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Anyone supplement with DHA / Omega3 / Fatty acids? (DS has severe expressive speech delay)

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My 2yr old DS is developmentally delayed.  He has made remarkable progress with gross motor and receptive language but has a severe expressive speech delay.  On the recommendation of a friend, I picked up a copy of the book "The Late Talker; What to do if your Child isn't Talking Yet", by Marilyn Agin, Lisa Feng, and Malcolm Nicholl.  There is a chapter that discusses the benefits of supplementing your child with fatty acids.  It sounded very interesting and seemed to have no real downside, as long as your child does not have a fish allergy (which I know my son doesn't).  I realize that this is not a miracle cure, but was interested to know if anyone had any experience with fatty acids, or any other dietary changes for kids with developmental delays, especially speech delays. 

Also, if you know anything good or bad about the book, please feel free to comment on that too!

Thanks!

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Re: Anyone supplement with DHA / Omega3 / Fatty acids? (DS has severe expressive speech delay)

  • hopankahopanka member

    We absolutely do use the fish oil (Nordic Naturals) and have seen great benefits along with other supps that our naturopathic dr recommended based on DS's lab work. Fish oil is great for all children, special needs or not, it "feeds" the brain. You can't go wrong trying it, unless your child has fish allergies, of course. My son finds the strawberry flavor quite tasty and has no problem taking it.  

    Overall, I've seen great improvements after we started this regimen, though they were pretty subtle at first, but steady. Nay-sayers will probably think that it's mostly due to the more conventional therapies, but I know what I know. They don't see my kid. I swear by it. 

    I have no knowledge of the book, though.

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  • JenGKJenGK
    Haven't heard of the book, but we give DS DHA/Omega 3 (in his milk and his multivitamin).  He has been receiving ST for over a year for a severe expressive delay.  He's made some progress, but we haven't had a miracle language explosion or anything.  I attribute any progress to therapy, more than anything else.  But I don't see a downside in giving hom the supplement, as it is good for him otherwise.
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  • FalioleyFalioley member
    Dean takes fish oil, as do the rest of us. It's good for everybody. We have noticed no particular speech benefits. 
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  • Zeidy01Zeidy01 member

    Hey there!

     Try going to Sherry's, is a health store over by Babylon Village. Let me know if you need help.

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  • carlinlpcarlinlp member
    We do as well.  We have seen an improvement but I truly believe it is more attributed to the listening program he is doing while doing OT.  When he crosses his midline while listening on the headphones he is using all the areas of his brain and he starts talking in more complete sentences and is more expressive immediately.  Does the fish oil help that progress?  Maybe, maybe not, but it sure doesn't hurt.


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