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Mission: Ask Permission

August 1st, 2010

Just got a phone call from the Mom down the street :)

I love that families on the block have gotten to know us well enough that they ask permission before giving our kids “stuff”.  Sure, maybe some of them think I’m overprotective, but if you’ve ever watched your child suffer from anything (an allergic reaction, asthma, or seizures like our youngest) you know how I feel.  Even the school nurse thinks I’m a little nuts!

The school nurse and many parents have asked me if I’m serious when I want to know what my child has been given to eat…even better if they ask before it is given.  Really is one Chips Ahoy cookie, one popsicle brand popsicle, one bag of doritos going to hurt my children?  Maybe not.  Maybe so.  What I do know is that the accumulative effect of all the chemicals in those foods can’t be good and if I don’t know what’s going in then I can’t be sure what’s going on with my child if they don’t feel good.

I know for absolute sure that dyes drive my younger one CRAZY!  Too much junky carbs makes my older one CRANKY!

I also know that since eliminating most of these things, with the exception of an occasional birthday party or bbq, our children have not been sick.  Not at all.  Sure the sniffles for 24 hours, but not really sick.  Do you know many families that have children ages 6 and 7 that haven’t been to the dr in 3 years?  (Yes, we went to get the kids physicals for school and yes, they meet all criteria for “well” children.)

Our family loves to help other families experience this same joy of being well year round. Are you ready to work towards your child being the healthiest on the block?

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Mission Accomplished: No Asking for Garbage Food

June 14th, 2010

We just got home from the launch of the public library’s summer reading program.  On the upside, both girls are signed up for the program and I even signed up for the adult program.  FUN!

On the downside, most of the prizes are food based and I’ll have to come up with something to substitute with for my kids. Will it make them upset?  I thought so, but then I was pleasantly surprised today at the event.

As we walked up to the event, they had a jumpy slide, blue cotton candy, popcorn, McDonald’s orange drink and McDonald’s Hamburgers.

Julianne and Johanna announced right away that they didn’t want cotton candy or popcorn. Then came the burgers.  Burgers used to be a treat about once a month, but they haven’t had one in at least 6 months.  They looked with big eyes, but didn’t ask.

I walked over got one and gave them each a piece. Julianne ate hers, but informed me she didn’t like it.  She ate it because she felt bad throwing it away.  Johanna took one bite and gave it back to me.  I took one bite. ICK!!!!

Our taste buds in our family have finally evolved that most of the bad stuff is not a treat anymore! This is definitely a mission accomplished.  I will no longer fear substituting my children’s food in public…they now prefer the good stuff!!!!
P.S. What do I keep in the car on the go to assure we don’t have to go through the drive thru?  Raw food bars, Cinch Snack Bars, Fruit, Water, and a jar filled with nuts/cereals that I refill often for fun snacking!

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Mission: Fuel Up for Fun!

June 6th, 2010

Awesome! Today I ran my first 5k and Julianne & Johanna ran in the kids dash.  The event benefited Hope Children’s Hospital and the Ronald McDonald house in Oak Lawn, IL.  I’m not a big fan of McDonald’s, but I love their charity of the Ronald McDonald houses.  We used their hospitality quite a bit when Johanna was in the hospital for a month after her first seizure.  It’s only fitting that I would support their cause…especially during this week – the week we eliminated her prescription seizure meds!

Preparing for today was fun!  I don’t mean the running part.  That was not my favorite part in the beginning.  However, packing up for the day was so easy and the girls were so good.  That’s what happens when you fuel up for fun without using artificial junk!

This morning:

People ask me all the time if I really take the time to make sure that we have healthy snacks/options around 99% of the time the answer is YES! In fact, my mom and husband ate breakfast right from our van console…which was not stocked for today – the picture above is how it always looks!

It’s ready to go with:

C’mon, you can do it!  Get in the habit of keeping the healthy stuff in the car and the drive thru crankies will be a thing of the past!

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Mission: Avoid Dr. Visit for My 6 year olds possible UTI

April 9th, 2010

So when you are not accustomed to heading to the docs very often, the thought of going to one is just dreadful.  My daughter was showing signs of a possible urinary tract infection.  Frequent trips to the potty, saying it hurt and not really going.  Ugh.

I stopped at Walgreens and they didn’t have anything over the counter and natural for kids UTI’s.  However, they did have one for adults that was focused on probiotics.  DUH!!!  She takes probiotics everyday, but we needed more to get rid of the bad bacteria!

I ran home, busted open my probiotics and gave her one dose every 3 hours.  BAM! 12 hours symptoms are gone!

She’s like a brand new little girl simply by adding some good bacteria into her system.  AWESOME!

Which probiotic did I choose?  Shaklee!  Why? Because I KNEW it wouldn’t hurt her.  I KNEW the probiotic would get to the proper places in her body.  I KNEW it would work quickly.

See it here.

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