Salicylate Sensitivity Stinks!

Megan was awake for 4 hours last night, flipping out off/on throughout that time.  Thankfully she slept in a little bit this morning so she ended up sleeping for 4.5 hours, awake for 4 hours, sleeping for 4 hours.  As we typically due when Megan starts having sleeping issues Will and I individually and together dissect everything she has been exposed to, everything she has eaten, etc etc.  Despite freaking out at bedtime she had still be sleeping for at least 10 hours straight until 3 nights ago when she woke up for a little bit and then the next night was for a longer time and then last night even longer and finally DING DING DING.  This is exactly what happens with a salicylate build up for her.  

So on top of the molars, the acetaminophen issue and possibly an aggressive NAET treatment this week we have given her too much salicylates.  That one is all on me.  Peanut butter is a moderate food and so we were only giving her a small amount, barely enough to coat a piece of bread, for her lunch each day.  Most everything else we give her is low to negligible so we weren't having any issues and I got cocky or forgetful or who knows but one day I gave her PB toast for breakfast and man did she love it.  So she started getting it once or twice a week for the past 3 weeks and because she was enjoying it so much the amount of PB I put on the toast was more than her sandwich and at the same time I started increasing that amount too.  I was just feeling good that we had things under control with her food - we had a good rotation and were even able to give her some treats once in a while without issue.  Back to the PB - one night when she was really struggling with her teeth she didn't want to eat so we made her some toast which still didn't work so we put PB on it and she gobbled it up and asked for more.  And so on....

So we maxed her out and she went full tilt.  Today she is only getting foods that are negligible and she had a detox bath before nap and will get another one tonight.  We are going to do our best to help her clear them out as fast as we can.  And I am putting the charts back on the counter to keep an eye on the levels we are giving her.