I ordered these Hurraw! Lip Balms on a whim over a year ago, and I LOVE them. Not only are they all natural, they’re vegan/cruelty free, organic, fair trade, raw, gluten, soy, corn, and shea free, non- GMO, and the company is very transparent. Check out their downloadable PDF. It lists every ingredient in each flavor, a description of the ingredients and their benefits, and where most of their ingredients were harvested.…
If you are reluctant to try Brussels sprouts, this is a recipe for you. They’re absolutely delicious and you’ll wish you made more! Maybe its the sweet and tangy glaze, or the yummy, crispy bacon.. Brussels sprouts are a versatile vegetable, but if you’ve never cooked them before, it can be hard to come up with something tasty that’ll ease your family into enjoying them. When I had to cut…
I had done some research, as I was taught by my father who researches EVERYTHING thoroughly, and found the GAPS Diet. In my reading, I learned that many families had found that this particular healing diet was beneficial for food allergies, including FPIES! The basis of the GAPS Diet is founded on healing foods like short cooked meat broth, ferments and probiotic foods, raw (yes, raw) egg yolks, boiled veggies,…
Jett was 8 months old. The allergist did some skin prick testing on Jett’s back to see if he tested positive for any IGE mediated food allergies, particularly to the foods we’d tried feeding him already. They all came back negative. I’d done some reading on the internet and found a type of food allergy called “FPIES” so I asked him if he thought it was possible. He said that babies…
At five months old, we flew to Wisconsin to visit some of my family. It was such a nice visit. But, Jett caught his first cold. His seemingly “OK” nursing vanished. We took him to the doctor when we returned to South Carolina and found that he hadn’t gained any weight in a month and a half. He was also prescribed an antibiotic as his cold had progressed. So had…
Jett entered our lives in a fury. He was feisty from the start! After ten weeks of bedrest for preterm labor (he couldn’t wait to meet us!), I had sudden onset preeclampsia and underwent an emergency induction. 44 hours later, and Jett’s heart rate was decelerating and we had to get him out immediately. The emergency C section was tough to handle as we’d taken classes and prepared for a…
This is a note to all of you parents.. I’m not a doctor. I can’t diagnose or treat you or your kid. I can’t promise a product will be safe for your family. I’m here to share our experiences, our diagnoses, food reactions and successes, and favorite products. I do promise to share all of the information I’ve spent collecting over the last two and a half years, hopefully, to…
Every family has a significant life change when their first (or second.. or third) baby is born. For us, things were a little less typical. Our son Jett has an eating disorder and food allergies, more specifically, FPIES (Food Protein Enterocolitis Syndrome). From a few months old, we learned he was content to starve. Since then, my life has revolved around feeding him. At seven months, we learned of his FPIES, and…