Strong-willed kids and early intervention

Check his gut mom.
Maybe he wants to do those things but he can’t or his body won’t let him.
I would always advise for a stool test because it was soo informative for my son, we found out vitamins deficiencies, gut infections, food intolerances etc… and dealing with them has helped his behaviour.
The gut is the second brain and for little kids sometimes it’s the driver for everything.

That's what I thought. Doctors are so resistant to any kind of testing like that. Unfortunately I doubt I could afford it. So the git infections were caused by gluten? He has also been getting these weird rashy spots in his stomach and chest. I thought it was from him spilling water on himself and not getting changed quickly enough but they haven't gone away. Did your son have deficiencies? And how was his sleep before and after? I might cut gluten to experiment. I still breastfeed so I'm guessing I would need to cut it from my diet too.

@Audrey I think we will try eliminating gluten as an experiment. How long did it take to notice a reduction of symptoms? I'm reading about some signs and symptoms and I'm alarmed that some make a lot of sense. The speech delay and bad sleep but also the rash he's having and his teeth have an enamel defect that caused a groove over his two front teeth that I didn't know indicated celiac. He is also fairly slim but has a prominent stomach. His growth has never been an issue and he sometimes has looser stool but I was never that concerned about it. Anyway, I appreciate hearing your story. I don't want to take up too much space on someone else's thread since this is somewhat off topic.

I originally was looking at this topic because my son is starting early intervention too. I hope op's son has made some progress.