Slow and steady wins the race

I was always an impatient person. I hardly rechecked my tests or assignments before handing them in (yes even in college). I just didn't have the patience. I always wanted things done right away and once I thought of something to do I would jump on getting it done, even at 2 am.

Then I had a baby with something the Drs couldn't figure out and my patience started to wear thin. No one could "fix" her, no one could help us or give us answers.

Two and a half years later I have learnt by experience that slow and steady wins this race and with it comes a lot of patience.

We are still at the same number of "foods" but are slowly plowing forward. We tried Elk broth two weeks ago and both kids got cranky with runny noses at the same time. Coincidence? No clue if it was the elk or if they both caught something at the exact same time. We decided to store the elk in the freezer and move onto fish. However, before that we added in fermented cod liver oil applied to the skin and gave that a few days to be sure it was OK. No rashes or problems with it yet, besides the smell, YUCK! As a lotion we also use coconut oil on the skin and no problems with that thus far.

For those of you that don't know, food or products applied to the skin can cause reactions so we have to go slow even with these applications.

We are happy that the food products are growing over time even if applied to the skin :)

The kids are doing great and therefore so are we. Last weekend Hayls even slept for 12 hrs straight! Of course she hasn't done it since but it was great and a sign of progress on GAPs even at our beyond snail pace.

Thank you everyone for your support!

We soon come fish, we soon come ;)

GAPS

We have been very busy since coming home this summer. The main reason being we started GAPs with the kids. It stands for Gut and Psychology syndrome and is an old theory revived and reviewed by Dr. Natasha Cambell McBride in the UK. In short it talks about the connection between an unhealthy gut and different psycholgoical syndromes. However in this book she also addresses how to heal the digestive tract of people with non-ige food allergies, or sensitivities as she refers to them. An imbalance of gut flora can cause allergies which can then cause psychological and neurological problems. Hence the term gut and psychology.

We started very slowly in august on the GAPs intro and will continue to move forward slowly. We started by introducing chicken broth, then lamb broth, beef broth and now goat broth and lamb meat. We are ecstatic to have 2 foods for Hayls and Heath (he passed carrots over summer). Our goal for the year was one more food for Hayls and we have reached it (hopefully we exceed it). Not to mention the 4 broths they are both having. We will move forward with rabbit, pork and duck. Once we can find good sources (ensuring the meats are grain free) we will add more varity of meats.

It is so exciting to be able to FEED the kids. We have hope again!