Tuesday, 3 January 2012
I can do all things...
Through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 Quotes about strength fly around the Internet all the time. These are 2 of my favorites. "Anyone can give up, its the easiest thing to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength." and "You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have." But in all honesty I falter a lot. I panic a lot. I cry a lot. I never feel strong. I have to rely on God to be my strength, and sometimes that is even hard. He has to be my true strength, and when I'm questioning Him and where is HE?? An expected status update from a friend on facebook, or a Bible verse pops up. I've even been surprised with a friend showing up at my door and dropping off a gift. RIGHT when I need it...... He comes to me, right where I am. AMAZING. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord. "They are plans for good and not disaster, to give you a future and a hope. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me in earnest, you will find me when you seek me." Jeremiah 29: 11-13 What a promise. I also read somewhere that your kids are like sand paper. God uses them to rub off your rough edges. Oh how very true. I'm hoping to write down this journey..... the journey that God has given to me, because He thinks I'm strong enough to walk it.... even if I don't like it, or want it. So that I can look back and see Him and be thankful for the good moments and realize that even in the bad moments that He still had his eye on me. There is beauty in hindsight. I have witnessed it. So join me if you'd like, I don't promise to write a lot, or every day. But you are are welcome to come along for the ride, as I try to "Find Peace In Every Situation".
Overdrive
GAPS is how we hope to begin to feed Levi. Using real food to heal
his damaged little gut. All organic, all grass fed, nothing
processed, all homemade, starting with broth made from marrow bones.
Did ya know you could do that?? My most amazing culinary skills were a
little stumped at that. Then we'll add a little bit of meat that
belonged to those bones. Then on to boiled non-starchy veggies.
Then on to.... well lets not get too excited. This means my sleep
deprived brain will go back into constant OVERDRIVE. Broth... which
one to start, how much to give, how many to add to the rotation so we
can keep his body guessing on what proteins it is getting so it can't
reject them. Wait... is that goop coming out of his eyes again?
Should I pull the food trial or push through?? What, you ask?? Goop,
how does that fit into the equation? Strange you may think, but
that's the thing, his body does WEIRD things when it comes to food.
We witness him not begin able to stand still, he topples like he's
drunk, falls over A LOT. He also has eerie manic behavior, I can't
explain it. It's over the top hyper and he makes high pitched
squealing noises. He also has spent hours screaming in *crawling out
of your skin* pain from ME eating something. So you see there is a
lot to consider, and lots to watch for when feeding Levi. We were
planning to start with a rotation of 5 broths right after Christmas,
but it seems we all have been fighting off sinus colds, and coughs, so
I'm holding off till it clears up, so I can decipher if I should keep
pushing through a food trial or pull. If I push too hard, he ends up
really sick, there is a lot of mama guilt that comes with that.
Warning. Don't talk to me after pulling a food, I'm a blubbering mess.
his damaged little gut. All organic, all grass fed, nothing
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| We're so done with fake, bring on the real stuff |
Did ya know you could do that?? My most amazing culinary skills were a
little stumped at that. Then we'll add a little bit of meat that
belonged to those bones. Then on to boiled non-starchy veggies.
Then on to.... well lets not get too excited. This means my sleep
deprived brain will go back into constant OVERDRIVE. Broth... which
one to start, how much to give, how many to add to the rotation so we
can keep his body guessing on what proteins it is getting so it can't
reject them. Wait... is that goop coming out of his eyes again?
Should I pull the food trial or push through?? What, you ask?? Goop,
how does that fit into the equation? Strange you may think, but
that's the thing, his body does WEIRD things when it comes to food.
We witness him not begin able to stand still, he topples like he's
drunk, falls over A LOT. He also has eerie manic behavior, I can't
explain it. It's over the top hyper and he makes high pitched
squealing noises. He also has spent hours screaming in *crawling out
of your skin* pain from ME eating something. So you see there is a
lot to consider, and lots to watch for when feeding Levi. We were
planning to start with a rotation of 5 broths right after Christmas,
but it seems we all have been fighting off sinus colds, and coughs, so
I'm holding off till it clears up, so I can decipher if I should keep
pushing through a food trial or pull. If I push too hard, he ends up
really sick, there is a lot of mama guilt that comes with that.
Warning. Don't talk to me after pulling a food, I'm a blubbering mess.
2012. Beginnings.
As we begin this new year and this new blog, I'm praying for wisdom on
how, what, when and how much to begin with. New year's Resolutions??
That's SO 2010. (pre-Levi) Now I just think food.
We've got to get a menu for our little dude. As I start this blog
Levi is still exclusively breast fed. At almost 22 months old. Every
2 hours, day and night. My diet is limited. I can count on my
fingers the number of different foods I can eat. I don't get to 10.
I'm not complaining, I actually find it quite miraculous that we do
as well as we do. My diet is really not that healthy, and Levi is
growing and gaining weight quite nicely. We have baffled our GI
doctor with the weight gain...... last April we were told we had
reached our failure to thrive point. Meaning that Levi would stop
gaining or growing if we didn't feed him food. Well 5 months later we
gained 2 pounds, and now almost 9 months later we are almost at 5 all
together. Nothing short of a miracle. I may be biased but not only
is he gaining weight, but he is beautiful, reaching milestones, and
not sick, and did I mention reaching milestones?!?! When we got our
diagnosis last December at 9.5 months old, he was barely rolling and
not very vocal. He sat there like a bump on the log. A cute bump,
but a bump no less. This Christmas although not talking, he is really
trying, and his *sounds* definitely sound like words to our trained
ears. He also is a dancing machine. That being said, this Dairy Queen
would like to close up shop sometime this year, so that I to can
add some healthier menu options. So we begin this year with dreams,
hope and prayer. I'm praying BIG. 5 foods by the time he is TWO.
That is 2 months away......
how, what, when and how much to begin with. New year's Resolutions??
That's SO 2010. (pre-Levi) Now I just think food.
We've got to get a menu for our little dude. As I start this blog
Levi is still exclusively breast fed. At almost 22 months old. Every
2 hours, day and night. My diet is limited. I can count on my
fingers the number of different foods I can eat. I don't get to 10.
I'm not complaining, I actually find it quite miraculous that we do
as well as we do. My diet is really not that healthy, and Levi is
growing and gaining weight quite nicely. We have baffled our GI
doctor with the weight gain...... last April we were told we had
reached our failure to thrive point. Meaning that Levi would stop
gaining or growing if we didn't feed him food. Well 5 months later we
gained 2 pounds, and now almost 9 months later we are almost at 5 all
together. Nothing short of a miracle. I may be biased but not only
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| Move over Beiber. |
not sick, and did I mention reaching milestones?!?! When we got our
diagnosis last December at 9.5 months old, he was barely rolling and
not very vocal. He sat there like a bump on the log. A cute bump,
but a bump no less. This Christmas although not talking, he is really
trying, and his *sounds* definitely sound like words to our trained
ears. He also is a dancing machine. That being said, this Dairy Queen
would like to close up shop sometime this year, so that I to can
add some healthier menu options. So we begin this year with dreams,
hope and prayer. I'm praying BIG. 5 foods by the time he is TWO.
That is 2 months away......
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