What I’m Learning About Natural Home Remedies

What I’m Learning About Natural Home Remedies

I’m currently taking the Parent’s Guide to Natural Remedies online course. You guys. I can’t tell you how good this is. I really don’t have time right now to get wrapped up in this course (because hello graduation party, speaking engagement, end of the school year, everyday life, and many summer plans staring me right in the face). But every day or so, I pull up the course and click on another module to listen to – and I can’t stop listening. This information is incredibly helpful to me.

I’ve been trying to take some notes as I go. This is a crack up because I can’t write and listen at the same time because I’m afraid I’m going to miss more good information. Thankfully, I can go back and listen to and read the info over and over in this course.

I love being empowered to try home remedies first – before heading straight to the doctor. As the creators of Natural Home Remedies say, we know our kids better than any doctor. BUT, I also love that these ladies share information about when we DO need to take our kids in for doctor’s help. That’s always one of my biggest question marks. How much to treat at home…when to take them in. This course answers that. I’m loving this.

Here are some of the notes I’ve been scratching down. (But I can’t share all the specifics because the information in the Online Course isn’t mine to give out freely.)

~ Fever is Your Friend

I knew some of this already, but I didn’t know how much a fever kicks those healing white blood cells into gear. We should watch our kids’ energy level more than their temperature. Caution flags should go up with babies and when kids get dehydrated. Many more details are given in the course about what to watch for and how to treat.

~ There Are Many Reasons to Avoid Tylenol

Throw out the tylenol. Throw it out, throw it out, throw it out. I knew it wasn’t good, but I had no idea how bad it was. Wow. I’m so glad to know all this information from someone so studied and knowledgeable. Tylenol keeps the body from doing what it needs to do. It’s too easy to overdose, which really hurts the liver.

~ Everything we put on our skin is absorbed into the bloodstream.

It’s just like eating food. If you wouldn’t eat it, don’t put it on your skin. What a great way to help determine the safety of skin products and treatments. (Although I think an exception to this is essential oils. I don’t take them orally, but they are wonderful to put on the skin so they can absorb and get to work.)

~ A Urinary Tract Infection does not automatically mean you need an antibiotic.

There are natural ways to treat these at home first like unsweetened cranberry juice and chamomile tea, plus essential oils and more.

~ Be empowered to know the right questions to ask if/when you take your children to the pediatrician.

Yes. Thank you. The information shared in these modules helps so much with this.

~ There are many, many options for helping treat ear infections that do not involve antibiotics.

But you might begin with these two ideas before trying anything else: chiropractic care and cutting out dairy. If your child continues to have trouble, then try the many homeopathic remedies mentioned or treatments from a natural doctor.

~ Homeopathy is treatment that works with the body to help the body do what it is already trying to do to heal itself.

I guess I never heard a definition before. I know our bodies were made to heal themselves, and that sometimes when we’re sick we need a little help. I love knowing that homeopathic treatments simply give the body a boost of what it needs so that healing can occur when our bodies are weak.

This Course is incredibly professional, completely thorough, and wonderfully helpful for parents. I am so grateful to have all this information available. The cost for A Parent Guide to Natural Home Remedies is regularly $99, and is well worth that price because of all it includes. I can’t imagine how much money we can all save by practicing all of these home remedies and avoiding doctor bills. Plus, having all this information at our fingertips?? Priceless.

What are your favorite home remedies to use?

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What I Think About My New Instant Pot

What I Think About My New Instant Pot

I finally did it. After so many of you told me how great the Instant Pot is, after so many insisted that I would love it, after all kinds of hemming and hawing and rebelling about getting one more appliance for my kitchen…I finally got myself an Instant Pot.

It was Amazon Prime Day. It was a good deal. It was a big pot for my family’s big needs. It was time.

I’m sure you’re all wondering, has my new Instant Pot completely changed my life? Am I a better mom now? Do I sleep better at night because of it? Does it help my house stay in a less cluttered state? Do I get mail to the box in better time? Am I finally wearing matching socks? In other words, does the Instant Pot help make my world go round?!

The answer to all of the above is “no.” But I do make mean batches of hard boiled eggs in record time, so I think we can all give a cheer and feel that this was definitely a worthwhile purchase.

