tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66926444223000886152024-03-13T03:22:00.924-07:00Our Natural Journey Through Toddler Tooth RemineralizationTooth remineralization is not easy, but as many people and dentist will disagree...IT IS POSSIBLE! Here is our journey dealing with what we have been told is nursing decay. I know many mothers dealing with this heartbreaking and stressful issue. Due to environmental issues beyond our control, this issue will grow worse. My goal is to shed light on this problem and let you know you aren't alone. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-87471679893592422852015-09-26T19:43:00.001-07:002015-09-26T19:43:31.632-07:0017 months later.....I have not updated this in quite awhile. When I last wrote, I was going vegan , Coraline had weaned, and some of my anxiety had ceased. Since then we gave moved states to live on the beach, had another perfect baby girl, and finally got the teeth pulled in June (2015). I started this blog September 2013 when a dentist told us to pull immediately or a blood infection would kill my 2 year old. If you go back to that time you can tell how broken, depressed, angry and stressed I was. I did not sleep, I did not eat. I did not let my baby have bananas or sweet apples. I made her eat eggs in ghee and homemade yogurt that I couldn't even stomach myself. When we visited our family I had boxes full of medicines, toothpastes, homeopathic pills taking over our car. I had no joy left inside of me and even now I am struggling to get it back. I get asked for advice so often now and yet I will forever feel like a failure. Like I am not worthy to give the advice because it didn't work for us anyway. After it all I wish so much I could make that time of our life more carefree. Night after night I prayed and cried to God to heal her. I was angry at everyone around me. Embarrassed to go to playdates. Scared to give her any form of sugar what so ever. Even now at the age of 4 she is terrified of sugary stuff. In some ways it is great but in other ways it hurts so much. Is she so anxious because of me? If we did not go on this journey I would have never discovered GMOs, Weston Price, documentaries about our food and what the government is doing to it. I have made so many friends from this who went through the same thing. They are each so special to me and I could have never gone through this without them.<br />
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I am often emailed or messaged online for help with tooth decay. To be honest I do not feel like I am worthy to give advice. After all, my kid has 3 crowns and four missing teeth. When we meet other "crunchy" moms I always think how shitty they must think I am. How much sugar and crap I probably feed her. After all that did happen back in Tennessee, it's hard to let my guard down. The only advice I can give is not to repeat my mistakes. Don't over charge your credit card with a million supplements you can't afford. Yes, the fermented cod liver oil is amazing and certainly helps, but if you can't afford it it's okay! Get it another month and focus on good foods. MI paste really did help. The ingredients aren't wonderful but neither is surgery so you have to pick your battles. We use Xyliwhite toothpaste which has been great and smells wonderful. Earthpaste is good too but doesn't taste great. Xylitol mints are okay but not perfect for the gut. Coraline mostly bit hers so it wasn't even killing bacteria in her mouth. Bone broth and a good diet is key. Real whole foods. Meat, raw dairy, vegetables and fruit. They will tell you to limit fruit but in this world today we should be so grateful our children want fruit and not cheetos. Count your blessings. Allow certain foods for special occasions. It is okay. Enjoy their childhood while you can. We are still gluten free and will probably never go back. It has been an easy adjustment for us.<br />
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We made the decision to pull after Coraline bit into an apple and got an abscess. We treated it without antibiotics but it kept coming back. We spent hundreds, maybe even $1,000 on a holistic doctor and standard process supplements. I kept track of everything she ate, drank, and pooped for a month before the doctor told us he could no longer help us. I forced her to eat raw garlic and chew up disgusting tablets three times a day to help heal this. I did everything. everything. I did not want to get this surgery done. I was terrified. But even after giving her antibiotics the abscess kept coming back and she was hurting. For almost three months. It had to be done. It was probably a 30 minutes procedure. She drank an entire bottle of water then threw up three times and slept all day. She was fine the next day although upset about her teeth missing. She couldn't care less now. We see missing teeth and crowns everyday at the park, library, grocery store.<br />
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I am always here to help. I will tell you everything I know. I have read the books, blogs, forums, talked to Rami Bagel himself on his Facebook group. I will do everything it takes to not go through this with our new baby but if we do, I have an amazing support system and all the information in the world to keep her healthy.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-87906300397175157732014-06-28T21:10:00.002-07:002014-06-28T21:10:37.405-07:00The Placebo Effect & VeganismWow I'm so sorry I haven't updated this in so long! With warm weather upon us we have been at the lake/pool/amusement park constantly. I deleted my Facebook a little over a month ago and let me tell you, IT'S WONDERFUL! I have not been happier in over a year. I didn't have a Facebook when this journey began but made one to join the tooth decay groups and Natural Healing Co op. (A wonderful Instagram friend told me about it, thanks Jade!) Anyway, without the health groups always plaguing my existence and tracking my every meal, I have really been able to focus on the task at hand and the truth behind what we're dealing with. I was tired of feeling angry, empty, stressed, miserable and all around numb. Dreading every meal because it was a constant battle. "Please eat this egg. Please drink more milk! No we can't have a banana." Tears from both sides were shed constantly and we both just weren't happy.<br />
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So at 29 months, 1 week and 1 day Coraline weaned. I am so grateful our nursing relationship was mutual and she weaned when she felt comfortable. It was a wonderful process with no crying, no tantrums, just easy and peaceful. So having my body and boobs solely my responsibility now, I decided to change to a lifestyle that I had been desiring for a very very long time. I have many vegan friends and they can be quite pushy. Never rude to me, but always posting so many things that really had made me question milk, meat, eggs and cheese. Every time I found myself questioning these things all I had to do was take a quick glance in the tooth decay group to seek validation that the Weston Price way was the ONLY way to live. The truth is, whatever you believe, you can find evidence to back it up. If you want to believe in eating animals and drinking cow breast milk, look no further than Weston Price's studies. If you want to believe in eating a vegan lifestyle, watch Forks Over Knives or read The China Study. Weston Price has been proven wrong by "professionals", so has The China Study. So has every opinion. Everyone is going to believe something different because there will ALWAYS be evidence to back up your beliefs somewhere out there.<br />
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Coraline drank a lot of milk while weaning but after she had weaned, she didn't want it anymore at all. I always offered, but she just didn't want it. So every week I kept texting the farmer, " only half a gallon this week," or, "none this week." So finally I just cancelled our herd share. She does not want or ask for milk anymore at all. I do make her chocolate milk with cashew or coconut milk and cacao sometimes. Other than that, it's water or lemon water only. And guess what? Her stools went from yellow and grainy to completely normal overnight. She is sleeping TEN HOURS STRAIGHT! I am also letting her eat as much fruit as she wants. Apricots, bananas, apples, grapes, strawberries! You name it, she's eating it. It has been about 3 weeks and we are both so much happier. Eating is so joyful for us again. I have so much energy, jogging around the block twice a day, exercising every night, running around outside with her every day. The stress of such a strict diet on such a young girl was too much for us. Her teeth continued to decay, albeit slowly, despite my hopes and prayers. The placebo effect is so real and so strong. Every single time a new product came in the mail I would get this euphoria, almost like a drug. For weeks I would swear it was curing everything. The zinc was taking her red face rash away, the biodent was making them grow