To do what I want him to do.

And yet he thinks he’s in charge and empowered.

I yell out, “I’m going to win!”

Another version of the game.

This is also working for the morning car-pool / bus run

and when I need him to take his vitamins / supplements.

John almost died from fire ant bites at age 21 months. Anaphylactic reaction.

And it happened again as we were re-calibrating his immune system to survive fire ants here in Texas.

We will always be grateful to Dr. Stephen Miles and the project with Fort Hood soldiers, for the specific medical protocol.

We are now free of the Epi-Pen.

It took 3-4 years of monthly jabs with medically-supervised increasing amounts of formic acid.

I like to think of fire ants blenderized, but that’s just my mom mind.

John’s immune system was compromised as a pre-mature birth,

and with the massive jolt of the anaphylactic reaction, we have been trying to catch up since age 21 months.

Want to talk methylation? Mitochondria? John is all tall and no wide. Skinny, low muscle tone. Developmental Delay.

Sound familiar?

To continue to repair his immune system, nutrition and swallowing vitamins became an intervention.

Pill-Swallowing #1

Pill-Swallowing #2

So if you are struggling to get or keep your kids on schedule, try a variation?

For example: “I bet you can’t get your vitamins done before I drive us to ….”

Whatever you are doing, with loving, laughing, friendly competition.

Getting your kids to do something they need to do.

I have tried nagging. Doesn’t work!

Peace be with us.

Gayle