..Fluoride* [YUK]

Getting fluoride swabbed all over your teeth at a hygienist appointment is routine. Why?
It doesn't do what it is "supposed" to do (which is prevent tooth decay, right?)
I do know that it does make your teeth gray and discolored and there were studies that there isn't even a significant difference between a child that takes fluoride supplements and a child that doesn't soooo why take it?

I found this link that has 50 reasons to stay away from fluoride basically. Right Here.

Fluoride is a chemical... do some research on it before you just say okay when they ask you what flavor you want at the dentist and when they tell you that your infant needs to take fluoride supplements (or you!)... and especially if you breastfeed... ALL your baby needs is your breastmilk- NOTHING else. Don't let any doctor tell you otherwise.
Oh, and fluoride is in most toothpaste... there are fluoride-free toothpastes out there. Choose those!

I don't drink my water (which not only has fluoride but a whole buttload of not-cool-chemicals) so my family and I don't get any fluoride and we are totally fine. Our son's teeth are white, plaque-free, and clean. He's never had fluoride.

As long as you brush and floss when you are supposed to... there shouldn't be tooth decay. No worries. Don't stress about fluoride. Just choose not to take it.

..Thoughts*

I have been OVERWHELMED with information lately. I feel my skin getting thinner and thinner and I just don't know what to do really.

First, I want to change my major.....Big thing in itself.

I've been thinking about living better-- food, cleaning, etc...
I DON'T want my family or myself to consume Bio engineered food (and I am SHOCKED on how much that is).
We've been label checking ALL THE TIME now. Cutting out High Fructose Corn Syrup...additives...bio engineered (most products that want to assure you that they DON'T use bio engineered food will put that on their labels)., CRAP basically...

I DON'T want my sons getting "vaccinated" anymore. I've learned that vaccines contain "minute traces" of MERCURY in them but about 10-50 OR EVEN MORE times of mercury that causes many different diseases, leads to Alzheimer's... and there IS PROOF I found online that it can lead to Autism. There are 1 out of 160 I think it is that get autism!?
I feel just horrible following the crowd just because vaccines are "required" to go to school.
Even though I've been thinking about homeschooling my children... I still need daycare so I can finish my own education.
I've discovered the possibility of Exempting Vaccines forms..I want to learn more about that for sure.
I've also learned..if you tell a doctor you don't want vaccines.... NEVER SIGN ANY FORMS! VERY important and will put you in a legal bind..Consult a lawyer before signing any forms you do not understand or even...don't wish to sign and they tell you you have to.

And I love the idea about just using vinegar, lemon juice, and pure castile soap to clean my counters and my house. I love the idea of using baking soda and/or lemon juice to "bleach" my clothes....Or just using lemon juice and salt to scrub coffee stains, rust/lime stains, soap scummish stuff....everything.
I have cleaning products that I don't want to use anymore. What do I do with that?

And I've been using cloth diapers for a long while now and I just love them. They are perfect for my almost four-month-old and my two-and-half-year-old. I don't want to add to the diaper waste. The diapers that were put on my mom and probably my grandma are STILL in the earth. They aren't going anywhere. They are there to stay for almost 100 years...and the plastics and chemicals in those diapers....those are there FOREVER.

My eyes are finally opening... and I do not like what I see. The place we live in (the USA)...it makes me sick. Everyone (the gov't, pharmaceutical companies, ETC.) is just out to make money-- what about our health??
My friend is right-- most do scoff and laugh at "organic". I know my dad tells me ALL the time that I am "too green". And I haven't even gotten started yet.

..bio engineered??????*

I'm in the middle of a movie called The Future of Food and I am just shocked.

Just the thought of eating bio engineered anything just gives me the willies. And I am sure I have eaten lots of it in my lifetime. The fruit...veggies...WHEAT...goodness!!! I am just SHOCKED.

I mean, they actually can go inside the foods DNA and cross different things into that food...I mean, to even DO THAT they need to get a bacteria-parasite-virus put inside of the ingredient they are changing...So not only are you eating fake food...but a virus DNA, too.... Icky. It's all just a very icky process and idea.

I love the idea though in Europe that they HAVE to put on their products if the ingredients are bio engineered or not. That should be done here, in America. A lot of things need to be done in America....Sigh.

I will post more on this after I get done watching the movie...but gosh, what do you think about eating food that has been MAN-MADE?? Ick.

..All Sugars Are NOT Created Equal*

The American population consumes so much sugar it is insane. But I don't want to talk about just white sugar-- I want to talk about the dangers of high fructose corn syrup.

Yes, the DANGERS. I'm sick of seeing those commercials on TV that are selling (not kidding!) high fructose corn syrup to the American population. "High fructose corn syrup is fine in moderation and is derived from corn. Which must make it good!" Okay, sure. FINE IN MODERATION but how can the American population moderate something when it is in practically EVERYTHING we eat!?

High fructose corn syrup is NOT like regular sugar. It is digested differently than regular sugar. There is Sucrose and Fructose in sugars....For those of you who don't know the difference...Basically the human body cannot properly digest high amounts of FRUCTOSE. (Always look on the nutrition label in foods on what kind of sugars are in that product.)
Fructose gets sent towards the liver which basically clogs that up causing high triglycerides, obesity, and different types of diseases.