back, the Candistat was killing her candida. All of this was placebo for me. It was a huge hope that I kept insisting was happening because I wanted it SO badly. I have not seen any difference with any of them. I haven't given her any Living Streams products in months. I haven't forced her to take candistat in months. I haven't given her zinc in two weeks. Her rash still comes up after strawberries & tomatoes. Guess what? I just recently found out my husband had the same issue as a child! This is what these health groups do to people like me. I'm so naive and so gullible! Sometimes it is as easy as 'strawberries break her face out' and not "this mutation in her body causes the histamine to react with the saliva which is a sign of zinc deficiency" blah blah blah. Talk about making yourself crazy? Yes...I was going nuts. I am so much happier where we are now. My baby's smile is perfection to us and our family. She is growing, so intelligent, so happy and so healthy. Do you know she has never had a real fever? Or ear infection? Actually she's had a raspy cough maybe once or twice. I am so lucky to have such a healthy and happy child. Sometimes it's OKAY to accept things as they are and dwell solely on the POSITIVE aspects of this life. I am thrilled to be vegan finally. I have wanted this for so long. Coraline is eating predominately plant based too, but when my husband is eating meat she will steal a bite or two. We are still gluten free. One wonderful thing is that now that she can have pretty much whatever she wants (fruits mostly), she is much more easily swayed into eating vegetables. She has been eating celery, carrots, squash, spinach and beans. So many beans! She loves them!<br />
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So that's the update on our journey. I know a few people do follow my blog or find it through pinterest/google and I wanted to make sure you know where we are. I am so sorry for every one dealing with this pain. It is heartbreaking. Stay encouraged! Find the positives! LEAVE THE HEALTH GROUPS! Hell, leave Facebook :) Tooth decay is rampant in society today. In the south, 80-100% of our water is fluoridated. Dioxins are in our clothes, feminine products, diapers, perfumes, detergent and more! Please read this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Secret-TOXIN-Behind-Tooth-Decay-ebook/dp/B00HZDCIWS" target="_blank">book </a>to find out more about dioxins and decay. It is not our fault, it's only going to get worse in this country and we are doing all we can and more. Don't be stressed out, don't be so strict, give them a banana if they want one. They are only this little for a short while. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-87886143510215467552014-05-07T08:34:00.000-07:002014-05-07T08:34:13.750-07:00Excuse Me. <div style="text-align: center;">
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<i><b>But are your kids teeth missing too?</b></i></div>
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<i><b>We're considering the option,</b></i></div>
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<i><b>But there's so much to think through.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Excuse me for eaves dropping,</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Did you say gluten free?</b></i></div>
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<i><b>In a world of food allergies</b></i></div>
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<i><b>That sounds heavenly to me!</b></i></div>
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<i><b>But is your two year old still nursing?</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Because In a day in age like this</b></i></div>
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<i><b>It's as condemnable as cursing.</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Excuse me for approaching you,</b></i></div>
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<i><b>But is your toddler in a wrap?</b></i></div>
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<i><b>It's nice to see an attached mother</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Excuse me for repeating you</b></i></div>
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<i><b>But did you say you DIDN'T hit?</b></i></div>
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<i><b>It's wonderful that you have patience</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Is she still in our bed?</b></i></div>
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<i><b>It's nice to have a united place</b></i></div>
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<i><b>For you all to rest your head!</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Excuse me for the questions,</b></i></div>
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<i><b>But can we please meet again?</b></i></div>
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<i><b>I don't want to seem intrusive,</b></i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-53545259717657666002014-04-23T20:21:00.002-07:002014-05-01T11:21:28.062-07:008 Months In. It has been 8 months since we decided to try to reverse my daughter's tooth decay. We had an appointment to get caps and thank God we canceled it. I am so happy we have made it this far and have full faith that we will make it many more. This is no easy process, but being a mother isn't easy. It isn't always about what's most convenient or cheapest. When it comes to my child's future, I will do whatever it takes to make it as glorious as I've always envisioned it. <br />
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That being said, I do feel like my mind is a constant hamster wheel. It never stops. The anxiety is overwhelming. Vacations are stressful and I end up crying after every family visit or holiday. To constantly have to monitor every single piece of food that enters her body AND mine is the most difficult obstacle I've ever had to cross. The money for supplements and farm fresh food completely depletes our savings.To do this, to make this promise to yourself and your child, is not for the faint of heart. Difficult is an understatement. Without my friends going through this that I met from Cure Tooth Decay and Instagram, I would be a weeping mess.<br />
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Anyway, I have decided to switch up our routine a bit. Since working with Dr. Sunshine, I have really discovered how bad her candida overgrowth is. It is no secret that candida is a huge culprit behind <a href="http://www.thecandidadiet.com/candida-and-tooth-decay/" target="_blank">tooth decay</a>. So instead of focusing on the diet in Cure Tooth Decay, I'm focusing on the candida and hoping that will help her absorb nutrients and digest food better.<br />
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<li>Bio-dent (standard process)</li>
<li>Catalyn (standard process)</li>
<li>Genestra HMF natogen probiotics</li>
<li>Bifido (living streams)</li>
<li>Zinc (from local health food store 15mg)</li>
<li>Candistat</li>
<li>diatomaceous earth in yogurt</li>
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Staples in our diet are bone broth, farm fresh eggs and meats and plenty of vegetables. Limited fruits, mostly berries. Lots of plain yogurt. Kombucha and kefir. Her favorites are sweet potatoes sliced and cooked in coconut oil and kale chips. We have these almost daily. <br />
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It is getting easier everyday and every month that passes is another month closer to them falling out on their own. Play dates are getting easier, I bring a cooler with me or we eat beforehand.The teeth do not bother her at all. She eats great, brushes great ( with holistic dental health store powder, diatomaceous earth & coconut oil). I also put a few drops of melaleuca on her stomach and feet before bed occasionally.<br />
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For constant pictures and updates follow me on Instagram <complete id="goog_1864307710">@permissiveparent </complete> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-7634844628755216992014-04-07T21:55:00.004-07:002014-04-07T21:56:27.492-07:00Poem.<span style="color: #4c1130;"><b>Sometimes words just come to me. They always have. I was feeling particularly pitiful yesterday, but after writing this I felt so much better. </b></span><br />
