

Tonight, I put him to bed in Lakely's room again and we'll just hope for the best that we all get a good night's rest!
Cheers to a great day tomorrow!!