NAET

I have heard of Allergy Elimination for a while now, from many different sources. I am very interested in this. My son is allergic or sensitive to so many things. To list a few: gluten, casein, soy, corn, nuts, and oh so many more. It seems there are more foods he can't have than he can. I am learning a variety of ways to substitute and mostly enjoying the process. We I have the time it is fun to make a new recipe and have it taste good. But I am potty training 2 and I have a infant, life is so busy it would be nice to not have to do so much in the food department. I decided to give this NAET a try with my son. First treatment went so well. He cooperated well with the doctor and he was able to test for 30 or so things. It never ceases to amaze me when he acts so normal...it used to be a guaranteed challenge for everything but it has become less and less with all the stuff we are doing. (mostly diet, therapy, and supplements) It has been a week since the evaluation and 1st treatment and there was no notable change in his behavior this week. (stay tuned for weekly updates on his treatment , I have seen huge improvements in my 6 month old sons reflux using NAET)

I Want to Scream!

The most frustrating thing for me is when I want to try a new treatment, something controversial, or even just not mainstream and I get ridiculed. By strangers and even by people I love. I just want what is best for my little guy and I don't care what is costs, or if it doesn't work....if it could help I want to try it. I will do anything and everything, for everyone of my children. Whatever it takes. Ahhhhhhh!!! So I say to you and myself hang in there. :0

Beans!!

Did you know that you can substitute oil/ butter in recipes with beans. You can use black beans, great northern white beans, garbanzo beans, any kind. They say to use a color you can hide or you food might be a funny color but you can tell no difference. I will tell you I was very skeptical but I have tried numerous recipes, they all work!! You use the exact amount as a substitute. If your recipe calls for 1 cup butter, you use 1 cup pureed beans. 1/2 cup veggie oil, 1/2 pureed beans. Add a little protein to your muffins/cookies, I say okay!

X-Agave Nectar

Xagave is the sweet, satisfying and sensible choice to replace sugar in your diet. It is a delicious, all-natural, healthy alternative to sugar because it is low on the Glycemic index. This stuff is amazing. I have just starting using it. It's exchange rate is about 1/2. This lets you use 1/2 the amount of sugar in your recipes. I have been trying to limit my son's sugar and this a very easy way for me to do that. I have only tried one recipe so far, ( I am a rookie.) but it turned out almost identical. I think I will even be able to reduce the sugar more and they will turn out better. I am in love with this product. (I bought it at Costo)

Good Source

I have recently purchased the Living Without Magazine... My doctor gave me my first edition. I love it. There is so much helpful information in here. It is all GFCF stuff and I am super excited to try some of the recipes. GFCF Creamy Cheesecake? Who would have thought and the picture looks so delicious! The other thing I found in there that I am really excited to get is a new cookbook 'Allergy Proof Recipes for Kids by Leslie Hammond and Lynne Marie Rominger. We shall see.

My Morning

I rolled over this morning and it was 6:15...wow...it has been so long since I have slept that long. My 4 year old is ever waking in the night, sometimes multiple time a night. Today I was lucky. My favorite part of the day begins. My 4 year old runs into my bed and we get a little moment to talk. He seems really clear headed in the morning, I get to hear about the things that go on inside his head. Today he dreamed about colors, and he remember today was Tuesday all on is own. "Today is preschool day" he has really loved school and his teachers. Next we get up and change his diaper (not potty trained), another challenge. My other kids are not up yet so we sat on the couch to read. I love snuggle time with this little guy. Now things are picking up speed. 2 year old awake and very happy to see her brother they are so loud that now 3 month old is awake too. Yikes. Now it is 7:15 and we need to hurry. I get breakfast started. Big kids are eating. 4 year old take one bite, gets down and runs around, I help him back to his chair, bite, he gets down. This is how breakfast goes every morning. No matter what I try it takes forever to feed this kid. Next is time to get him dressed, it is like running a marathon. Ready, go. This chase begins. It takes 10 minutes to accomplish this and I didn't even ask him to help because we are running late. I get the other two kids dressed and I throw on a sweat shirt and out the door we go. It is amazing how tired I can be by 9:00 am. I love the many challenges of my day. As I think about the morning I reflect and realize that if I hadn't ran the marathon, I would probably be at a boring job and I get to do my favorite thing everyday. Be with my kids. I am truly blessed.

May 10, 2010

This weekend I attended a Healthy Child Intensive workshop. It was very interesting and gave me a lot to think about. Do we know how to be healthy? I have come to the conclusion that, NO, I don't. I also decided that I need to do better for me and for my kids. Starting today I am going to try to do something to better my health every day.

I love smoothies so today I had a smoothie. It had 100% apple cherry juice, 6 strawberries, 2 cups spinach, 1/2 cup pumpkin puree, 1 1/2 cups blueberries, and a little lemonade concentrate to add a kick, and 2 Tbsp flax seed. It was very yummy and I got 3 veggie and 3 fruits in one shot. You can't beat that.

I am also trying to add 1/2 tsp EFA, 1000 mg Vitamin C, and a pro biotic daily. Cheers to being healthy. My kids are getting all this too. Hopefully it makes a difference.

We also are getting our son started in Occupational Therapy and had his eval today. I am very excited to get help in areas such as dressing, grooming, potty training, but I also believe that they are going to diagnose him with Sensory Processing Disorder. It is very common for kids on the spectrum to have sensory difficulties. I read a great book called Sensational Kids, by Lucy Jane Miller, OTR. It was a great read, and it is always nice to have something give you prospective.