Fish Oil

  Because this is supposed to officially be a blog to track Kevin's progress, I feel as if I need to mention the newest thing that I'm trying with him.  Two days ago, I started Kevin on fish oil supplements.

  It seems like when I research apraxia of speech online, I keep coming across the idea that fish oil supplements may help.  Basically, the idea is that fish oil is something that we all should include in our diet, but don't.  Or we don't include it enough.  Fish oil contains high concentrates of Omega 3 and Omega 6.  Some foods that have high amounts of this are fish, flaxseed, almonds, broccoli, and others.

  The Omega 3s and 6s basically add a little fatty deposit on the brain connections, insulating them.  I'm honestly not too sure of how this all works, but some people swear that it has helped their kids tremendously.  Others claim that it has made little or no difference at all.  Fish oil is supposed to be good for a variety of physical and neurological conditions.

  I would like to try to include more fish oil in our diet.  However, I personally don't like fish too much!  I'm going to try to do a little bit more of it, though!  Also, I've been sprinkling flaxseed on sandwiches, etc.  But, the main thing that I'm doing is giving Kevin a fish oil supplement every day.  Apparently the taste of fish oil is pretty nasty.  What I got for him is a kid's version of fish oil.  It's supposed to have a berry flavor.  He still won't take it straight, though.  But if I put it in his apple juice, he eventually gets it all down.  I've already talked to his therapist and told her what we will be trying.  Now we just have to wait and see if it makes any difference!