Category Archives: illness and wellness
Child Development Counselor Assessment
Joshie’s CDC came for a visit today. She was VERY excited to report her findings about Josh. Up until now she has been observing him and making notes. Before coming today, she charted his milestones out on a couple of … Continue reading
Regime and Measurements
I’ve had a couple of people ask the specifics of what Josh and I are doing/taking to eliminate toxins and to improve our wellness. As I understand it, this will be a gradual, staged process. At present, our practitioners have … Continue reading
Health Hopes
In my last post, I talked about toxin overload. This state meant that Joshua’s body was unable to absorb nutrients, and essentially he was malnourished. Signs which support this were his light coloured stools, the large volume of food that … Continue reading
Two Steps!
Joshua took two steps alone today!!!! He has been very close to walking for a few weeks now, but lacking confidence. Last week we saw the PT/OT and he loved the way they cheered for his standing and walking efforts. … Continue reading
Cardiology
Joshua had a six month followup at the heart centre today. He weighed in at an awesome 9.7kg/21lbs! (Something like 30th percentile on the WHO chart- Big gain!) He is 73cm/29″ long. That puts him at the 3rd percentile for … Continue reading
We Be Illin’
We’re going on two weeks of contagion here and I am tired of it! Everyone caught the sniffles and has mostly recovered, except me, who held out so long and then fell hard. I woke up with one eye glued … Continue reading
Progress Update
I know this is a weird effect, but in the interest of actually having a photo on my post, I’m going to publish it anyway. We had a PT/OT appointment today. Joshie did great. He loves playing with them and … Continue reading
Finally… Some Photos!
I am having fun experimenting with the iPhone camera: Poor Micah was sick on his birthday. Eva brought home a mild case of pinkeye and the sniffles and was kind enough to share. She actually wasn’t hit too hard but Micah … Continue reading
Child Development Counselor and Naturopath
Our child development counselor visited Tuesday. So far Josh has showed himself to be in the range for his age group of 12-15 months!! Whoohoo, way to go Josh! He is a cruising machine now, getting really fast and adept. … Continue reading
Followup
The naturopath called first thing Monday morning. In fact, both kids were late for school because of it! We talked about what had been going on and he said he was very sorry. The new plan is for me to … Continue reading
