I am changing the purpose of my blog up a bit. Well I'm not sure what my purpose was before, but I think I might have one now. Here is the main thing. I do not want to offend anyone or seem as if I am judging anyone. My last post was not too nice and I deleted it for that reason. Often I find that I don't agree with a certain idea or group of people to later find out that maybe they were right.
So if I just shut my mouth I might save myself a lot of embarrassment.
I will use this space to document what we are doing. Homeschooling, homesteading, food, fun, nature walks, travel, whatever. But without putting down or judging others. This is our journey and I need help. Since resuming blogging just a couple of weeks ago I have learned so much. The blogging community really helps me stay in touch with current issues. When I quit blogging, I quit reading blogs. And when I quit reading blogs I go into my own private sphere of not knowing or remembering. Does that make sense?
I have tried to sort of follow a Weston Price diet for a while now. I have not been too successful (mainly with the cutting out of sugar and white flour). We drink raw milk and I slip kefir into my daughter's milk most of the time. We eat lots of meat and fruit. We need to work on vegetables.
Here is the thing. My two middle children have pretty severe eczema. I was listening to a podcast the other night from
The Village Green Network Healthy Life Summit given by Emily Bartlett on how to heal eczema through diet. What really got me was when the lady said that eczema is the tip of the iceberg. It's the body crying out saying look! something is wrong here!
My oldest and my youngest have no eczema. I guess that's why I never thought it was the food. They all eat the same thing. But every child is different and each child may have different food sensitivities.
I need to face the facts! I need to listen.
Although I truly hope we will not have to go gluten free, we are going to cut out gluten and sugar for one month. I ordered some cod liver oil online which I will try to somehow get my kids to take on a daily basis. I do not think my daughter will need a probiotic supplement as she does drink quite a bit of kefir. My son I'm not so sure about. He doesn't drink milk and he will not eat yogurt...
Another thing that was mentioned in the podcast was that I should not use petroleum products on the kids' skin. Well of course we have been using Aquafor constantly since that is what the doctor told us to do. I am not yet sure what I will use as an alternative. The kids will be crying for something.
To be honest, I still do not know much about exactly what foods we should or should not be eating. I do not have time to sit and research it all day either. I am just going to have to start somewhere and learn along the way.
We still need to get all of the flour and sugar out of the house and of course Easter is coming up. We usually go to my parents and hunt for mass amounts of candy, but I asked the Easter Bunny if he could hide money instead. We will see. A lot of cousins are counting on the candy. Peer pressure!
We also have 1st grade starting next week for Eaden. With the new homeschool schedule and the new eating plan I have a lot in store. Wish me luck!
Here are my son's (3 years old) legs (yes he is wearing pink crocs).
His ankles are particularly bad.
Here are my daughter's (4 years old) legs.
And her arms.
I truly truly hope this new diet works. We have been to the doctor numerous times and I have tried so many things. To end their (and my) suffering would be such a happy thing...
This post is linked to Party Rave Wednesday at
Holistic Squid (the same lady whose podcast I refer to).
