Carnitine
Well, we started Kian on creatine monohydrate on Monday. I just gave him a quarter of a scoop (1/4 teaspoon?) in the AM. He seems to tolerate it well.
On Sunday (pre-creatine) we were practicing jumping and he was awkwardly jumping over backpacks. Kian can jump adequately, but he doesn’t normally choose to jump.
On Monday in PM, he spontaneously jumped higher and farther than I have ever seen him jump. It was quite odd and my husband and I both stopped our conversation with dropped jaws to have him jump again.
Tuesday nothing really, but he did well at gymnastics.
Wednesday (today), I spent most of the day with him. We had a picnic in the park and we were waiting to cross the street. He spontaneously jumped up and down over and over because he was impatient. I have never seen him do that before. Then, he had his best day at yoga ever and was pretty good at doing the tree pose. From there we went to gymnastics and he was really good at gymnastics. Then he had a temper tantrum and jumped up and down again like Rumplestiltskin. Then later in the evening he spontaneously launched himself off of the bottom step jumping with two feet and landing very steadily. He has never done that before.
He does not appear to be eating more food, but he does seem to be drinking a lot more water.
Now, about the temper tantrum. I think it was related to low blood sugar. He and I were having a good time and he really didn’t want to eat much. He had a small yogurt for lunch (trying to repopulate his gut after antibiotics) and that was it. He turned down all other food and played in the park and did yoga and did gymnastics and then melted down. The only way I could calm him down was to feed him. He refused food, but I basically forced/tricked him to eat almond butter with a bit of honey. That calmed him down and he was perfectly fine the rest of the day.
So, who knows… These changes are subtle, but I guess that I wouldn’t expect more than subtle changes at this point in his development. One other thing is that he is talking like crazy and seems to have more fluency. He is still working on articulation, however.
For the record. I have noticed great changes with CoQ10 (when Kian was 2 months old), carnitine fumarate (started at 2 ½), and now creatine (Kian is almost 4). Kian also gets omega 3’s, B vitamins, and a multivitamin. I believe that these help him, but I did not notice anything dramatic when I introduced them to his diet.
