Tyson is our precious 5 year old, active little boy - and this isin't just his story - it's a family story. Ever since Tyson was about 18 months old we have had to deal with full blow, frightening tantrums. Were talking about 2-3 hours of kicking and screaming, hitting and punching, throwing objects - sometimes breaking everything in sight.
Simple things like a slight change of routine or introducing new foods would set him off but then it go to where we couldn't even FIND the trigger point... and once he started up, we just couldn't bring hime back down. We tried everything from strict discipline, to ignoring the incidents - nothing worked.
It caused so much stress within our home, between every family member. We have another little boy as well and I was so afraid that the tantrums and constant anxiety in the house, would rub off on him too. I was beyond frustrated. I felt like I was failing him - failing as a mother. And worse than that - I didn't enjoy him the way I wanted to..
We started Tyson on Max for about a month and I didn't really notice too much so we stopped giving it to him and within a week, everything escalated again - the worst ever... We got him immediately back on Max and he has been taking that for the last 6-7 weeks and things have never been better. Tyson is a kind, gentle character, who is helpful and has lovely manners. He is enjoying trying new foods. Something that he has NEVER done before....
I now look forward to meal times and I no look forward to being able to drop him at school because I know that he will have a good day and enjoy being there. And best of all - I enjoy him!!!
I can not imagine ever taking him off Max as this has completely changed our family's life.
(Donna Ling)
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