I’ve truly had fun with my new toy, which isn’t taking up any extra room on my counter because it has actually taken the place of my coffee pot if you can believe it! (I realized after I started drinking this healthy coffee that I no longer need a coffee-maker taking up space on a daily basis. Away went the coffee pot. In its place went the Instant Pot. A pot for a pot. It just seemed logical.)

At the very moment our Instant Pot arrived on our porch, I was making Tuna Salad. Matt decided he definitely wanted boiled eggs in his tuna since we now had an Instant Pot in which to make them quickly. I read the “how to boil eggs” instructions while he got it set up, and while I’m pretty sure we didn’t do everything right, nothing blew up, our eggs hard boiled like they were supposed to, and Matt got eggs in his tuna the way he wanted. Good story, huh?

Not long after the arrival of the pot and the making of the eggs, we headed back out to church camp for a week. So our Instant Pot sat forlorn and lonely on our counter-top all week. Since coming back from camp, I’ve been playing with it as I’ve had time. Here’s what I’ve tried, though please don’t get excited because my stories might bore you to sleep…

For instance, one night we had company and my stove was full of other big pots cooking other food. So I tried steaming our broccoli and carrots in the Instant Pot. The recommended seven minutes was way too long and our broccoli came out dead and mushy and completely unappetizing. Perhaps it’s not a good idea to try a new appliance when you’re serving food to company?

See, look. My full stove, which is what led me to steam veggies in my Instant Pot. Fascinating.

A few days later I put a whole chicken into my Instant Pot, dumped on some BBQ Sauce, and turned it on. That was ridiculously simple and we ate chicken for lunch 35 minutes later. I served it with okra. It was very good. The end.

The part of the story you don’t want to hear is that I asked Matt to please take the leftover meat off the bones, but I didn’t communicate clearly about saving the bones so I could try making broth in my new Instant Pot. Learning to make broth in my new pot will have to be a lesson for another day.

Perhaps my favorite of anything I’ve tried so far is cooking frozen ground beef! As soon as I perfect this method, I will for sure share the details. I think this will be a HUGE time saver!

Sooo, while none of this Instant Pot news was super exciting to read about at this point, you can be sure that as we settle into a new school year with lots of teenage mouths to feed, we will be absolutely making the most of our new Instant Pot! And when I figure out all the great food we can make with it, I’ll share all the fabulous details!

I’d love to hear from you if you have an Instant Pot. What are your favorite time-saving recipes to make?

Original article and pictures take heavenlyhomemakers.com site

What I Learned About Modern Life From My Older Neighbor

What I Learned About Modern Life From My Older Neighbor

It was a gorgeous day.

One of those days where you kind of just wish you were on a beach somewhere. For the first time in weeks, it wasn’t humid. The sun was warm, the breeze was cool. The kids begged to go ride their bikes, and I couldn’t say no.

We headed outside. Even the 14-month-old was eager to go, racing out the door as fast as his little legs would carry him, as soon as a sibling opened it. I trailed behind a bit.

The older three kids hopped on their bikes and began riding. The 3-year-old brought me the wagon and demanded I take him and the 1-year-old for a walk. I loaded them up, and off we went, meandering along the sidewalk in our neighborhood. The older kids raced back and forth on their bikes, much faster than we were.

A ways up the sidewalk, an elderly woman had come out of her house to get her mail. We were approaching her just as she was turning around to walk back to the house. I smiled at her. “Hi!”

What I Learned About Modern Life From My Older Neighbor

She stopped to chat. I had never met her before.

She asked how many kids I had. The older ones were still scattered around on their bikes. “Five,” I told her.

She smiled. “I had five too!” (I don’t know what it is, but I always seem to meet ladies who had lots of kids. They’re happy to see my bunch.)

We talked for a few minutes. All of my kids gathered around us and introduced themselves. Some talked about their birthdays and favorite activities.

She asked my how old the littlest was. She asked me if I was planning to have more children. (When I said yes, she said “I really wanted 6, but it just wasn’t in the cards.”) She asked if we homeschooled — my kids are obviously school age and it was the middle of the afternoon.

She was sweet. Then she needed to get back into the house, because she’d just had knee surgery and couldn’t stand up too long. Plus, my 3-year-old was demanding I “go!”