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<i><span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">I'm not sorry I filter everything,<br /> Like what you can and can not eat,<br /> I'm not sorry I approach with hesitation<br /> Every new friend that we meet.<br /> But will their parents question me,<br /> When I "discipline" you with care,<br /> Even when you're screaming or crying,<br /> And I simply stroke your hair.<br /> Or when we go on play dates,<br /> And all their snacks have GMOS,<span class="text_exposed_show"><br /> Or when the ice cream truck comes jingling<br /> And not regretfully, I say no. <br /> I'm not sorry that I'm raising you,<br /> To question all you see, <br /> Because in a world like ours today,<br /> It's important to plant the seed. <br /> Our shampoos are laced with chemicals,<br /> So we use none instead,<br /> Our meat is injected with toxic things,<br /> To keep it nice and red.<br /> Our milk is full of hormones,<br /> Our food of GMOs,<br /> Chemicals are sprayed all in our skies <br /> And even on our clothes!<br /> I want you to know you're everything<br /> You are my moon and stars<br /> It's not easy to defy the norm,<br /> In fact...it's REALLY hard!<br /> I don't hit you so you'll fear me,<br /> You are truly my best friend. <br /> Some people can't accept that,<br /> They think it's just a "trend". <br /> I'll raise you as nature intended,<br /> Keep you close to me while we sleep.<br /> Nurse you until my body stops,<br /> Even if I'm labeled a "creep".<br /> It's not easy to get called a threat,<br /> Because we choose a path without shots, <br /> Or keep you out of public school,<br /> Because we want you to form your own thoughts. <br /> It's because you are the future,<br /> And I'm still healing from my past. <br /> But most of all because you're my baby...<br /> And you'll grow up too fast. </span></span></i><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="text_exposed_show"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I'm not apologizing anymore.</b></span> </span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-83365168956816831042014-02-18T19:40:00.000-08:002014-02-18T19:40:35.126-08:00CatalynI haven't posted in a few days because there really wasn't anything to say. I haven't been able to get the supplements I have been eyeing, Dr. Sunshine is stumped as to what is up with Coraline's teeth, and she has been a little rough this week. Refusing all food, nursing more than I can keep up with, waking up all night long and taking FOREVER to go to sleep at night. (I'm talking 2-3am!) Well, finally business has picked up and I think we are at the tail end of this phase she is going through. I hope anyway. She went from eating broccoli, kefir, kale, carrots and squash to eating absolutely nothing. It's quite frustrating. I have to give her broth through a syringe where she used to drink the whole bowl. Anyway I was finally able to order two things I have really been hoping for! Catalyn from Standard Process and Green Pastures new product, Fermented Cod liver, skate, butter and coconut oil.<br />
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Catalyn was developed in 1929 to Royal Lee. I like to think of him as the Louis Pasteur of homeopathy. It is derived from defatted wheat germ, carrots,
nutritional yeast, bovine adrenal, liver, spleen, and kidney, ovine
spleen, dried pea (vine) juice, dried alfalfa juice, mushroom, oat
flour, soy bean lecithin, and rice bran extract. Weston Price <a href="http://www.westonaprice.org/nutrition-greats/royal-lee" target="_blank">shares</a>, "At the outset his product was provided at no charge solely for the
health and welfare of his mother and intimate friends. However, because
of the remarkable results the product achieved, the fame of this food
concentrate spread rapidly. The volume of demand reached such
proportions that he had to create a new company, the Vitamin Products
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There is a group of twenty or so women, maybe more, that I have grown close to throughout this journey. One of them shared with me that after 3 weeks on this amazing product her daughter's enamel had grown! I immediately knew I must order some. The other recommended product is Bio-dent and Dr. Sunshine is ordering that for us. Once again I'm very hopeful. I don't ever expect full recovery but I do expect her health to prosper and I am doing all I can to make sure that it does. The white specks on her bottom teeth have disappeared, her canines are whiter than they have ever been, and her molars look much much better than they did before. Every week brings brighter discoveries and I have no more room for sadness in my heart over this battle. I am succeeding and more importantly I am helping others, uniting us against the corruption that is Big Pharma. As far as taste goes, it isn't great but isn't bad either. It hasn't been too hard to get her to take it.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-83526266251534071382014-02-09T17:59:00.001-08:002014-02-09T17:59:44.036-08:00FluorideA four letter word.<br />
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Why is this added to our water? Why is this pushed for us to coat our children's teeth with and in our toothpaste? Why is it added to our supplements and prescriptions? Where did this toxin come from and what is their agenda? Lets take a look at the history of fluoride and it's ties to <a href="http://rense.com/general79/hd3.htm" target="_blank">Nazi Germany</a>. </div>
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The first occurrence of fluoride being added to drinking water was in<a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/011508_fluoride_horror.htm" target="_blank"> prison camps</a> during Hitler's reign. Fluoride was used to make prisoners more docile and willing to accept their roles. It kept them from an uprising. The nazi could care less about the teeth of their prisoners, their goal was sterilization and submission. Any wonder fluoride is the main ingredient in <a href="http://www.laleva.org/eng/2004/08/fluoride_fluoxetine_prozac_found_in_drinking_water" target="_blank">Prozac</a>? This is what is in your water! It is being forced on us. Not only does it caused kidney and thyroid failure, it is associated with lower IQ's and bone fractures. </div>
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<span><span style="font-size: small;"><i>"Even in small quantities, sodium fluoride is
a deadly poison to which no effective antidote has been found. Every exterminator
knows that it is the most efficient rat-killer. ... Sodium fluoride is
entirely different from organic calcium-fluoro-phosphate needed by our
bodies and provided by nature, in God`s great providence and love, to build
and strengthen our bones and our teeth. This organic calcium-fluoro-phosphate,
derived from proper foods, is an edible organic salt, insoluble in water
and assimilable by the human body, whereas the non-organic sodium fluoride
used in fluoridating water is instant poison to the body and fully water
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The thyroid is a key component to tooth health and guess what teeth are? BONES. Still think ingesting this toxin in for our benefit? It's hard to escape unless you filter your entire home with Berkey or Reverse Osmosis. We are currently renting so that isn't an option. As of now we are buying spring water in the gallons and using that for everything. However, there's a documentary called <a href="http://www.tappedthemovie.com/" target="_blank">Tapped </a>which states even those efforts are futile. I haven't watched it yet simply because ignorance is bliss. I can't know or I will drive myself crazy. My only hope now is to <a href="https://www.change.org/petitions/sevier-county-water-department-remove-the-dangerous-toxin-fluoride-from-our-water" target="_blank">petition </a>my local water authority and I urge you to do the same. Fluoride is a cost to them and with your help you can change your county and the lives of all it's residents. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">kidney and liver damage<br />calcifaction of the pineal gland<br />lowered immune system function<br />infertility<br />lowered IQ’s in children</span></div>
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The "cheese" is basically a cheese like product with yellow dye to make it look real. Yellow #5 and 6 to be exact. <a href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/02/24/are-you-or-your-family-eating-toxic-food-dyes.aspx" target="_blank">Proven </a>to cause hyperactivity in children and adrenal tumors. </div>
