So, I sit here and sit here and sit here, thinking about my next post. You see, I’ve got no inspiration because I haven’t showered today and normally I spend the entire time in the shower mapping out blog posts in my head.
I think today is an update sort of day anyway.
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Gluten:
Amy and Isaac remain relatively gluten free, except for small incidents of trying to eat the dog food or standing in the horse pellets. I try to limit the chances they have of getting cross contaminated, so normally, they’re not allowed near the dog food/horse pellets.
We all know how my children listen though, don’t we?
Amy is slowly gaining weight again and is looking like a mostly healthy 3yo, instead of like a stick that moves and breathes and screeches with the breath of a thousand suns. She is also more settled, even as we discover more things that trigger her behavioural issues, even if they are supposedly gluten free.
(Hydrolysed wheat protein – gluten free because of the process, still turns her into a tiny little demon. Chupa Chups: Supposedly gluten free, as long as you don’t eat the cola ones, she still reacts to them. Barley sugar lollies: The colouring maybe? Who knows.)
Isaac – well, he’s all GF and his eczema has cleared up entirely. It’s great.
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Weaning:
Night weaning – SUCCESSFUL! This is me, now getting at least 6 hours sleep a night. Sure, it’s still broken sleep as occasionally he needs his bottle replacing, or a 2am snuggle, but generally, he is good until about 4am.
4am-6am is less than pleasant, although I am hoping he’s stopped that, as he slept until 8am this morning. WHEEE!
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Amy is obsessed with birthdays. She spends a lot of time walking around singing: Can I have a Birthday? Can I have a Birthday? Can I have a BIIIIIRTHDAY!
If you tell her her birthday isn’t for a while, she gets very sad and asks ‘But PLEASE can I have a birthday?’
Her manners are lovely. Until they’re not.
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The puppy, she’s only had one accident inside. Typical of me of course, I trod in it and was left stranded in the middle of the bedroom with dog poo stuck to the bottom of my foot. Hopping wasn’t an option.
I poked and prodded Nathan until he woke up and procured me baby wipes, so I could clean up enough to limp to the bathroom and scrub my foot with soap and hot water.
Shudder.
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Isaac still isn’t standing alone by himself. If I stand him up and then move my hands away, he can manage about 5 seconds before toppling over giggling, but he doesn’t stand alone by himself.
He does however, spend a lot of time standing on his head in a ‘downward dog’ yoga position. Rather cute, but still not walking.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not pushing for him to be walking and YES, I know he’ll do it in his own sweet time (please stop telling me that he’ll walk when he’s ready, I KNOW he will and it kind of annoys me that you assume I don’t understand that) and that he will be FINE.
He is FINE and he will walk when he is ready, but I am still watching him intently, waiting to see if he’s ready yet. Amy was standing unsupported at 11 months and actually took her first steps at 11 months too, although she didn’t walk until 15 months. Isaac, well, he doesn’t even want to use any of the walky toys we’ve got, let alone stand by himself when it’s not a ‘catch me Mummy!’ game.
He also toes out on one foot fairly badly and I wonder if this is affecting his balance. I shall talk to the physio when we see her next and see what she thinks.
You’re not meant to worry about how their feet and legs bend until they’re 2 at least, but knowing that we’re dealing with EDS, of course I’m worrying.
Amy toes in, from her hips and so do I, more so when we’re tired.
I wouldn’t be surprised to find that Isaac toes out because of the EDS.
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Gah, this was meant to be all tied together and coherent and normally I write better than this. But bleh. It’s Saturday.
How are you today? What snippets do you want to share?
Hell, write a post, link back, we’ll make Saturday a regular deal. If you want to of course.
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I don’t give a shit that kids do things in their own time. I’ll watch your updates intently while you watch your son intently because that’s what mothers do!
We are gluten free and I’ve found certain preservatives – even GF ones – set the kids off like water on a grease fire (ka-boom!).
Over here, Miss F has worked out how to search for “pretty dresses in size 5″ on ebay – AND memorised my credit card details.
