Sunday Rest

Enjoyed a lovely day of worship with our church family today.

I packed up a Mexicali Pasta Salad for the children for lunch.  Along with peanuts and plums and a berry almond salad from Wendy's for me we visited with my il's for lunch.  The pasta salad was a new recipe and it turned out really good.  I skipped the cheese it called for in the recipe.

After we got home, I enjoyed a lovely sit on my swing outside and finished reading the meat of Disease Proof Your Child by Dr. Furhman.  Now I have more homework. ;)

I think the meal plan I have for the children right now is good. I may want to adjust a little more and I will give some of his recipes a try, but I think I'm on a good course.

I do need to look at adding in some supplements, though. I'm needing to decide on a multivitamin, if I need extra B12 and D, and pick a DHA supplement too.  It looks like I'll want to have that DHA in higher doses for the boys since it helps with ADHD issues. Good information in there giving me some direction for those issues as well.

I made a big decision that was nagging at me the whole way through the book. I'm trying to re-latch Kindred with nursing again.  I weaned her about 4 weeks ago when we first started juicing.  She acts interested every so often, but Dr. F's book convinced me that I need to give it a try again until her second birthday.  I've never nursed a baby that long, but I'm going to give it a try. I'd like it if I could get her off the formula, even though she's been on it her whole life as a supplement. Maybe the more solids she gets, the less she'll like that bottle.

She did well tonight. She latched right away without batting an eye and she was swallowing and I could express milk when she was done. I'm hopeful about this.  With the changes in my diet, it would be great to see if it helps my enrich my milk a bit.

I sure did like having some alone time snuggling with her. She was a bit distracted and antsy, but I'm going to keep working at it because every time she would unlatch, she'd turn right back for more. 

It's going to be a great feeling knowing I'm giving her GOOD nutrition and a strong start with extended bf as well as the right foods at the table.