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The wheat used in these products is GMO wheat. Kraft has contributed a significant amount of money to keep GMOs from being labeled as well. What are they hiding? GMOs are altering our genetic code and causing all different types of issues worldwide. Infertility, cancer, Alzheimer's, the list is never ending. You can't mess with Mother Nature. The consequences are <a href="http://gmo.mercola.com/" target="_blank">DIRE</a>. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-44223842731923070552014-02-05T11:51:00.001-08:002014-02-05T11:53:46.792-08:00Snack timeSo many people in the Natural Alternatives for Kids Teeth group have a hard time with snacking. Many go to snacks at age two are things like goldfish, or the better alternative, Annie's bunnies. I admit, we ate a LOT of these! Especially summer time when we frequented the park/pool. It can be hard to stay away from excess sugar and gluten regarding snacks. The good news is that when you start a paleo lifestyle, very high is essential fats, you will stay full and the snacking will slowly disappear. <div><br></div><div>There is this one time of day for us where C wants something in her tummy right before a nap and nursing isn't cutting it anymore. She isn't hungry enough for a full blown lunch so I've been trying to figure out a good alternative. Here's a few suggestions for those of you looking for a snack time fill. </div><div><br></div><div>KALE CHIPS - my #1. Not only is kale absolutely amazing for you, it is fast and easy to peel off some leaves, toss in lard, butter or coconut oil, sprinkle with sea salt & toss in the oven for 8 minutes or so. </div><div><br></div><div>CHEESE BLOCKS - we currently buy Organic Valley raw sharp cheddar because that's all we have available this time of year. I just cut a few squares and put it as a side with some Granny Smith apples or blueberries. Those are the fruits lowest in sugar content and, paired with some good quality cheese, make a great snack!</div><div><br></div><div>SWEET POTATO CHIPS - another easy alternative and absolutely delicious! A good sweet potato takes about an hour to cook in the oven and is gone within seconds for my little. So I've been peeling and slicing into chip like pieces and sauté them in coconut oil and sea salt. It's almost like a dessert for us, the perfect blend of sweet and salty. (You can do this with carrots too)</div><div><br></div><div>BROTH - right before dinner if C is getting antsy it is so easy and convenient to heat up a little broth for her. She will slurp it up and it keeps her content while I finish. I add Great Lakes gelatin and sea salt to enhance its healing properties. It's perfect for any time of day.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>What healthy gluten free snacks do you frequent in your home? </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ONOe9suWXCg/UvKWQyqrctI/AAAAAAAAAM0/jS47n_hzK9M/s640/blogger-image-259507041.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ONOe9suWXCg/UvKWQyqrctI/AAAAAAAAAM0/jS47n_hzK9M/s640/blogger-image-259507041.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-31883281492582482012014-02-03T16:51:00.001-08:002014-02-03T17:01:19.264-08:00Valentine's Day KissesI have a guilty pleasure. It's so guilty that only my husband knows the extent of my obsession. He only knows because I constantly call him to pick it up on his way home from work. It's chocolate. Cacao to be exact. And there's a Walgreens practically next door that sells the bars for about $3 a piece. Oh. My. Yum. I dream of bedtime so I can cozy up with my puppies, creep on my Facebook with a hot cup of chamomile tea and I will eat a whole bar in one sitting. And I don't even blink about it. I get so few guilty diet luxuries and Ghiradelli uses non gmo cacao and very high quality. This is my happy place. <div><br></div><div>So, imagine how sad I was to know they use GMO soy for the soy lechtin emulsifier! This company is known for having the highest quality chocolate! Wouldn't it be a no brainer? Maybe eventually they'll jump ship with Enjoy Life and make it totally allergen free. But alas, then they'll be ridiculously unaffordable as well. Am I doomed to a chocolate free bedtime hell? </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qE4afsZ0Iyo/UvA718gkSfI/AAAAAAAAAMc/Y9lgK5aT3C0/s640/blogger-image--1346124340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-qE4afsZ0Iyo/UvA718gkSfI/AAAAAAAAAMc/Y9lgK5aT3C0/s640/blogger-image--1346124340.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Nope! A friend of mine(thanks Laura!) posted about making some chocolate bars for her daughter with butter since she was having a hard time getting her daughter to consume the amount of butter recommended in Cure Tooth Decay. This is definitely not our problem,Coraline will eat teaspoons of the stuff plain! But since realizing she isn't tolerating dairy, I subbed in coconut oil and it turned out great! I just threw in raw cacao, raw honey, and melted coconut oil until it became a good taste and consistency. Made little dollops on wax paper and froze. These would make great valentines kisses for little ones. Coraline sure loved it! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3K8egXVCMF4/UvA723lkmzI/AAAAAAAAAMk/0_O_N_UpLsw/s640/blogger-image--360189894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-3K8egXVCMF4/UvA723lkmzI/AAAAAAAAAMk/0_O_N_UpLsw/s640/blogger-image--360189894.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Cacao is high in antioxidants, sulfur and magnesium! But technically it is a seed, so I wouldn't make this a constant part of your diet. Great for a treat and practically guilt free! </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-8958325953149371832014-02-01T17:22:00.001-08:002014-02-01T21:47:15.215-08:00Hiatus.I've been absent for awhile, to be honest I needed a break. I started feeling like a failure. I needed some time to sort things out myself, turn off my Facebook notifications and really reflect on bringing some joy back into my life. Truthfully, since we noticed the tooth problems progressing, I haven't truly felt happy. Sure some days are better than others, but for the most part I have a constant pity party and the phrase "why me" is always floating around my mind.<div><br></div><div>Well a break is what I needed and now I know "why me" and have answers. Real life answers. A lot has gone on the past few weeks so bear with me as I tackle our trip to the chiropractor and kinesiologist, added supplements, holidays out of town and finally discover the BIG issue we're battling...candida!</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sd7Q08bpRRQ/Uu3bti19PoI/AAAAAAAAAME/WVAtqYgA7_4/s640/blogger-image-2010356864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sd7Q08bpRRQ/Uu3bti19PoI/AAAAAAAAAME/WVAtqYgA7_4/s640/blogger-image-2010356864.jpg"></a></div><br></div>This little superstar turned two right before Christmas. Originally we were going to get sedation and crowns when she was twenty months, then told to pull instead. So it is now February and things are going great! She is thriving, meal time is beyond easy, she never complains of tooth pain and eats like a horse. Originally I had too high of hopes. When we started this journey both teeth were cracked and chipped/chipping. I had a friend tell me that her daughters teeth grew so I was hoping for a miracle. Well, the last bit of loose enamel has chipped off and I'm so glad. Every single time she ate/brushed I worried about that tooth. You could literally push half of it back, there was no fixing that. So now the goal is keeping the baby teeth until they fall out on their own or at least until she can sit without sedation with Dr. Gardner. We got the funds together and finally saw a naturopath and chiropractor! What a blessing! </div><div><br></div><div>Dr. Sunshine was referred to me by my farmer and raw milk co op. He is in Knoxville and has cured allergies and offers kinesiology. He is Christian as well so I was very excited to visit him! At our first visit I explained what our issues were and got muscle testing done. Mold allergy? Dairy intolerance? Leaky gut? Celiac? No no no. I was getting frustrated. Something was wrong with my baby and I needed answers! Then her little arms held the vial against her belly and my arm was stuff as a board. "It's candida", he said. And just like that...I knew. </div><div><br></div><div>He started us on Prostatin and I took it upon myself to start GAPS as closely as possible. One thing I made sure we kept up with was dairy. Rami and Dr. Price really push butter and raw milk for tooth decay so I made sure I put it in EVERYTHING. I even started hoping to wean and offer her milk when she asked to nurse. She ate butter by the spoonfuls as well. But the candida wouldn't go away and her face rah was as prevalent as ever. Constant red pimple like dots all over her face! I put derma on them, clay, coconut oil...I started putting coconut oil on my nipples before nursing. Still there. Then we got stranded in a snow storm without our milk. I was so stressed out. Here I am trying to wean and we had no milk for three days! Well, guess what? The bumps went away. Praise God I have an answer!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I34cawKDHNA/Uu3bsj-L8FI/AAAAAAAAAL8/XhTB83-dOGM/s640/blogger-image-1704924029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I34cawKDHNA/Uu3bsj-L8FI/AAAAAAAAAL8/XhTB83-dOGM/s640/blogger-image-1704924029.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Testing concluded no dairy allergy and her face is very mild when she has her kefir, so I think the dairy aggravates the candida too much. I have read from a few moms in the tooth decay group that killing the candida also cured the intolerance. So for now I will cook with coconut oil and ghee instead of the massive amounts of butter. I'm skipping my milk share for the next couple weeks too. We see Dr. Sunshine again Tuesday morning and I can't wait to talk it over with him. If you can't seem to find the root issue of your child's rash/tooth problems I highly suggest finding a chiropractor that also offers naturopath services and kinesiology. So we are now dairy, gluten & sugar free and it feels AWESOME!