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His paediatrician put him on Risperidone for his Autism. One of the known side effects is an increased appetite. It was the doctor suggestion to cut of breads, pastas etc. but other than that the doctor hasn't said much other than "Let's keep on an eye on it." It's just a tough age for kids as they begin to start puberty…
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I think the 2 biggest compliments I got recently were not about my appearance but my family as a whole. The first one was from another mom at my boys' school. "We see you guys walking everywhere now. My girls want to start walking to school now too." And the second one came from one of their teacher's "Your son is a…
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My whole family has the FitBit Flex. We love them. My 2 young boys wear theirs constantly. They can sync it to their iPods and instead of playing video games they are out running around trying to meet their daily 10,000 step goals. The Flex is pretty simple to set up you can wear it all day and not even notice it. It…
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I was in a similar situation as you. My son only ate select foods (pizza, hotdogs, grilled cheese sandwiches, etc) and I would cave in and give him what he wanted (partly because I wanted peace and secondly, I was foolish enough to think well they weren't that bad for him). At age 9 my son was 4ft 8 and weighed 130lbs.…
