Vacation in beautiful Destin, FL.
Chiropractic Love
Twelve years ago when I first started exhibiting signs of Celiac disease (ie horrific stomach pains), the ONLY medical professional who could get rid of the pain (for a couple weeks at a time) was my Chiropractor. When I developed other symptoms; arthritis at 25 in multiple areas, fatigue so bad they diagnosed me as narcoleptic/idiopathic hypersomnia, migraine headaches 6 days a week if not more, and many more symptoms. My chiropractor was the one who said “all of these problems are stemming from your gut (ie gastrointestinal tract).” It took almost 10 years for her instincts to be proven correct with my diagnosis of Celiac disease.
From there, it was my lovely chiropractor (and also my amazing massage therapist) who used cranial sacral therapy to help me through some of my nausea and problems during pregnancy. I would walk hobble into the office some days and walk out like I had no problems what so ever. My nausea was much improved and I was able to move about without as much discomfort.
So today, I went to visit with Lily and Braden. I hadn’t yet introduced Lily to these lovely ladies. While there, I shared my woes of Lily’s recent ear infection (having to go through 2 rounds of antibiotics) and my amazing chiropractor adjusted Lily right there. She and my amazing massage therapist (who has many other talents other than just massage) worked on Lily as they interacted with her. They immediately were able to provide some natural probiotics to help her with her reflux. They even were able to adjust her and make her more comfortable to ease the inflammation in her ears. In addition to all that, I got GREAT referrals to some homeopathic docs in the area. Some who also practice as medical doctors. :o) Excited to research more into the topic.
Bottom Line: My chiropractor is gifted. She has a calming, healing touch and its no wonder shes booked solid for months in advance.
7 months
I can’t believe my baby is 7 months old already. Time really does fly by. In those seven months, L has grown so much physically, mentally, emotionally, etc. L now weighs 15 lbs 2.5oz and is 27inches long. She is an active baby who tries desperately to keep up with big brother B.
While Lily can sit up solo for a short time, sitting up isn’t important to her, she would rather try to crawl. She definitely has a untraditional crawl right now. It’s like half army crawl have scoot. Getting up into traditional crawling position is something she does often but she usually plops down and goes to her special crawling method. I can’t help but laugh at her creativity already. While in her walker she destroys Bs train tracks, opens cupboards, drawers, and gets into just about everything. We are baby proof but I wouldn’t put it past this one to get around that.
L is now eating some solid foods. Her favorites right now are sweet potatoes, squash, lentils, and rice. Surprisingly she doesn’t yet like fruit much. She will gnaw on a rice rusk and loves gnawing on everything. Feeding her is quite interesting because she will grab the spoon right away from you. It usually takes multiple spoons to distract her enough to get the food in her mouth. Her personality always shines through though, laughing and trying to feed herself with her thousand spoons.
Our little love bug is already showing her radiant personality to everyone around her. She has a smile for everyone all the time even if she feels awful. Her laughter is contagious and having her is a delight.
Happy 7 months (a few days late) to my little love bug.