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VN4CrQfrAPc/Uu3buuyZ-nI/AAAAAAAAAMM/4Oq4-kUao6M/s640/blogger-image-1114152460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-VN4CrQfrAPc/Uu3buuyZ-nI/AAAAAAAAAMM/4Oq4-kUao6M/s640/blogger-image-1114152460.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-6861589832210677102013-12-01T20:04:00.001-08:002013-12-01T20:04:12.668-08:00ExpectationsInspired by our sermon at church today. As usual, that's when my writing hits me. Everything in my life is centered around Coraline's teeth. So every time he mentions worry, troubles, stress, expectations, trusting God...to me it all goes back to her teeth. My only stress. My only worry. My only fear. It consumes me. It literally CONSUMES ME. I skip birthday parties, play dates, holidays with family. I'm worried what our outspoken family members will say. I worry that they will call me a neglectful mother. I worry they will make fun of my child. I worry they will post pictures and everyone on Facebook will think I'm giving my kid processed crap and juice. I worry they will think negatively on nursing. I worry they will give her self esteem problems. 24/7 this consumes my mind, my heart and my soul. This is EVERYTHING to me. I don't want it to be. I don't want this. I want her to be able to enjoy a guilt free cupcake at a peer's party. I would like a family pizza night. It would be easier on me. It would be easier on everyone. Unfortunately, I was chosen for this task. For some reason or another, there's a goal in the end. <div><br></div><div>So when we were told to circle 1-10, how much do we trust God with our troubles... How often do we say "God, I'm going to let you handle this one. I can't do it", I had to be honest with myself....2? 3? Maybe? When I pray about her teeth (which I do every day) I pray for guidance. I pray for the wisdom to come to me from outside sources. I pray for the finances to buy the supplements I need. I pray for inner peace to get me through play dates or rough nights at dinner time. I never tell God to handle it. I never put all my faith in him. I have put SO MUCH WEIGHT on my own shoulders that I am a constant ball of stress and anxiety. I have alienated my friends and family. My load is heavy. My heart is heavy. </div><div><br></div><div>I need you to handle this God. I just can't do it anymore. I am giving up and giving into you. You are my leader, you are my crutch, you are in control. Please, please...fix my baby. Fix her gut. Fix her allergies. Fix her mineral absorption. I don't know what else to do. </div><div><br></div><div>Last time I put God in control of my life was when I lost myself 2009/2010. I gave up my resentment and atheism and prayed..."something isn't working. I need help. I can not live this way any more. I can not continue with emotional abuse and this self hatred that every man in my life has ever instilled upon me. I am giving up and giving in. I need a God. I need My God. Because my life is and has always been a mess." That is when I met Hugh. That is when I met a man who has loved me unconditionally for almost 4 years. Who has never gone a day without telling me I am beautiful. I do not deserve him. I do not always appreciate him as I should. But when I do start feeling a disconnection in my marriage, if I only pray and tell God how I'm feeling, it is ALWAYS fixed ten fold. I can't explain this. God is unexplainable. Just as i trusted him to heal my lost self early 2010, I now trust in him to heal my baby.</div><div> </div><div>I may be considered an ignorant sheep to liberals and the like. When it comes to religion, I understand that. I have been there. I sported my agnostic bumper sticker and shirt throughout high school. I made fun of the "bible thumping rednecks". I was also miserable in my own skin. Miserable with my home life. Miserable in my relationship. Opening my heart to God has saved my life. My expectations are I reachable because I don't know what my God has in store for my family. I just know it will be great.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9DK_mq2DOoA/UpwGuuiEqhI/AAAAAAAAALY/Q_3LkMIAOtw/s640/blogger-image-1692730402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9DK_mq2DOoA/UpwGuuiEqhI/AAAAAAAAALY/Q_3LkMIAOtw/s640/blogger-image-1692730402.jpg"></a></div>I would never think in a million years I would marry a man who loves me so much! ❤<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GN7VlAGlcRw/UpwGt5ay62I/AAAAAAAAALQ/ds5sp2Ucou8/s640/blogger-image-531768733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GN7VlAGlcRw/UpwGt5ay62I/AAAAAAAAALQ/ds5sp2Ucou8/s640/blogger-image-531768733.jpg"></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And if the only thing I have to worry about is my daughter's teeth, I would say I'm living a pretty blessed life. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-89598739120272429282013-11-25T20:45:00.000-08:002013-11-25T20:45:22.896-08:00Holidays. Whew we have had a rough few weeks! I started babysitting another little boy and I am constantly on the go. The second he leaves I have to get caught up on cleaning, cooking, and of course trolling my tooth decay groups for more information. It's been a slow month for the tattoo industry and I've had to cut out a few supplements. My husband's truck also broke down so we are in a bind, to say the least. This is where FAITH comes in. I did not know what we were going to do. We ran out of our Living Streams products and it was very obvious in Coraline's attitude and teeth. Her only tooth left intact had become wiggly and cracked, and I was FREAKING OUT. I haven't had a tooth breakdown in awhile because my amazing friends from my groups inspire me and help me so much. But this week, I broke down. I broke down hard.<br />
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I didn't understand. This week I gave generously in tithes. More than we could afford. I took two kids off the angel tree. Not because I expected anything, but because I felt empowered to. Then BOOM! all these obstacles fell on us. I don't blame God. I know obstacles happen for a reason. Maybe I'm being tested? Maybe Satan wants to deter me from doing good? Who knows. This is where the amazing people in my life come into play. Without saying too much, I now have a plethora of supplements for Coraline! I have kefir grains and bottled kefir to help heal her gut! I have a scoby due to arrive anyday. I have alfalfa, bifido, mineral spray, moringa AND derma! I have Lugols iodine, Hylands vitamin C and Houstons digestive enzymes. I have BestMade cell salts and plantago coming next week.<br />
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We also found the PERFECT chiropractor and naturopath. He uses muscle testing to determine what is good for her body or bad. This way we can figure out her food allergies and what medications we can avoid. It's $150 for the first visit so hopefully after the holidays we can go. I'm very optimistic. His last name is Sunshine so really, he must be great! Although I'm not updating as much, I'm still not giving up! I am working harder than ever to heal her gut & her teeth. We can tell a huge difference in her speech and smile since the frenectomy. I'm so glad we did it!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-3962423124164310022013-11-13T07:33:00.001-08:002013-11-13T07:33:35.040-08:00Another Obstacle Crossed.Frenectomy = done. Do you have any idea how long I have been waiting to say that?! Almost a year! I am so glad we got it done. Dr. McMurtry was wonderful. I can't say enough how glad I am we made the drive to Charlotte. It was so quick, maybe 4 minutes tops. I'm not going to lie, those four minutes sucked, but we read a Mickey Mouse book after and she was laughing and waving at everyone. When I brush her teeth and do the stretches I can definitely tell how much more tooth is visible and able to be cleaned by her saliva and tongue. (We got her tongue tie done too.) Dr. McMurtry also poked around in her mouth and of course said she had severe decay (duh) but also assured me that some of the teeth were hardened and would be able to stay! As long as I continue with our diet and supplements I have no doubt we will continue to see improvements. He was very supportive of our holistic lifestyle and did not pressure me into anything at all. Thanks Brian!<div><br></div><div>The stretches were hard the first day or two but now she doesn't mind at all and likes to practice on her babies and me. I can't wait to see how healing will progress! I was very worried about pain but we haven't needed ANYTHING. I have her a few arnica tablets before the stretches the first two days but honestly I don't think it changed anything. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_6HJjt5shxY/UoObzRc3yqI/AAAAAAAAAK0/45CCrpcCp_Y/s640/blogger-image-1415558661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_6HJjt5shxY/UoObzRc3yqI/AAAAAAAAAK0/45CCrpcCp_Y/s640/blogger-image-1415558661.