Hi All .

My name is Leanne and I have a little five year old boy Harrison ,just diagnosed with mild ADHD by the Sydney Developmental Clinic.

This is distressing news,but somewhat a relief-what I find worse is the comments of others .I should never have told anyone I think.Comments range from"There is no such thing as ADHD , it`s just an excuse for lack of discipline" to "dont use all the advice to drug him up like a zombie,it will damage his developing organs"and the best of…

so it's Monday 15th August and we had a shocking weekend for the failsafe diet. I am just not prepared for how hard this is!!

So last night I made out a meal plan for the week, knowing now what he will and won't eat.

Behaviour wise, he is still getting up at night, but not eating anything now. He just plays with his toys. Then gets' back into bed. I have no idea this is going on until the next morning when it's 7.30am and he's still not up!

After eating things…

Its Thursday 11th August and I am drinking wine. Again. I'm sooooo tired and so stressed with this diet.Tuesday and Wednesday were probably our worst days, hence the lack of posts. H got teary, and sat and cried at the bottom of the pantry when he couldn't have any of the food in there. It was my fault because I wasn't prepared with enough yummy food for when he came home from school.

But today... he came home with a note from the teacher saying he had a great day. She is…

So I missed yesterdays post because H was terrible!!!! He was completely uncontrollable even with a tablet in the morning. He spent most of his day in his bedroom. 

The only plus was that I made most of his day a failsafe day. He had chicken and bread from the local chicken shop - The Roost, which might have played a part since the bread had additives in it and lord only knows what the chicken had!

I sent him to school today completely failsafe (I think!) he had…