Posts by brandislee

Growing up, my dad was a poor farmer and my mom a stay at home mom, so mostly out of necessity we ate a homemade whole foods diet. As a cattle farmer, beef was not ever in short suppy, and my mom kept a garden and canned every summer. ...

Ditto, and if you can get your hands on some good research showing the importance of fat and cholesterol in the development of babies both before and after birth that wouldn't be a bad idea. Maybe she just hasn't been exposed to it yet...

What about Dr. Bronner's? I've never really analyzed the ingredients well, but it's olive oil based. It can be used for anything- I know of people who brush their teeth with it. I don't. Because that sounds gross Or just baking...

Glad I could help I'm sure some of the other moms will have some info to add too. Some of the moms on here know SOOOOO much it kind of freaks me out.

I was going to ask some questions on a separate post, but this post seems to cover pretty much all the things I want to know. First of all, I wanted to ask why someone WOULD start a SCD. I understand that people love it, but it's so...

IMO the only way to find out if it's normal behavior due to growing/normal toddler frustrations/molars/etc or if it's a food allergy would be to try elimination. I think that a lot of things are considered normal and are actually...

We do eat some gluten containing grains- rye and spelt, mostly. I do still make wheat bread for my husband and I because we tolerate it (well, I do- he swears he does but I know better, I just figure it's his body and I can't make him...

I have a few cousins who have severe reactions to sugar, and while she didn't test for it my DD also has huge dramatic fits when she has refined sugar or refined carbs (but she can do honey and maple syrup with no problems). I...

Amazing information. Are stork bites/angel kisses (sorry, don't know the medical term- red blotches on the back of the neck or a v-shaped red patch on the forehead?) considered mid-line defects? My kids don't have sacral pits or any of...

I have been absolutely SCOURING the resources and past posts for this for weeks, but there is so much it makes my head spin so forgive me if I missed this answer somewhere. Background: my kids used to eat what I would call a...