It was a pleasant little chat with a nice neighbor on a gorgeous afternoon, and yet it made me think.

It Used to Be Simple

I’m not sure how old she was. She mentioned that she has a great-grandchild, so I’m guessing she’s close to 80.

If we consider all the “advice” we’re given these days about what to say or not say, then she said lots of stuff that was wrong. She said “You have your hands full,” and asked about my reproductive plans. Who does that?

People who are trying to be nice. People who are trying to make conversation.

Back in her day, there were no “10 Things Not to Say” style internet lists, to let her know all the ways she might be offended people if she opened her mouth.

Maybe that’s a good thing.

These days, we do have the internet. We do have those lists. People tell themselves and others that it’s okay, even somehow righteous, to be offended when someone is intending to be nice to you, because they used the wrong words to do it. We’ve stopped caring about connecting with another human being, and started caring that they somehow read our minds and don’t say the wrong thing.

I don’t know why people are so offended by all of these things. Innocuous things. “You have your hands full!” said with a smile is not an insult.

Sometimes, I feel beaten down by it all. And I know I’m not alone. Friends come to me privately and say things that they wouldn’t ever say in public, because they would be attacked for doing it. Their words would be twisted.

Maybe it struck me so much because it was a Monday that we were walking, after a tough weekend. A weekend in which I said, “I want to help people with autism, who are struggling, to be the best versions of themselves.” I meant well. The message received, however, somehow, was “I hate autistic people and think they’re better off dead.” I still have no clue how my sincere and well-intentioned words were twisted so badly.

Intentions Matter More Than Words

Language is constantly changing. What was acceptable to say, or even “politically correct terminology” 5 years ago, is now considered out of date and offensive.

It’s wearying to try to keep up with these changes. It’s wearying to mean well and yet offend people anyway. It’s wearying to try to consider their point and come up with nothing…because the heart should matter more than the words that are spoken.

I suppose some would consider it offensive to ask a woman if she’s planning to have more babies. It’s not really any of their business. But many women love babies and enjoy talking about them, and don’t mean anything by the question. (It’s not really cool to say, “You’re not having more, are you? You are using birth control or getting sterilized?” because there’s such a negative and judgmental attitude there. It’s obvious from the way it’s worded.) But “Are you going to have more?” is neither good nor bad.

It would be better for all of us if we just stopped being offended by everything all the time. Most people mean well. Rather than calling them out because they didn’t say it right, if you know they weren’t intentionally being rude…just give them the benefit of the doubt. Answer politely (if you’re not comfortable you don’t have to answer the question directly, or you can smile and say something like, “Yes, my hands are full, but my heart is fuller”). Don’t call them out. Don’t be rude.

It’s just ironic that when someone means well, and says the ‘wrong’ thing, that people who are upset about that person being ‘hateful,’ when they really weren’t, will then speak hatefully to them, to teach them how wrong it was to be ‘hateful’ in the first place. That’s just crazy.

The Lessons Are Important

Yes, I got all of that from a five-minute conversation with my elderly neighbor.

I appreciated that she wasn’t worried about saying or doing the wrong thing. She spoke up, she said what she was thinking, but gently. She made small talk. She connected with me on an area we obviously had in common — a love of children.

We both parted from the interaction feeling a bit happier, I think. Positive human contact tends to do that.

We all need more of that in our lives. We need more contact. We need more positive interactions. We need to get out and simply see the world, and take it one minute at a time. We’re so much better off, than when we’re sitting in our quiet little social media groups, where people largely think the same, and coming up with more and more warped ways to be offended by things that are different from us.

I get it. I do it sometimes, too. We all do. And, it’s nice sometimes to be surrounded by others who do “get it” and not have to stick to small talk or explain yourself. We can do both.

But on the next gorgeously sunny day…go out for a walk. Greet your neighbors with a smile and a wave. Have a short chat. Connect with another human being. Remember that this is what truly matters.

How do you feel about modern life? Do you think we ever forget what’s important?

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What Happens When You Ask Your 15-Year Old Son to Open Your First Aid Kit

What Happens When You Ask Your 15-Year Old Son to Open Your First Aid Kit

It’s amazing that in our household of four boys we haven’t been to the emergency room more often {knocks on wood}.

