About Milk

I quit drinking cow's milk sometime last year. If you are interested to do your own research you'll read alot of negative things about it. I believe it you only drink a very small amount occasionally it's not bad, but if you drink it alot, it's probably not the best thing for you. Anyways, I've just decided that I am not drinking it and neither are my boys. They get calcium from other foods just fine and there are other milk alternatives that are so much better for you. I found this recipe for almond milk and simply love it:) For babies graduating from breastmilk to milk, some good alternative's are goat's milk and soy milk.

Flu Blug

My boys caught a flu bug of some sort last week. Both awoke Wednesday morning puking. It was a crazy day. I've never had such an experience; a 2 1/2 year old and an 18 month old, both throwing up within minutes of each other(every half hour to hour). But God is so good....he gave me much strength and just the ability to handle it all. Since my husband had to work, it was just me doing my best to catch the puke on me(I lost track of how many times I had to change my clothes!) or something that would be easy to wash(it's hard to make it to the toilet or to just get them to puke into a bucket). They could not keep any food or drink down at all. The poor things couldn't really understand what their bodies were doing, why they felt so horrible and what to do when it shot out of them. Fortunately Moses was only sick one day and by the end of it was so hungry he wanted to eat anything, but wanting to be careful not to feed him too much I had him eat slowly and only toast and applesauce. Elijah kept some food down for about 4 hours and then threw it up again. He threw up several times in the night and the whole next day. But at least I only had one sick child. He got better by late evening, and the next day was no longer puking but still not himself. It was hard, all they wanted when they were sick was to be held, so that's all I did. I held them and did my best to stay on top of the laundry since they soiled about every available piece of linen that we have! (I am so thankful for modern conveniences such as the washing machine and running hot water:) Overall, it was a sweet time of just being close with my boys . I really did enjoy them just wanting to be held. So now that the sickness is past, we are trying to get back to normal. Ryan and I have not gotten sick--praise the Lord, hopefully we won't at all. So, the house is still a mess and I feel out of sorts. Hopefully we'll get back in order soon.

One last thing: I'm not too impressed with Pedialyte. Just because it's soooooo sweet (though I do understand why and it's purpose), but because my boys never eat sugar. When they have juice it is usually about 6 ounces water with 1-2 ounces juice. So they did not like it all. Plus they threw everything up so it was a waste of money for me. I tried some home remedies, but they didn't work either. Oh well, my boys survived and their appetites are picking up.