TINSLEY HOUSE SUPPORT THREAD - PART 3!!!! :)

[Badvoc]

Well, here is the shiny new thread for all of us either doing the TH programme, doing part of it, or thinking about doing it! :)
A brief synopsis of stage 1 of the programme can be found in the books "is that my child?" Or "the brain food plan" by robin pauc;

Stage 1 of the TH therapy consists of:

1. Daily Multivitamins

• Omega
• Zinc & Magnesium

1. Healthy eating

• High protein, low sugar, no artificial sweeteners, additives etc.

1. Specific neuro development exercises done 3 times a day

• Takes about 4-5 mins

And that's it :)

Stage 2 involves computer programmes to sort out eye tracking and convergence which over 80% of children with reading/writing problems have.

• www.engagingeyes.co.uk

We are coming to the end of our time doing TH I reckon...certainly by the end of the summer I think. It has been in many ways much easier than I thought at the beginning but of course takes commitment and time.

I am so glad we "took the plunge". It has made such a difference to ds and to our lives :)

Thank you for the welcome - I'm waiting for our library to spit out a copy of the book, so may get things started anyway.

And oh yes, I am a child of the 1970s too...

:)

Haha! I think I am a little too fond of the chewables...

Def the best decade - I still stay to myself, every week - Its 5 o'clock, it's Friday and its Crackerjack' .

Hello inthesark

The only issues I have with being born in - cough - early 1970s is that I was a teen in the 1980s which I think we can all agree was the decade fashion forgot!
I sent most of my teen years looking like a more feminine version of the footballer chris waddle...even down to the mullet hair!
Needless to say I didn't get much action in the 80s.
But then the 90s came along, I cut my footballers perm out, got a fake ID and a nice blouse and it all got much better :)

Of all Robin's books, if I were to pick one to read it would be Brain Food Plan. It contains all the important bits of the first book "Is that my child?" as well as detailing the preliminary neuro work that is the Tinsley House treatment programme.

I would recommend VEGEPA 70 to all children who do not have a problem with Primrose Oil. Otherwise Vegepa EPA 90. There has been alot of research into these oils and evidence suggests that pure EPA is more effective for children with developmental delays. ( ie. give EPA only not a product with EPA aand DHA)

I know in my heart of hearts that it is TH that has brought about the great changes to my son. Robin predicted back in September when I asked him that DS would start to take off in March/ April and he has. As I have said many times before on this thread, I believe that Robin Pauc has an amazing understanding of the post natal development of the brain and the developmental issues that our children face. He has developed the TH programme to address all these issues and it works...it really really does work. You just have to listen to his advice and deliver the programme to your child every day. It can be hard, it takes at least a year but it does work.

By the way DS came home from school after doing a "mock" ks1 reading comprehension SATS paper. He was happily telling me all about it and said it wasn't too hard and HE ENJOYED DOING IT!

This from a little boy who last June was so stressed abut school that I thought I would have to home educate.

Robi has and continues to change his and all our families lives.

Yes, me too BP.
It's hard to remember just how desperate I was 18 months ago :(

ps. I remember going to our next door neighbour's house who had a colour TV to watch the moon landing!!!!....
1969 I think.

70's babies? You mere youngsters!

Hurrah!!
Someone older than me! :)

Being a 60s baby, I remember the 70s! xx

That's lovely news BP.
:)
Is everyone older than me!? Hurrah! :)

Beautiful - that is great to hear and I'm very impressed with DS enjoying his SAT test! What an incredible change in a year.

Hi everyone :)
Lovely sunshine here so I have been doing lots of cleaning!
Boys are at pils til lunch and dh home tomorrow thank goodness :)
Boys have been super, actually. No issues at bedtime, eating their meals nicely, playing together well.
They often find dh being away hard (change of routine etc) but they have been fab.
I think I might take them out somewhere this afternoon....weather is so nice ATM.
I am off to Ireland next weekend for 3 days all being well. Could use a break tbhh. It's been a full on few months weeks.
Enjoy the sunshine! X

Well....I assume you are all out enjoying the sun?
I hope so :)
We went to my mums this afternoon (she lives in a house that backs onto miles of fields) and my dad, Tom and I went for a little walk.
By coincidence he saw a boy from his class and his dad going to play football/penalty shoot outs.
He went over and asked if he could have a go (!) and they invited him to stay and play.
He stayed! On his own!
I went back to my mums and he stayed and played football for over an hour with this boy and his dad.
It's at times like this that i realise just how far we have come :)

That's fab Badvoc. It's my little boy's 7th birthday today and we've spent the last couple of days talking about how far he's come too. Yesterday we spent the day at lego land. No need for an exit pass. No crying or even moaning about waiting ( to be fair queues were short but I'm still taking it as a positive), no howling at home time and he even coped with choosing a toy in the gift shop, although this did take 15 minutes of indecision but no tears.
He's thoroughly enjoyed his birthday, has been a delight and has coped brilliantly with trying his new skylanders giants game ( new games used to lead to lots of tears of frustration) and has lost on his now table football table without crying. He has, however, eaten a whopping great chuck of chocolate birthday cake (don't tell Robin)
Happy days :)

Happy birthday mini shopping! :)
Sounds like a lovely day.