Our oldest son holds the record for “most times in the ER for stitches.” For once, his brothers are okay with losing a competition. But by the way – why is it that most “emergencies” take place after normal business hours? (And why does a tiny piece of gauze cost $52 in the ER? Did you know you also pay a fee for the tray that holds the gauze? I am very serious.) I’d like to request that in the future, all accidents should take place between the hours of 8:00a-8:00p where stitches cost a fraction of the price. Is this too much to ask?

Just a few weeks ago, our youngest took a pretty hard spill off his bike – after normal business hours, of course. Not that I think about money when my child is bleeding. But still.

My husband was a rock star and spent about an hour and a half getting him cleaned up, comforted, and bandaged. Thankfully, we didn’t need an ER visit this time, and Malachi limped along for a few days while he healed up. The timing of Malachi’s fall was perfect (as if there’s ever a perfect time to fall off your bike?). What I mean is – we’d just received this First Aid Kit as a review item and were so very grateful to have all its contents on hand just when we needed it!

It contains everything a family needs to handle basic emergencies at home so a wound will be cleaned and bandaged properly. It holds everything from cold compresses to eye wash to bandages and gloves. We’ll probably keep ours in the car to have at all our sporting events. I’m not sure why we hadn’t thought of this genius idea before!

But allow me to share when I heard when I first asked my 15-year old son to unpack our new First Aid Kit and give me an idea of all it contained:

“Let’s see. Here is a bandage to use when someone gets stabbed. Here is a pair of small scissors…to cut out bullets. Here is a handy little barf bag…” And on he went…

Yes. For all of our many bullet removal and stab wound needs, we are now prepared, thanks to the MacGill First Aid Kit. And in a less likely, practically unimaginable event that one of our kids falls off his bike or turns an ankle on the basketball court, I suppose we’ll be prepared for that too.

We were especially impressed that the MacGill First Aid Kit came with so many items we didn’t already have but really do need. Sure we’ve always had bandaids and ointmen in our cabinet. But this little kit holds such a variety of helpful items beyond bandaids. And the best is that it holds a simple but thorough instruction card so that in the case of an emergency, we can reference it to see how to properly proceed with treating a wound.

Definitely check out this First Aid Kit! What a great family tool to have on hand.

You can win a free one when you enter the Rafflecopter below! I’ll draw a random winner on Wednesday, July 26.

Special thanks to the folks at MacGill for sending this First Aid Kit my way!

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What Everybody Needs to Know About Changing Uncircumcised Boys’ Diapers

What Everybody Needs to Know About Changing Uncircumcised Boys’ Diapers

The rate of intact boys in America is rising, with about half of newborn boys not being circumcised now. As parents who have chosen to keep their son intact (uncircumcised), or as a care provider that changes diapers, it’s important to understand how to change uncircumcised boys’ diapers.

Sadly, some parents choose to circumcise just because they think that caring for an intact boy is complicated and prone to infection – it’s not at all!

There are a number of myths surrounding care for an intact boy, and some of them are harmful for the infant, the correct way to care for him is very simple. I’ll answer some FAQ below.

You can get this information in a free printable to remind care providers by clicking the button below. Feel free to distribute this printable in parent education classes, and anywhere else you feel it could be useful.

So, how do I change that diaper?

When changing a diaper of a boy who hasn’t been circumcised, all you need to do is wipe off the penis with a wipe, just like you would wipe off a finger if it had poop on it. Only clean what you can see, gently. Do not pull anything back.

But I thought I needed to retract (pull back) the foreskin?

There is no need to retract my son’s foreskin to clean, the foreskin is adhered to the glans just like a fingernail is stuck to the finger and has never been forcibly retracted, so there is no risk of infection. You may have heard outdated information, years ago doctors used to forcibly retract the foreskin (and sometimes this still happens), and to prevent re-adhesion and infection from feces getting up in the foreskin, it had to be retracted and cleaned underneath at each diaper change. Now that we know to just leave it naturally attached, there is no danger of poop getting in there and causing infection.

The forcible retraction is also why some people have heard of uncircumcised boys getting infections often, it is much more difficult to keep clean when the foreskin is prematurely retracted and ripped from the glans – it will try to re-adhere (this is also the case for circumcised boys, the foreskin that is left can try to re-adhere) and is painful and prone to infection.