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The first picture was taken around 13 months. Oh how I wish we would have gotten it revised then!</div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-55164623283253579262013-11-02T15:04:00.001-07:002013-11-02T15:04:28.373-07:00Anxious.Two days until we are going to Charlotte for the laser frenectomy. Anxious is an understatement. I am very excited. I really think this is the last obstacle keeping the healing from occurring. Or at least the decay from halting. We don't have the funds for this at all. But like the holistic dentist said, this is so important, you FIND the money. He had no correlation with the laser dentist either, he was sincerely there to help us. So I feel this is what is right. This dentist uses a swaddle blanket. Coraline LOVES to practice swaddling. We do it everyday on her babies. So this past week we have been practicing swaddling her and zzzzzzzz her teeth. She loves it. I think it will go well.<div><br></div><div>If you are reading this and you are one of the people that owe us a portion of the $5,300 we desperately need for my daughters medical care...don't be an asshole. My husband won't say it, but I will. It's slow season, my child care income is minimal and my daughter has needs that we can't ignore. </div><div><br></div><div>That being said, she is doing great. Her teeth seem to look the same, but harder and stronger. Most importantly, she's happy. She's eating so much. Talking to much. Sleeping so soundly. She is so perfect. I am so thankful. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xRGRasuGrQA/UnV26nVzVwI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/c15bIm2-kHY/s640/blogger-image--1649925848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xRGRasuGrQA/UnV26nVzVwI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/c15bIm2-kHY/s640/blogger-image--1649925848.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oaYOGWKcb7A/UnV254j8jaI/AAAAAAAAAJs/uTVVqw3llEk/s640/blogger-image--873011637.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oaYOGWKcb7A/UnV254j8jaI/AAAAAAAAAJs/uTVVqw3llEk/s640/blogger-image--873011637.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I can't wait to update you with the aftermath of the frenectomy. I have arnica and acontinim for aftercare. I am hoping to get rescue remedy on Monday. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">PS: my tooth no longer hurts at all. Dentist said root canal or infection will take over. I chewed up and swallowed a shitload of garlic and took oil of oregano for two days. No more pain at all! YES! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am currently awaiting vitamin d3, zinc and silica from Amazon. I think these are also very important. I think I'm going to stop with the bifido and alfalfa for awhile. </div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-81460494126223345312013-10-29T17:21:00.001-07:002013-11-03T20:05:19.308-08:00Irony and Fear MongeringWell, this week has sucked. Not because of Coraline, she is as happy as ever. She is eating healthier daily and signs "more" for her fermented cod liver and butter oil every morning! It's because I, the holier than thou tooth decay expert, have the worst fucking toothache alive. In a back molar far far away. My filling fell out while I was pregnant and it really hit me this week. Crying in agony, up all night, praying for relief. I made an appointment to get it extracted because I just can't handle this pain.<br>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-56069176612260720872013-10-24T20:31:00.001-07:002013-11-03T20:05:56.923-08:00Updated routine.Approximately 10am- nurses, gets up. I make my morning coffee and C drinks her raw milk sippy, takes half a dropper of Living Stream probiotics, cell salts 1,2,8 and Bioplasma. (3 of each). First thing every morning. <div><br></div><div>11am - breakfast. 2 farm fresh free range eggs and AppleGate bacon cooked in butter. Our farm doesn't sell her bacon. :(</div><div>After this C takes half a dropper of her Living Streams alfalfa and bifido. She will also have one of her gelatin gummies and a teaspoon of fermented cod liver and butter oil. Then I brush her teeth with coconut oil and Earthpaste. Followed by spraying the front four with Living Minerals probiotic spray. Coat them with MI paste. Xylitol candy to end the routine. </div><div><br></div><div>Nap around 1-2:30 then lunch at 3. Typical lunch includes an AppleGate hotdog and zucchini or a ham, raw cheese and kale spinach wrap. Washed down by water or raw milk. Xylitol candy after. Also another batch of cell salts. </div><div><br></div><div>7 or so we start dinner. If she starts getting antsy or hungry while I'm cooking I will heat up some broth and she will sip on that or some cheese. We currently buy organic valley raw cheese. That's the best option we have, our farm is running low for the winter. Anyway, typical dinner is a meat (chops, steak, ground beef steak, grilled chicken), with steamed vegetables cooked in water/beef broth, and stewed potatoes. I try to fill her up on the Others before the potatoes but they're my husbands favorite and he's really suffering from our diets. Lol! To make these I just chop up organic potatoes, boil them in beef broth and Real Salt for about 20 minutes, then add 3 teaspoons raw butter. </div><div><br></div><div>After this she gets her bath. Warm water and about a cup of magnesium flakes. I really think she's low in magnesium. I also try to spray her with the magnesium oil often throughout the day. Sometimes it burns her so we really rely on the flakes at bath time. Another round of cell salts.</div><div><br></div><div>BED TIME! We night weaned at 16 months after the dentist scared us into it. Clearly it didn't change anything, but Ido enjoy my night time alone when her daddy is putting her to sleep. He really cherishes this time as well. Anyway, this is hard because she is typically very tired and fights the brushing. So I start a Mickey Mouse movie, pause it after a few minutes, and say "let's brush our teeth then we can watch Mickey!" That usually does the trick. First I put some peroxide on a qtip and blot the problem areas. Then I load up her brush with coconut oil and Earthpaste and brush them to the best of my ability. After I'm sure I've gotten all the good spots, I spray the Living Streams Mineral Spray on them 4 or so times. Then I typically give her MORE coconut oil to really make sure that bacteria is gone. She likes to help smear it. Sometimes I will also put a drop or two of black walnut extract on her tongue too, depending on her mood. Then I coat the front 4 with MI Paste (she calls it paint because we "paint" the front 4 teeth with it) and give her a xylitol candy. She happily screams DONE DADDY and he comes in our room and lays with her until she's asleep. </div><div><br></div><div>Sounds tedious at first but we have been doing this for around two months now, adding supplements along the way, and the change in her mood has been spectacular. She is so much happier, so full of life, talking in complete sentences, more outgoing, sleeping better, eating more and willing to try new things. Her teeth are STRONG. They are chipped but they are very strong. She has no sensitivity anymore at all. After her frenectomy Tuesday I really can't wait to see how the healing is going to progress. I do not expect God to miraculously make them pearly white again, but I pray every night he guides me, gives me wisdom and puts the right people in my path to help me on this journey. I do feel like there's a bigger picture, I do feel like I can change the world. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6dmoiynur7I/UncbbNAwSkI/AAAAAAAAAKE/0r-8gmyE850/s640/blogger-image-117957407.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-6dmoiynur7I/UncbbNAwSkI/AAAAAAAAAKE/0r-8gmyE850/s640/blogger-image-117957407.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hg3wmJEhQT4/UncbbgIS0OI/AAAAAAAAAKM/bzOMP7NV3b4/s640/blogger-image--1977507093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hg3wmJEhQT4/UncbbgIS0OI/AAAAAAAAAKM/bzOMP7NV3b4/s640/blogger-image--1977507093.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-60359526583523879882013-10-24T20:10:00.001-07:002013-10-24T20:10:44.613-07:00Victory.It has only been a month and 13 days since I felt so deeply saddened by our tooth decay situation that I was on my hands and knees praying for guidance, wisdom and hope. This past month has been so inspirational and life changing for our family. The way we are eating and feeling has done a complete 360. My daughter no longer asks for tea and refers to it as "shew shews". She signs for more fermented cod liver and butter oil. She eats squash, broccoli, kale and bone marrow. She drinks a whole cup of broth from a mason jar. Her body knows what it needs. Her body is thanking me. --Her hair is growing and glowing.<div>-Her nails have to be cut constantly.</div><div>-Her teeth and hard and she is biting into things with them!</div><div>-Her vocabulary has blossomed, she is speaking in full sentences at 22 months old!