Shopping, happy birthday to your ds. What a fabulous day for a birthday!glad he enjoyed Legoland.

Badvoc - that is lovely that Tom was happy to stay and play Footie. hope your Dh gets home on time.

I think the sun had everyone smiling today! Ds went to an all day paintballing party and came home covered in mud and smelling of 'swamp'! Dd went to a laser tag party and has even done some homework without an prompting. We all went to the pub for tea. Happy smiling faces all round!

Hello. You all sound like you've had a fab weekend! And your DC are doing so well! badvoc, daft, shopping - I so hope in maybe a year I'll be looking back like you guys and seeing how far we've come. Tbf, we have come quite far already since all this stuff started in July last year. But, hey, I'm greedy and I want more!

It has been a pretty awful weekend here. Stayed in all day Friday for a man to come and fix the boiler (thankfully now fixed) so missed the sunshine. Then DS woke on Saturday and vomited, then did it again almost hourly for the rest of the day. Vomiting stopped and the 'd' of d&v started (I'm not even going to try and spell it!). That was all day yesterday. So, full weekend in the house, 5 million loads of washing (so thankful for tumble dryer). Poor DS. He's still not right but no d or v since yesterday afternoon. He's eaten nothing for 2 days and I think he needs to start but trying to convince him is impossible (I've even offered chocolate and biscuits and they were refused too ).

So, another day in the house I'm not even dressed and more cbeebies. DD is loving the constant cartoons. I think I'll need some kind of cartoon detox programme for them both soon! Anyone got any good ideas on tempting him to eat, or shall I leave it until he asks? I know when I'm ill, I reach a point where, even though I don't like the idea, eating actually makes me feel better.

Oh, your poor ds :(
I tend to only offer clear fluid until they ask.
Then the brat diet...banana, rice, apple and toast.
Bland easily digested things, not chocolate! :)
I am the opposite...I cannot eat when I have been sick. Days sometimes.
You could try him in a probiotic? I use kidzprobio.
Hope he feels better soon.
Tom is going to help me run a stall at our church on May Day (there is always a big may market in the village) :)

He's only been asking for apple juice or water. He's very miserable and living in a little duvet nest he's made on the sofa. He's not great at asking for food at the best of times. Just offered banana or apple and both got a resounding NO! I'll try again in a couple of hours.

A May Day market sounds lovely. And that's great that Tom wants to help run it! He sounds like he's got lots of confidence now. And playing football with his friend at the weekend. No wonder you're so pleased!

I'm off to make some coffee and decide if it's worth getting dressed. I just know that if I don't, someone will just decide to "pop over" and I'll look like a right lazy cow!

Meh.
Don't get dressed. Go and snuggle in the duvet nest :)
Just don't answer the door :)
He will eat when he is ready. Don't worry - liquid is the imorptant thing and it sounds like he is well hydrated.

Poors ds, LLR. Yes, keep up the liquids as much more important than food (and don't worry about food for now). Would he have an ice lolly? That would also help with liquids.

Trying to track down the chap who was supposed to re-decorate our bathroom whilst we were away. Came back excited to see it done and found it half painted and no carpet or new flooring down! He eventually sent me a text last week to say he was ill but it must be a dire illness (or perhaps another job!) Such a pain!!

Oh, what a pain daft!
Dh took dc to school this morning (ds2 has been like a limpet attached to him since he got back from overseas) so I am still here under a blanket watching trashy tv
I might get dressed at 11ish :)

We had a very grim hour this morning which reminded me we still have a way to go. Ds was playing on the wii and getting increasingly frustrated, screaming and crying so I switched it off thinking 'he's screaming already, it can't get any worse'. Cue the worst melt down in about a year. He slammed his bedroom door and broke apart 4 big bits of lego ( hog warts castle and other stuff that took hours to build). Then an hour of sobbing because he regretted trashing his stuff.
Ended up with me and dd crying too. Grim.
So I now have a box full of lego bricks that together add up to about £200 worth of models. Luckily I've kept the instruction leaflets but really don't fancy starting again from scratch. He's now calm and has announced he doesn't even want to see lego ever again (after two years of lego obsession)
Too much excitement over the weekend, three late nights in a row and too long off school. I know why he's been grim but it still depresses the hell out of me.
So hope Robin is right and we can one day fix the emotional control aspect of his brain. Sigh