Will the foreskin always stay attached to the glans?

No, sometime around the time the boy is 4-6 (or even later, around the time of puberty), the adhesion will become loose.

This doesn’t sound clean

At the time that the foreskin starts to loosen from the glans, the boy’s parents will teach him how to rinse the glans to clean in the shower, just as parents of girls teach their girls how to clean their pubic area in the shower.

Any feces that gets into the tip (It can’t go far while the foreskin is still attached) will easily be cleaned out with urine the next time the baby pees.

About talking with care providers

You’ll always want to have a conversation with new care providers to make sure they aren’t going to forcibly retract your son’s foreskin. Some people are shy or won’t read the printable because they already think they know what to do. You don’t want them to accidentally harm your son because they had heard the wrong information.

This is what my conversation with new babysitters sounds like,

“Here are the diapers and wipes, have you changed a baby who wasn’t circumcised before?”

Often they say ‘no’

“It’s simple – you may have heard that you need to retract the foreskin, but that’s outdated information. You just wipe the penis off with a wipe the same way you would wipe off a finger. The foreskin is attached to the glans like a fingernail and is self cleaning, so we don’t want to pull it back at all. See – easy, right?”

If they say yes, I still say the same thing to make sure everyone’s on the same page.

When we get the correct information out about how to care for intact baby boys, more people will feel comfortable with the idea of leaving their baby intact. It’s time to squash the myths surrounding caring for an uncircumcised boy.

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What Every Parent Needs

What Every Parent Needs

Hands down, at the top of my list of what every parent needs is Jesus.

I’m not just saying this because it sounds nice. Without Him, I don’t know how I would get through each day, find the right words, keep the right attitude, and be able to live freely in peace while doing what I’ve deemed to be…

The most difficult and beautiful job on the planet.

Well, second maybe to nurturing and maintaining a healthy marriage. So no big deal. While we realize all that we are blessed beyond measure, I think we also know that if we want goodness for our families we’ve got our work cut out for us.

I’ve been married for 23 years and have been a mom for 20. These years have served to teach me thousands of humbling lessons, all of which begin and end with:

I need Jesus.

I need my Savior. I can’t do this without God. I’m desperately in need of help. And praise Him, He provides all!

Truly.

God didn’t throw these spouses and kids at us and then give us a little pat and say, “Well, good luck. You’re going to need it.”

Often we’re deceived into believing that He didn’t give us a manual for “how to raise kids” because there’s no written words that specifically spell out “Every time your kid does ________, do ________.” Or the book I’ve wanted more than any other, “In order to absolutely, without a doubt raise Godly children, all you have to do is _______________________.” I wanted it to be a five step program that would ensure that my kids chose God. I wanted a simple, tidy package. Is that too much to ask?

Matt and I have done all we can to see that our kids have received Biblical guidance, conversation, truth talk, and countless hours of prayer from us and from others in their lives who love the Lord and love our sons. We haven’t come close to doing a perfect job of this, and for years I felt like a parenting failure because of all my imperfections.

I believed the lie that God doesn’t provide exactly what we need as we seek to raise godly children. Yes, there is the Bible, and we have most certainly relied on it throughout our parenting years. But even the Bible doesn’t share specific formulas to ensure that our kids wouldn’t throw tantrums in the grocery store and that they would absolutely choose Him.

I concluded that since there was no book or seasoned parent to tell me exactly how to accomplish this, and putting our offspring in a choke-hold and cramming it down their throats didn’t seem like quite the right way to go about it either – all I could do was pray and hope for the best.

I’m here to tell you that this is not true.

This is the most important truth I’ve learned during the past 20 years of parenting:

God absolutely does provide all we need as parents, and I’ve learned that He has given us what is even better than a “How to Do it Right Every Time” manual. He has!!

He gives us the Holy Spirit who is at work in us and through us, is living constantly with us to guide us, to give us words, to provide us with wisdom, and to fill us continually so that we are overflowing with His love, peace, joy, patience, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self control.

If you don’t believe me, read the book of Galatians. If you still don’t believe me, ask God to make Himself fully known to you through the power of His Spirit. Whatever we ask in His name, He will give it. The Bible tells us this over and over.