Miss J cannot stop laughing at the fact the dot above the letter i is called a “tittle”.
Miss V is making a miniature teepee out of straws and a paper napkin to house the salt and pepper shakers.
TJ sent a letter to his parents telling them he is gay, to see what their reaction would be (I blogged that one).
And Mr R is trying to attach his prosthetic legs to the goat.
So pretty quiet, really. LOL
I noticed when we first moved Downunder from the UK that many additives (both colourings and preservatives) that were banned there were heavily in use here. The colourings in particular caused concern for me as they triggered my son’s asthma and eczema. The same things were also implicated in hyperactive behaviour in susceptible children. Might be worth checking out? As far as I know these things are still being used.
Yes, definitely worth doing more research into. Nowadays I’m really careful about what we’re eating, not just avoiding gluten, but avoiding a lot of processed things. It’s terrible really, how badly some children react. I wonder how our cases of ADHD would decrease if more parents were aware of gluten and dairy intolerances, as well as food dye issues.
You know, I had to pull the boys off off all food dyes and artificial sweeteners and preservatives. Oscar was getting down right violent and refusing to nap and just being a terror. A week after going dye/preservative free? Napped every stinking day. And, for the first time in his life, he’ll actually sit and play with a toy for more than five minutes. He is a changed boy.
Barley sugar gets ivy too. Now the latest research is saying that corn is not gluten friendly either.
Looks like it’s back to rice and pears for us.
Oh, and this was at the end of November that we did all this. Yes, we still have our crazy days but it’s nothing like it was.
I won’t tell you not to worry about Issac (though I’m certain he’ll be fine) because even without underlying genetic conditions I worry like crazy about my own boys: Why is Oscar toe-walking more frequently these days? How come Miles can stand perfectly fine, but when he walks with help he wobbles all over the place? Oscar’s lisp – is it a speech impediment or just toddler speech? It is what we moms do. We worry ourselves sick. Part of the job, I think.
My best friend’s kid is a coelic – you mentioned “Barley sugar lollies” – barley has gluten in it.
Kat – I know, but the ingredients were GF, it was fake orange colour they were calling barley sugars. Odd, I know.
I’ll tell you what, Amy can have some of my birthdays. I’m willing to share. I’m generous that way.
Am good Veronica. Been crazy busy at work today though. Gah!
Have a fab weekend, lovely.XO
Worrying is what moms do. I’m worried about Bad – the Princess pushed him off the sofa 2 weeks ago and he’s still limping. (She had pink eye, and he stuck his claws in it, so we couldn’t really blame her). He’s had x-rays twice, and they’re clear, and he runs and jumps and plays, but he still limps, sometimes its barely noticeable, and sometimes badly, when he’s tired. I’m sure he’ll heal and be fine, but I still worry constantly over it. Hugs. You’re not alone. If you need a break though, let me know and I’LL worry about them for awhile so you can get more rest.
“Her manners are lovely. Until they’re not.”
Brilliant. Seriously. I think you just summed up age 3-5 in 7 words. Or maybe you just summed up the kids in my house.
laughing at isaac’s downward dog – we get that too: lukas stretches to be picked up so you can twist him over, ‘drop’ him headfirst towards the ground so he can ‘stand’ on his head, and then stay that way having a look at the world from that angle…til he stretches up for another go-round!!! i love how they’re pretty much tiny freaks at this age – and i won’t say “he’ll walk when he’s ready”, but rather what i suspected and still do “he’s probably running round the house when you’re not looking” – a la gary larsson cows!!! glad to read all the postitive GF news too!
Ooh, you got an 8am too?! Yay for less sleepless nights.
I’ve already done todays but I fancy a Saturday Snippets next week. If I can think of any snippets of course, some days just seem to be so vacant!
gosh, warriors all of you! i am fortunate to have children with the one problem is their attitude problem. and again, it doesn’t come out too often. just when their tired, hungry,or it’s monday, tuesday, wed, thurs….or they even so much look at something with red dye in it, or any other chemical artificial flavor or coloring. thanks to all of you for the great info. and input. parenting is soooo stinkin’ HARD!
