How do you other mamas deal with the feelings that seeing physical degeneration in your children brings out? I suppose it is unreasonable to think I could completely reverse the degeneration that has been accumulating for generations... and I was sick for years before discovering NT, so had a lot to make up for... but it makes me feel sick with guilt sometimes that he isn't "perfect", and that I didn't wait longer before getting pregnant. I ate NT all through the pregnancy, am breastfeeding, and feed him liver and raw milk... but I think I have to fact that I can't control everything, and that my efforts may not be enough. He seems to have a very small lower jaw like me (though plenty of room for his teeth so far) which creates a double chin even though he's slender everywhere else. He is also narrow through the middle of the head like me. He seems so healthy in every other way... beautiful skin, rosy cheeks, very healthy looking teeth with lots of space between, a wide upper palate... is it possible to have a narrow face and a wide palate?
I'm thinking to taking him to Dr. Silkman, the dentist who wrote an article in Wise Traditions, who does function jaw orthotics and changes the jaw and bite in young children without braces and extractions just to see what he thinks (and maybe work on me, too!) Has anyone used this type of orthodonture on their kids?
And does anyone else look at the healthy baby gallery at the WAPF website, and think... why didn't my baby get a wide face and jaw if I'm doing the same stuff as those other moms? Silly, but it makes me feel like a failure as a mother... poor DS to have such an unhealthy mother... and I guess it's a bit of a comeuppance after looking at my sister's kids, and thinking my child would come out a lot better formed than theirs because of my diet... Pride goeth before a fall, and all that.
I'm not usually so neurotic. Just having a bad day, I guess. Anybody else have these feelings?
I'm thinking to taking him to Dr. Silkman, the dentist who wrote an article in Wise Traditions, who does function jaw orthotics and changes the jaw and bite in young children without braces and extractions just to see what he thinks (and maybe work on me, too!) Has anyone used this type of orthodonture on their kids?
And does anyone else look at the healthy baby gallery at the WAPF website, and think... why didn't my baby get a wide face and jaw if I'm doing the same stuff as those other moms? Silly, but it makes me feel like a failure as a mother... poor DS to have such an unhealthy mother... and I guess it's a bit of a comeuppance after looking at my sister's kids, and thinking my child would come out a lot better formed than theirs because of my diet... Pride goeth before a fall, and all that.
I'm not usually so neurotic. Just having a bad day, I guess. Anybody else have these feelings?
dont be too hard on yourself. You do the best you can as a mom and you cant second guess everything. It sounds like you had a healthy diet while pregnant and it is all you can do but learn more every day to improve on your life and your diet. I have learned so much after coming to MDC and after reading nourishing traditions. I didnt follow the diet while pregnant because I had not been informed of the importance of it at that time. I ate what I thought was healthy at the time and I cant change that. Im sure your baby is just as wonderful and beautiful as the babies on the WAP website. Just keep feeding him healthy and keep give him the best chance that he can have