We are fully equipped! We have been given everything we need through the power of Jesus. And because of this, we can absolutely parent with confidence.

I praise God constantly for revealing these truths, and for His perfect plan to give all of us the Holy Spirit to live and work and breathe in us. We are perfectly gifted. We are strong. We are healed. We are whole. We are provided for.

We take these truths and we hold onto them tightly. We surrender ourselves to God so that we can then surrender our children to Him. These precious ones we hold so dear? Our Father loves them with a love we’ve never felt or experienced, because it’s His pure, perfect, beautiful love.

Trust God. Let the Holy Spirit be at work in you. Parent through His power.

This is what every parent needs.

I’m cheering for you Mom and Dad. We’re teammates in this parenting thing and because of God, we are equipped with everything we need!

Original article and pictures take heavenlyhomemakers.com site

Weekly Clean Eating Diet Plan

Weekly Clean Eating Diet Plan

Monday

Breakfast

Organic Oatmeal with Banana Slices, Chopped Apple and Organic Maple Syrup

Lunch

Open Face Egg Sandwich with Whole Wheat Bread and Melon on the Side

Dinner

Fresh Salad with Mixed Greens, Turkey and Hard Boiled Eggs

Snack

Fresh Persimmon Slices

Tuesday

Breakfast

All Natural Apricot Preserves on nonfat plain Greek yogurt

Lunch

Lobster Avocado Cilantro Salad (at this recipe)

Dinner

Salmon with Avocado Cucumber Topping

Find recipe here.

Snack

Raspberry Kiwi Smoothie (from this recipe)

Wednesday

Breakfast

Organic Steel-cut Oats with Home-Made Blackberry Dressing

Lunch

Tuna and Egg Melt with Steamed Vegetables (Recipe at Easy Healthy Meal Lunch Idea)

Dinner

Broiled Chicken in Teriyaki Sauce and Vegetables on the Side

Snack

Hard Boiled Eggs

Thursday

Breakfast

Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt with Granola Banana and Cinnamon Baked Apple Slices (Recipe Here)

Lunch

Baked Chicken with Steamed Corn

Dinner

Cauliflower Parm Crusted Chicken at Healthy Chicken Recipe for Clean Eating.

Awesome healthy chicken recipe that’s clean, low carb, gluten-free and delicious.

Snack

Friday

Breakfast

Blueberries Over Blueberry Noosa Yogurt

If you haven’t tried Noosa Australian yogurt, you must! Made with all-natural ingredients, this Australian-style yogurt is creamy and savory. Top it with fresh berries, and you have a clean and filling breakfast that taste like dessert.

Lunch

Tuna Parm Melt

Easy and healthy, this clean eating lunch takes little time to make but has a lot of flavor. Get recipe at Clean Eating Recipe Tuna Parm Melt.

Dinner

Cured Salmon

Cured salmon is light and flavorful. Plus, it’s a good source of protein.

Snack

Apple Slices and Grapes

Saturday

Breakfast

Baked avocado Egg Boat from This Recipe

Doesn’t avocado, cheese and eggs sound like a delicious combo? It’s healthy too with abundance in protein and omega-3. Get recipe at Easy Healthy Breakfast. You’ll love it.

Lunch

Quinoa Salad

Dinner

Pepper Chicken Stir Fry

Finish the day with flavor with a mouthwatering healthy chicken dinner at Pepper Chicken Stir Fry.

Snack

POP! Gourmet Popcorn (Chocolate Salted Caramel Flavor)

Super crunchy and sweet! These are delicious. Get them at POP! Gourmet Popcorn.

Sunday

Breakfast

Peanut Butter French Toast with Real Maple Syrup and Banana Slices (Recipe at Easy Healthy Breakfast)

Like peanut butter? Then you should try this delicious peanut butter French toast. It’s a classic breakfast item with a twist.

Lunch

Chicken Salad Made with Olive Oil Mayo and Nonfat Greek Yogurt

Dinner

Caesar Salad with Lighthouse Greek Yogurt Dressing

Snack

Go Raw Ginger Snaps (from here)

Thank you for your time!

Original article and pictures take www.cleaneatingrecipesblog.com site