Ariana Birnbaum

At the opening night celebration of Becoming Maternity, a parenting resource centre on Eglinton Ave. W, I was schmoozing with a couple of working moms - Julie Cole, founder of the successful mompreneur business Mabels Labels and mother of four, and Ariana Birnbaum, owner of Becoming Maternity, mother of two.
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Meanwhile, Ariana is listening intently to Julie's tale.Then she starts telling us about how her daughter Erin went from being a precocious one year old to losing her ability to walk and talk within the span of a week.
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A breakthrough came when a girlfriend told Ariana about the book Unraveling the Mystery of Autism written by Karyn Seroussi, a mom whose child seemed to suffer many of the same symptoms as Erin.
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Ariana stayed up all night reading this book which links diet to autism.According to this research, some children are missing enzymes needed to break down long chain proteins found in dairy, gluten, corn and soy.This results in triggering the child's opiate receptors causing that drugged out effect.Bingo!

The next morning Ariana put what she read into action.First, she stopped feeding Erin dairy, beginning with her bottle.Her daughter went into a terrible state of withdrawal for three days not unlike a junkie getting off heroin.Then gluten, corn and soy were removed from Erin's diet.

The results were nothing short of remarkable.Within one week of this new diet combined with a regimen of enzyme pills, Erin was walking, talking and playing like nothing had ever happened.She slept through the night for the first time in her life.Everyone was astounded.

"We lost her and then we got her back" she said with a smile.

At the opening celebration of Becoming Maternity, a parenting resource centre on Eglinton Avenue West, I was schmoozing with a couple of working moms: Julie Cole, founder of the successful mompreneur business Mabels Labels and mother of four, and Ariana Birnbaum, owner of Becoming Maternity, and mother of two.
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Ariana listens intently to this story and starts telling us about how her daughter Erin went from being a precocious one-year-old to losing her ability to walk and talk within a week.All signs pointed to autism.Erin was constantly hitting her leg with her hand with a vacant look in her eyes.She slept erratically, waking every 20 minutes.She refused to eat.The only thing that would calm her was a bottle of milk, which she drank voraciously.Her pediatrician was at a loss.Career plans were put on hold as Ariana faced endless appointments with speech pathologists, occupational therapists, neurologists and nutritionists.Not to mention the hours of research she and her husband put in to try and understand what was happening to their daughter.

A breakthrough came when a girlfriend told Ariana about the book Unraveling the Mystery of Autism, written by Karyn Seroussi, a mom whose child suffered from similar symptoms as Erin.
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Ariana put what she read into action.When she stopped feeding Erin dairy, her daughter went into a terrible state of withdrawal for three days.Then gluten, corn and soy were removed from Erin's diet.

The results were nothing short of remarkable.Within a week of this new diet, combined with a regimen of enzyme pills, Erin was walking, talking and playing like normal.She slept through the night for the first time in her life!

Ariana Birnbaum

Ariana Birnbaum is the founder of Becoming Maternity and Parenting Centre and the mother of three amazing children who inspire her work at the Centre, Mason aged 7, Eden aged 4 and Noa aged 1 year. Ariana facilitates some of the New Mom and Baby Groups and does Private Sleep Consults at the Centre. Ariana also holds a law degree and an M.B.A., and is lactation educator.

"An extra hour sleep would mean a lot," says Ariana Birnbaum, co-founder of Becoming Maternity and Parenting Centre in Toronto and the mother of a 3 1/2-week-old girl.

Birnbaum, whose organization runs training programs for parents from pregnancy through to toddlerhood, says 90 per cent of her clients complain of sleep deprivation.The Eglinton Ave. and Avenue Rd. centre charges $150 for a private sleep consultation package.

Birnbaum says there are a host of strategies such as swaddling infants available to help parents deal with wakeful babies.

At the opening celebration of Becoming Maternity, a parenting resource centre on Eglinton Avenue West, I was schmoozing with a couple of working moms: Julie Cole, founder of the successful mompreneur business Mabels Labels and mother of four, and Ariana Birnbaum, owner of Becoming Maternity, and mother of two.
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Ariana listens intently to this story and starts telling us about how her daughter Erin went from being a precocious one-year-old to losing her ability to walk and talk within a week. All signs pointed to autism. Erin was constantly hitting her leg with her hand with a vacant look in her eyes. She slept erratically, waking every 20 minutes. She refused to eat. The only thing that would calm her was a bottle of milk, which she drank voraciously. Her pediatrician was at a loss. Career plans were put on hold as Ariana faced endless appointments with speech pathologists, occupational therapists, neurologists and nutritionists. Not to mention the hours of research she and her husband put in to try and understand what was happening to their daughter.

A breakthrough came when a girlfriend told Ariana about the book Unraveling the Mystery of Autism , written by Karyn Seroussi, a mom whose child suffered from similar symptoms as Erin.
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Ariana put what she read into action. When she stopped feeding Erin dairy, her daughter went into a terrible state of withdrawal for three days. Then gluten, corn and soy were removed from Erin's diet.