Supplements

Omega-3 Watch – Week 3+

March 13, 2008

It’s been 3+ weeks on the fish oil now. It’s probably still too soon to determine what, if anything, it’s doing. And this week hasn’t been ideal at all for making any judgments. He’s felt like varying degrees of dirt for most of the week, and everything usually takes a step backward during weeks like [...]

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Omega-3 Watch – Day 14

March 4, 2008

What a difference a week makes! J-Man has gotten into his medicine groove with the fish oil! This has been the ritual with everything else he’s taken in the past – several days of karate and fighting it and then a grim acceptance. He never likes it, but makes his peace with it. Of course, [...]

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Omega-3 Watch – Day 7

February 25, 2008

What started out as a manageable-enough process of giving him fish oil in an oral syringe turned into full combat after the first couple of days. If I knew a martial art it might have been easier, but I doubt it. The last couple of days have been a bit better – a relative concept. [...]

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Omega-3 Watch – Day 1, Take 3

February 19, 2008

We’ve read and been told by a handful of people that giving kids with severe speech delays (and other developmental issues) fish oil supplements can make a world of difference. Sometimes we wonder about the wonder-drug-like claims made about Omega-3 fatty acids, but at this point we’d face a strong north gale and pee into [...]

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