Behind in my reader Veronica can you tell! Instead of planning blogs in the shower. Its sounds a stressful way to start the day! Try deep breathing for relaxation. Typing that sounds so patronising, its not meant to be. When sisters children were withdrawn from all things gluten they rapidly developed more responses to other potential triggers. Apparently this is common and overtime gets better, although apparently its important to gradually introduce some things again over time so that the child doesn’t become allergic/hypersensitive to many many things. It was a long time ago now and I am not sure I have remembered the detail enough to be helpful. I can but try.
Mine being teenagers now means I worry about different things! I found just when they were settled sleeping through the night and we as parents had time to ourselves, they got older and there bedtimes got later. Now we yearn for an evening to ourselves without a teenagers opinion on ‘everything’,soon no doubt I will be suffering from empty nest syndrome. Where do all the years go?
Wishing you restful nights and peaceful days.
Sorry double post I just typed that their/there thing you hate so much. I have also forgotten the apostrophe rules. My brain is mush. My typo’s are not deliberate I promise.
Snippets from Warsaw:
More snow. Gah!
Max is still on this ‘meat for breakfast’ kick, so at 7 AM on a Sunday, I find myself grilling meat. It’s odd. But he does drink 2 glasses of apple juice, so I guess that makes the meal ‘breakfasty’.
Never thought about gluten-free, though I may have to as Alex seems to break out in a rash on his face as soon as he chews on bread. I’ll check out your progress on this and will see if Alex responds.
SIX hours a night! Yeah! Though nine is better, huh? Oh, wait: we’re mothers of two. So six hours is pretty darn fantastic.
Happy Sunday, from Poland to Australia!
Everyone says things like that, you do as well!
It’s entirely different when it’s your own child.
Everyone wants peace of mind to have ticked off that mental checklist of crawling, walking, growing, mentally developing, gaining weight etc.
Then someone chirps at you and it makes you mad.
You have reason to worry and sometimes it’s not good enough just to ‘wait and see.’
Frustrating for you, but it shows you care A LOT. I could go on about things I see other mothers do or say that make me think they don’t deserve children.
Well, I’m gonna do sunday snippets, since it’s sunday here now.
I woke up with NO hangover (yaay!) at a normal time.
We had a fry up (which dean made after taking zack with him to the shops to get food).
We went to the park and had loads of fun.
Max loves the swings and was giving us *tons* of eye-contact every time he swung close to us!
Zack had a great time till I managed to kick the football straight into his face… however as soon as he saw the chocolate I’d packed he was happy again!
Dean was a star and when we came back home he even went into the garden to play football with zack, *and* started to show him how to balance on a skateboard (photos to follow!).
I got to chill out.
We taught Zack how to crash as many cars as possible on Burnout (THE best game ever!!) for the xbox.
Max woke from his nap and is feeling poorly with the cold so he cuddled up wi dean on the sofa.
And I’m about to go put the tea on for us… 1hr 55 minutes till bedtime for the boys!
So… that was my day, a Very Good Sunday as far as I’m concerned!
argh it sounds a nightmare to have to sort this out for your kids.
You know the old wive’s tale with that dog yoga pose hey?
You sure you’re not pregnant again?
The whole food dye and artificial flavors thing just pisses me off to no end. And as you’re probably aware, the higher powers of America don’t really give a shit about whether or not it’s in our foods AND medicines. (seriously, WHY is it in kids medicine, other than red tablets look like candy to them, which is just dangerous in my mind)
I definitely think it makes a big difference. That old adage, you get what you pay for. You buy crappy processed foods at a low cost, you’re going to feel like crap.
My daughter, my mom, my brother and I are all gluten intolerant!
Just read your links on the corn – seems like my list has just become short :-p We are all also lactose intolerant so really are so limited in what we can eat. And there are very few products here for gluten intolerant people
Kiara asks me the day after her birthday “when is my birthday” and we do a 365 countdown every year!!!
How is hydrolysed wheat protein gluten free, out of curiosity, i’ve never heard that. Let me know.
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