Since becoming a mother more than 13 years ago, I have had very few brushes with the dreaded stomach flu. Usually we would just get the runs and it would last at most 2 days. I recall only one or two incidents where just oneĀ child threw up. Stomach flu does its round Well on Sunday […] Read more…
Health
Who do you listen to?!
In my quest to heal our bodies, I have trawled the internet for hours, usually after the children have gone to bed. Which means I am often up till 2am or so š Before our eczema rash became so bad, I was often up surfing for recipes and/or menu plans. But since it has gotten […] Read more…
Frustrated
Since my last Allergy Update on June 18th, things were really improving really well. So much so that I thought that by August 25th, which will mark 1 year of Sarah’s very strict diet, we could have a celebration of sorts! Sadly though, that did not come to pass. Instead, shortly before August 25th, we […] Read more…
2 more with allergies
Even as dd has been struggling with eczema I have often wondered about our boys. Ds 1 often has sneezing fits in the morning and in the past few years has complained incessantly about having pains in his neck. We have brought him to an occupational therapist, a physiotherapist, an osteopathĀ and a chiropractor since he […] Read more…
Allergy Update
This is an update following my previous post, So we are allergic to what?! We started the elimination diet back in September 2010 after the test results showed us the foods dd was allergic to. Her skin started to clear. Not completely but there were patches of clear skin which gave us the determination to […] Read more…
So What Are We Allergic To?!
Previously I wrote about going wheat, egg and MSG-freeĀ for both my then 9yr old dd and myself. Although it helped a lot and she herself noticed that she felt better, she was not willing to give up her wheat. And to be honest, neither was I, especially since it made cooking so very difficult. So […] Read more…
Old Habits Die Hard!
Since the beginning of the year, I have been trying to get the family on a eat-more-vegetables-and-fruit mission. But I must say it has been awfully hard! And each time I try and fail I realise to my dismay that it is a matter of old habits refusing to die! š Those of you who […] Read more…
Dealing with Thrush
It is said that thrush is often the result of taking antibiotics since antibiotics will kill off the good as well as the bad bacteria. But I have not taken antibiotics for years. And neither has the baby. So in my humble opinion, overdosing on sugary stuff can also cause an imbalance in the system and allow the bad bacteria to flourish with a vengeance. Read more…
Seeing the Thorns Instead of the Roses
When I had Anna in our master bedroom almost 13months ago and shared her Spirit-led birth story on my blog, I was so grateful that God was in the whole situation. From the pregnancy to the birth, He was there. Yet I wasĀ told that I have been irresponsibly influencing multitudes of people into birthing unassisted […] Read more…
An Unassisted but God-led Homebirth
It has been almost 13 months since we had our unassisted, God-led homebirth in our master bedroom. But I have found out that there are people out there who are not pleased about it. They prefer to see the Thorns Instead of the Roses. I wasĀ taken to task for sharing our God-led homebirth story because […] Read more…