Day 1, GFCF diet

Ryan woke before 7:00, asking to watch TV downstairs. In the process of trying to get him to go back to bed or do something quiet, he woke the other two. They all had GFCF cereal for breakfast. Ryan and Lily drank chocolate rice milk, Max had plain rice milk...all seemed fine with it, though Ryan said he really didn't like it. Ryan has been grumpy and angry this morning for no apparent reason. At 10:00 I gave him a snack of GF pretzels and an all-natural energy drink with caffeine...about 30mg of caffeine total (an 8 oz cup of coffee has 80-100 mg, for comparison).

5:00pm - The caffeine didn't seem to have a negative affect. He's been pretty calm most of the day, but it's hard to say if it was due to the caffeine or just his mood and disposition today. I *may* try it tomorrow before school....if I'm brave enough to! Ryan had rolled ham slices, potato chips and GF pretzels for lunch, with some juice. I made some Bob's Red Mill bread in the bread machine, and Ryan is satisfied with it. He also tried peanut butter and jelly on a slice of Ener-G Tapioca bread, and said he'd be fine with that for lunch at school. YAY! Lunch taken care of. I bought some peanuts, sunflower seeds, and soy nuts to see if he would eat them. He didn't think he'd like sunflower seeds ("aren't we supposed to plant these?"), but he was surprised and really likes them. So I can add nuts and seeds to his lunch also. Tonights dinner is pork chops with cornflake coating, sweet potatoes and peas.

I've been researching vitamins, minerals and supplements for him. I do think the "leaky gut" theory has some merit, and at worst it's not dangerous to treat it as such. I bought some acidopholus to give him every day. Also some children's Omega-3/DHA; a children's multi-vitamin with extra B-complex; and some grapefruit seed extract. These are all things suggested by some SPD advocates.

Edited to add:

The rest of the day was almost perfect for him. He had no meltdowns, and only a little bit of resistance to taking a shower that lasted about 2 minutes (the resistance, not the shower!!). Mostly that was due to his dad getting his electric guitar out shortly before that and Ryan didn't want to miss anything. He was in bed asleep at 8:30.