Life is a Process

I can’t believe that it is almost the end of February. Where does the time go?

The toddler is graduating into the preschool class next week. He’s a little growing ball of anxiety. I’m branching out into more unusual modalities and considering trying some flower essences on him. It seems that Walnut is called for in this time of transition.

I again witnessed more development in him following the last illness (the flu, I think?). For a change, we had to deal with a low-grade fever (rare in this boy) - we did nothing for that because science indicates that white blood cells function most efficiently in those feverish temperature ranges. What better way to combat a pathogenic invader than with your own immune system? As the illness was hitting, he regressed behaviorally - wanting to be carried “like a baby” and even using sign language (we haven’t used sign language in at least a year). But then, as usual, this was followed by a series of developmental bursts - better overnight bladder control is the one that has persisted. My son is a camel - he can hold his pee overnight for 15 hours. I wish I knew how he did it because I can’t hold it that long!

His food preferences are changing - he is becoming a bit of a picky eater. Though he still loves my pesto (even if made with cilantro and pumpkin seeds) on “Mary’s Gone Crackers” crackers or on raw carrots or celery. He doesn’t like “regular” potatoes, preferring sweet potatoes instead. He is definitely a meat eater - my latest hurdle is to find a good quality pepperoni (without MSG or other nasty preservatives) that we can use in the evening as a quick snack. He seems to have developed an intolerance to apple skins and anything that may contain apple skins (apple juice and apple cider, specifically) - sudden unexpected and uncontrollable meltdowns, coupled with bright red cheeks are the give-aways here. But it is weird that he is fine with just the apple itself.

I’m itching to get my hands on the book “Good Calories, Bad Calories” by Gary Taubes. I watched a video of a lecture he gave not too long ago. In a nutshell, scientific evidence shows that carbohydrates are a poor source of calories but that fat is a better choice. Since we ourselves have been largely gluten-free, I’m trying to get us into a grain-free state of being (hard especially in the winter when my basal intuitive cravings are for carbohydrates from root vegetables, non-gluten grains, and legumes). The Paleo diet, however, is a goal for most meals as we move towards summer.