</div><div>-Her appetite is fulfilled by healthy fats and vegetables. She never asks for bread or biscuits and only one or two fruits a week!</div><div><br></div><div>I have a side by side picture of the difference a month of strict diet change and supplements has made but I'm hesitant to share it. Not many people believe in the power of nutrition and I have no tolerance for ignorance. I can share that I posted it in a private group called Cure Tooth Decay and my inbox has blown up with questions and praise from people who I have given hope to. So today I feel whole and hopeful. I prayed for this peace while having a breakdown Sunday<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"> and my God does not disappoint. </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">I need to write another post with what we're doing step by step but I just don't have the time. Here is a comment I shared with a stressed out mom in the same place I was emotionally when I started this blog.</span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i8ps0C_zWfQ/UmnhMIcdXYI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Z3eR5GSRcao/s640/blogger-image--1822710558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i8ps0C_zWfQ/UmnhMIcdXYI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Z3eR5GSRcao/s640/blogger-image--1822710558.jpg"></a></div>The gelatin gummies have been a HIT and I'm so excited about them. I got the recipe from WellnessMama but it's so easy! Just 8 teaspoons Great Lakes Gelatin and 1/2 cup of juice. I used beet kvass and fresh squeezed lemon. Added a tiny bit of raw honey, heated it just enough to solidify the gelatin, popped it in the freezer for ten minutes and then cut it into ugly little squares. Note to self:get a mold. I also whisked in the living streams probiotics before putting it in the freezer. She has eaten them all in 2 days! </span></div><div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rDmCv6UYigc/UmnhLaxstBI/AAAAAAAAAJM/HRaKJM5_lfA/s640/blogger-image-1038922176.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rDmCv6UYigc/UmnhLaxstBI/AAAAAAAAAJM/HRaKJM5_lfA/s640/blogger-image-1038922176.jpg"></a></div><br></span></div><div><br></div><div>Remember when I said I couldn't cut out fruit from our lunch? Well I did. For weeks now we've been eating zucchini instead of grapes and it's been a welcome change. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F_G81TXmxuQ/UmnhMgOlnZI/AAAAAAAAAJc/XtMWi9j5B2k/s640/blogger-image--707081384.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F_G81TXmxuQ/UmnhMgOlnZI/AAAAAAAAAJc/XtMWi9j5B2k/s640/blogger-image--707081384.jpg"></a></div>While I cook dinner this angel alternates from broth to raw milk. She truly is my superstar. (Look at that hair!)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ulml_JRwdMQ/UmnhKZEvH4I/AAAAAAAAAJE/w7odNEKpBLw/s640/blogger-image--2025044523.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ulml_JRwdMQ/UmnhKZEvH4I/AAAAAAAAAJE/w7odNEKpBLw/s640/blogger-image--2025044523.jpg"></a></div>People ask what we snack on constantly. Today we ate some squash and kale sautéed in butter. A little effort and gluten is a thing of the past. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She has been much more energetic (as well as I) since adding in magnesium flakes and oil to our protocol. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The one thing that is stressing me out is the laser frenectomy scheduled in Charlotte for November 5th. I am SO nervous about it but hopeful at the same time. I really hope that this is the last piece of this complicated puzzle I have been so lucky to endure. ❤</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-30025277665403721792013-10-17T22:18:00.001-07:002013-10-17T22:18:04.451-07:00Newest AdditionsThis week has been great! My husband and I celebrated our third anniversary and had a baby free date in Gatlinburg! Our babysitter was amazing! She eats a paleo diet and cooked Coraline organic grilled chicken and asparagus with cucumber well water to wash it down. Me=impressed. So blessed we found her! <div><br></div><div>I also received magnesium flakes, oil, and aloe which I am SO excited about. Magnesium deficiency is the cause of so many health problems. We have been giving cell salt #8 to combat mag deficiency but magnesium is absorbed best through skin. Coraline loves for me to spray the oil on her toes and rub it in. How many other toddlers get a foot massage multiple times a day!? The flakes help bath time go by smoothly too. She loves the "crystals". </div><div><br></div><div>Oh, can I brag that she's speaking in full sentences now? At 21 months. Is that normal? I swear she's a genius. Hugh came home from work and we were telling him all about our daily activities: park, friends, puppies, Mickey Mouse, when she looks him square in the eye and says..."and mommy eat broccoli!"</div><div><div>JAW MEET FLOOR. Amazed! </div></div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, going to Charlotte in the next few weeks for the laser frenectomy which I am crazy excited about. We were going to the holistic dentist in Franklin for it but just for the lip tie it's $700 and she doesn't do it on small children often. Dr. McMurtry is recommended on the TT/LT group on FB and has been messaging me on Facebook about it. It's only 550 for the lip and tongue. He does it everyday. Plus Charlotte is pretty and I've always wanted to visit there. I am so ready for that to be over with because I am the biggest stressed out wench over it. Mainly just the money & planning. Who will watch our dogs? Will we stay the night? Will the kids I babysit have a backup? Will Hugh be able to take off work?! (If not, I am totally making a mom/Coraline vacay out of the trip). </div><div><br></div><div>The only update on pooks is that she's fabulous. I'm totally not bothered by her teeth anymore because to me they look normal. I can't imagine them any other way. She's eating so much more and her appetite is so varied. She's trying new things and it makes my heart sing. We are still doing the plethora of cell salts 1,2,8, FCLO, Living Streams, xylitol candy, grain free diet, broth, coconut oil blah blah blah daily. It's a routine now & once again I can't imagine life differently. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Hz0nc4uQ4Q/UmDEiXWtcoI/AAAAAAAAAI0/RruhUWpeFs0/s640/blogger-image-1713411313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Hz0nc4uQ4Q/UmDEiXWtcoI/AAAAAAAAAI0/RruhUWpeFs0/s640/blogger-image-1713411313.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ufxgHxiBK7s/UmDEhSBRLjI/AAAAAAAAAIs/3MJEufHSGGM/s640/blogger-image--649641020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ufxgHxiBK7s/UmDEhSBRLjI/AAAAAAAAAIs/3MJEufHSGGM/s640/blogger-image--649641020.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-2157769983755376622013-10-12T10:55:00.001-07:002013-10-12T10:55:24.681-07:00Advice from Rami Nagel himselfRami Nagel was answering questions in our Cure Tooth Decay group these past 3 days. I was SO glad and thankful he did this! I screenshot a few things to share here :) <div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FDk0HmN4Axo/UlmNAq8yF_I/AAAAAAAAAIM/j315JSK_-Ho/s640/blogger-image--727696039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-FDk0HmN4Axo/UlmNAq8yF_I/AAAAAAAAAIM/j315JSK_-Ho/s640/blogger-image--727696039.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Answer:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fJNIEQeZ3vo/UlmNCj5YNBI/AAAAAAAAAIc/ZcasaqbYSZo/s640/blogger-image--234714377.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-fJNIEQeZ3vo/UlmNCj5YNBI/AAAAAAAAAIc/ZcasaqbYSZo/s640/blogger-image--234714377.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">About Ozone: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-M4zRJenAz50/UlmM-kqCvmI/AAAAAAAAAH8/zqRKPfcopB8/s640/blogger-image--2114735504.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-M4zRJenAz50/UlmM-kqCvmI/AAAAAAAAAH8/zqRKPfcopB8/s640/blogger-image--2114735504.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p4oiGRuRCBU/UlmNBpc-ZAI/AAAAAAAAAIU/urGMxWH8bks/s640/blogger-image-1176972889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p4oiGRuRCBU/UlmNBpc-ZAI/AAAAAAAAAIU/urGMxWH8bks/s640/blogger-image-1176972889.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yOmVTHz4s8E/UlmM_lzNHBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/QTQgiEv9ASU/s640/blogger-image-1928928370.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-yOmVTHz4s8E/UlmM_lzNHBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/QTQgiEv9ASU/s640/blogger-image-1928928370.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div>Still feeling great over here :) </div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-28893698607058182602013-10-06T12:07:00.000-07:002013-10-06T12:14:53.002-07:00October UpdateI have been meaning to update for awhile but we have been so busy! I started babysitting a sweet little boy so by the time he leaves I have to clean, run errands, cook dinner etc. The big news I've been meaning to share is that Dr. Gardner finally called us back and Nina Foley, a holistic dentist in Franklin,Tn has agreed to help us with Coraline! She says she can do composite fillings on all four! You have no idea how happy this makes me. Just to know that pulling isn't our only option. She also offers conscious sedation which is much safer than nitrous oxide. (Especially with the suspected MTHFR mutation.) So that's the great news. We are waiting for our insurance to get worked out and then probably this winter we will make the trip to Franklin for the consult. She is highly recommended on all Weston Price Foundation sites and every holistic dental page I've found. I am so happy she is helping us!<br>
