First teeth extraction

Oh, the joys of parenthood.  Seeing my sweet girl writhing in a dental chair, suppressing her crying and intense fear as her dentist prepared to wiggle her lower canines (not due to be coming out anytime soon), after injecting her twice with novacaine, and she felt it.  She still felt the pain.  I saw the trauma in her eyes, the betrayal, the fear.... I couldn't take it, I left my post of holding her hands, and let Dada take her hands as I went to the corner of the room.  I have had too many dental traumas of my own to help.  Was I making it worse as I was squirmish of the whole procedure as well?  She surived after an hour of stopping and starting again.  We finally had to use the nitrous oxide gas.  All went well, once the dentist realized, he just had to go for it, despite her protests, to do it quickly.  It is over, she is fine.

She is amazing.  She can spell "insubordination" now.  About 2 months ago she realized with joy that she can read!  Her confidence is growing and Shaela seems more happy than angry.  I think the 5 MTHF and B12 we have put her on, after finding out she has a homozygous methylation SNP is helping her make needed neurotransmitters.  We started her on this regime around June.  It has helped her regain more control over her emotions.  When she starts to spin because of her "monkey mind" we give her a dose of glycine, which seems to help.  She likes having control over her monkey mind.  She still has a tendency to be very negative, but not "out-of control" negative like she used to be.  Her happy side is wonderful and so playful.  She still hates transitions but is able to adjust much better than before.

Shae is in Dragonfly Art Camp this summer.  She loved her first week learning about Greece.  She wants a huge column so badly.  She has made extraordinary things already: wove a beautiful basket, did plaster etching, wax painting, knitted a hat (so cute on her!), made a necklace, birdhouse, etc.  She made a hairband out of a single blue gray piece of yarn, that she was so excited about, making sure it looked just right.  She is making some friends, but still has a tendency to want to make someone the "bad guy" or her enemy.  She learned how to "reset" a relationship from Julie, her wonderful OT.  This gave her such confidence as well, to go from despising or being in fear of a failed friendship to making friends again.

Shaela is growing like a weed or well nourished kid.  Everytime people see her, even after a few weeks, they notice how much she has grown.  I am buying her ladies size 1 shoes now ( a bit loose).  She eats like an adult and has been on a no sugar kick after her birthday.  She is a bit paranoid about getting sick, but it has made her so compliant about eating good foods and taking care of herself.  I thought I was making her paranoid, but found out through her teacher that they had a germ/handwashing lesson, where they were looking at their hands before and after handwashing.  The kids were also taking samples from around the classroom and looking at the bugs under a microscope.  It made me feel so much better.

We celebrate her amazing growth and am so relieved to find some relief to her neurochemical imbalances!

Love and Light, 
Debbie, Justin and Shaela and Kobi and Tara