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Coraline's decay seems to have halted. I have added cell salt 2 and quit giving Bioplasma. So she's taking 1,2 and 8 , 3 times a day. We also got cinnamon tingle FCLO which we are all happy about. Unflavored is disgusting. Our newest addition is MI Paste which is supposedly a must have. (Can you see why I started babysitting?) I suggest the simple paste and not the plus because of the fluoride in the plus. This has actually made brush time much much easier. She loves the taste and putting it on with the qtip.<br>
Active decay feels very "squishy". While the color may not change, halted decay will harden and be more glossy. I can feel this while she's sleeping. She is also biting into her food now when before we had to cut it so she can transfer it to her molars to chew.<br>
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If you are looking for support for issues like these, although I hate to say it, Facebook is where it's at. I had mine deleted for a long time and it was wonderful, but it was a necessity that I joined the groups Natural Alternatives for Kids Teeth, Natural Healing Co-op, Magnesium Support and Wild Fermentation. The information I've found on these is priceless. I am so thankful for the friends I've acquired that share this journey with me. It is hard because I feel like my real life friends will never understand this stress. I find it so unfair my daughter can't eat bread, crackers, juice, tea, berries. Yet their kids eat goldfish and Hi-C and have a gorgeous smile. I don't want to be angry about it. I want to MOVE ON. But I can't. I almost wish I could be a normal person who'd just did the caps 4 months ago and was done with it. However, it's to come to my attention that many cases of leaky gut, lip ties and tooth decay has to do with the MTHFR mutation. An online friends homeopath thinks their case is from military vaccines altering genetic makeup. My husband comes from a military background so that's definitely something to think about!<br>
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The MTHFR mutation means your child probably reacts strongly to toxins like household cleaners, detergents, vaccines, food intolerances, and especially NITROUS OXIDE. So while it would have been easier to just do the caps and get this shit over with, it would have been the end of my world if something happened to my daughter that could have been prevented. My goal Is to keep them from getting worse or hurting her until they fall out on their own or we can pull without sedation. If Nina says the bone structure is hard and no risk of infection, we will probably just let them look bad until they fall out. If she says they need fixed, I will let them be fixed under her care. I trust her. Although, the white composite seems heaven sent. I don't even think I can imagine her with a perfect smile.<br>
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Well, it's perfect to us anyway.<br>
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Tonight I feel like I failed. My husband is irritated at my constant worry over gluten contamination and sugar intake. My in laws are visiting soon and I know it will start a fight when they insist we go out to eat. I don't know what to make for dinner that SHE can have and my husband will eat. I feel like I'm doing more than anyone I know has ever tried and it's still not enough.<br />
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I want to get digital X-rays but my husband lost our insurance forms and Dr. Gardner still hasn't called us back with a trustworthy dentist. Did I mention that he told us that if a client rejects dental care, pediatric dentists are told in school to call DFACS? I am so worried about my child tonight. So angry this is happening to me. Every time another child smiles with their perfect teeth I just want to look away and hide. Every time Coraline smiles at a stranger I find a way to bring up gluten intolerance, as if I owe them an explanation.<br />
All I have dreamed of is my daughter having the picture perfect childhood that I dreamed of. Self esteem so high that no man could ever knock her down. I feel like I'm failing.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6692644422300088615.post-74384589643915862302013-09-21T21:08:00.001-07:002013-09-21T21:08:46.147-07:00Weekly updateWe have been on the Living Streams probiotics for about 2 weeks or so now. Maybe more, I've lost track of time. We are about halfway through the alfalfa, bifido and mineral spray so I am a bit worried as these are NOT cheap. But guess what...<div><br></div><div>THEY WORK! </div><div>I've had a lot of friends say that they had a whole new baby after getting the dental work done. That's what I've been longing for. I wanted my happy baby so bad. These past 2 weeks she has been absolutely AMAZING! So happy! Singing songs all over the house. Stuffing her face full every single meal and then signing for more. Playing by herself with her babies. Talking...oh boy is she talking! Giving us spontaneous hugs and kisses. She doesn't even cry. Ever! At all! She sleeps all night. (She was waking up crying). I really feel like her dentin that was exposed is lightening up. As if the enamel is growing back over it? Or maybe the enamel before was just translucent? I don't know. I don't care. I'm happy, she's happy. And for now we are just thankful. Thankful she is 21 months today. Another month down. Another month closer to these damn teeth falling out on their own. That's how I look at time. Isn't it pathetic?</div><div><br></div><div>Our week has been great though. We bought our herd share from a real and wonderful farm. It's a terrible drive but well worth it. The cows are so happy. The hogs are enormous. The chickens have acres and acres to explore. These animals are so happy and healthy & you can definitely tell in the milk. It's almost yellow because its so creamy. Coraline loves it. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pCsTu9GwVx8/Uj5tQlDW5mI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Ijwa-QKAp4U/s640/blogger-image--1036043629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pCsTu9GwVx8/Uj5tQlDW5mI/AAAAAAAAAGE/Ijwa-QKAp4U/s640/blogger-image--1036043629.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rUu8JgJunrI/Uj5tTDzCNbI/AAAAAAAAAGk/PrZ5xzdWVSQ/s640/blogger-image-1564126436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rUu8JgJunrI/Uj5tTDzCNbI/AAAAAAAAAGk/PrZ5xzdWVSQ/s640/blogger-image-1564126436.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>We also went to Earth Fare for the first time and fell in love. The lady at the counter added me to their "crunchy mom" group and I've made a few local friends. We bought all the Trilogy kombucha my bank account could handle and plenty of bones for broth this week. (Did you know you're supposed to boil beef bones for 2 days?! I didn't! Oops!) </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kRgKhqtG9Ho/Uj5tSmvXZII/AAAAAAAAAGc/Y_pJ-tmwy-8/s640/blogger-image-204575462.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kRgKhqtG9Ho/Uj5tSmvXZII/AAAAAAAAAGc/Y_pJ-tmwy-8/s640/blogger-image-204575462.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>Then we got all of our awesome ingredients from Earth fare and made paleo pumpkin bread. I got the recipe from Wellness Mama. She rocks. It turned out pretty good. Not very sweet, I think I needed more honey. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DREINlhMg1Q/Uj5tRaKR5AI/AAAAAAAAAGM/wAE_DcD-qsY/s640/blogger-image--859522550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DREINlhMg1Q/Uj5tRaKR5AI/AAAAAAAAAGM/wAE_DcD-qsY/s640/blogger-image--859522550.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div>All in all, I'm still hopeful regarding the products and our protocol. I see definite improvement but not sure if its the heaven sent prayer I've been asking for. I keep my faith in The Lord. I've already answered SO many emails, texts and especially FB messages, I feel like there's a reason this happened to us. </div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-maxZ2GJqCBo/Uj5tR3P0IkI/AAAAAAAAAGU/v1ELQL0YWNk/s640/blogger-image-1562814774.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-maxZ2GJqCBo/Uj5tR3P0IkI/AAAAAAAAAGU/v1ELQL0YWNk/s640/blogger-image-1562814774.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11197046254960309025noreply@blogger.com0