Why is the American population obese, have high blood pressure, have diseases, (diabetes, heart diseases [the list goes oooonnnnn])???? BECAUSE HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP IS IN EVERYTHING AND IT IS PUT IN EVERYTHING TO SLOWLY MAKE US SICK.
WHY? Why do you think? Doctors, hospitals, the pharmaceutical companies, and all those people wouldn't make money.

Sad, isn't it?

So, face the facts, friends. If you want more info. on it.... Just google it. Don't be ignorant...please.

And don't listen to those silly commercials. Those make me sick. How far will companies go to keep us ill? *shivers*

..Before You Use a Microwave*!!!!

My good pal, ever so slightly, hinted in her blog that her good pal *clears throat* (ME [lol]) should post in her blog about the dangers of microwaves.

Ooooh how I love how she suggested a post for me. Because I have so much to say about so many things that I don't even know where to start. So, for future notice to my good pal...freely hint some more on other topics of discussion. (lol).

So, here it goes. If you are like most of the people I know, you own a microwave. You have one sitting in your kitchen right now. Gleaming with pride. Oooh that convenient little box that heats and cooks food up soooo much quicker than an oven ever would. Oooh, the time saver that precious little machine is.

When I ask my family and friends who own a microwave... Do you know what a microwave does? They usually say...Heats up food in a snap! Oh, of course it does! [I tell them] But do you also know.....

How a microwave works is it uses the water molecules in your food to rapidly heat/cook that food by causing friction within those molecules....shaking the crap out of it all...causing it to *VOILA* heat up! But what else does it do when that ELECTROMAGNETIC energy shakes the life out of your food (literally....it quickly sheds away all the nutrients in this *quick* heating process.)
When that electromagnetic energy surges through your food...and there you are- standing near- all excited that you will eat in about 30 seconds.... that energy is damaging your food. Putting radiation through your food, shedding all nutrients from it, AAAAND PULLING APART ALL OF THE MOLECULES IN YOUR FOOD.
When the magic box has stopped and it beeped letting you know...You smile a unknowing smile...sit down and begin to eat a food that you didn't put in that box. That's right. You're eating something totally different. Not only were all the nutrients of that food evaporated within that radiated little box.... when those molecules were violently shaking about getting enough friction to heat up and cook from the inside out....when that machine stopped...all those molecules were QUICKLY put back together.
If you ever read that HG WELLS (I think it was from him?) story about traveling through space/time and everytime that guy came back through that sparkely hole that brought him to another time and place...he was a little different. He was starting to miss patches from his clothes...Oh, no. He just noticed a piece of his jeans were sewn into his shirt. His molecules were rapidly dancing around in space while he stepped through that hole...and when he stepped out...He was quickly put together and sometimes....all of his molecules couldn't find their place and just jumped in where ever they could.... Soon, the guys skin was beginning to find his way into his clothes and vise versa...He was having problems breathing...Just think how his organs were beginning to look?

Anyways, that is exactly what goes on with your food... on a molecular level. It changes your food because the molecules just jump back together on a random level...You can't SEE the change. I can guarantee you will TASTE the change though.

I would prefer NOT to eat molecular changed, nutrient starved food...... And plus, yuck....electromagnetic energy...no thanks.
And just think this....
If you KNOW it's a "MICROWAVE"...even the name says it all...and you aren't supposed to stand before it when it is cooking your food....because of the radiation....Why would you put the food you're about to eat inside of it????

Just asking....lol

Have a great day...and I suggest you get RID of your microwave.
We gave ours to the place that fixed Cory's car. Hey, they overcharged so what they get....is radioactive food in the convenience of their business. That's what they get. hehehe....

..Get A Happy Bowl!*

I love going shopping with my whole family...sometimes (now with two little ones) it can be a challenge but last night's excursion was a treat for sure. hehe.

Rion, our eldest, just loves the car cart and that keeps him busy and we just stick the car seat with our youngest, Anen, in the basket of another cart. My husband, Cory, pushes Rion's cart....and I push Anen's. lol
It's also fun because sometimes we each go on a separate journey and pick up things which ends up making our shopping more exciting and we still get to pick what we all like. We might even call each other occasionally (Cory did it a few times last night) and see what we think about a certain product before sticking it in our cart.

So, I picked up some Wheat Germ and some Flax meal stuff because I've been wanting to put that more in my diet, Rion's diet, and well...Anen's, too, because he eats what I eat. hehe.

This morning I just went out and added the 2 tbs. each of the recommended to my oatmeal and a tbs. of each to Rion's oatmeal. Now his oatmeal was a different kind than mine and it masked the flavor much, much better and his actually tasted great. He must have still tasted the difference though because he struggled at first to eat it. Mine on the other hand....lol. I felt like a little kid at the table while I was slowly stirring my oatmeal waiting for that magical fairy to come along and quickly sneak bites before Rion could see so I could get a happy bowl (an empty bowl) quicker and be done.
But no, of course that little fairy didn't come. I put on my smile and spooned it in my mouth telling Rion to eat his, too.
Hahaha, next time. I'll only add one tbs. each to mine as well and somehow sneak the other 2 in other foods.

It's funny how Cory and I try to sneak things in our diet. We just bought these packs that you can add to your water..One is like "A salad bar in a bottle!" lol. It's all organic and natural and has soooo much stuff on them. Not the cheapest....we payed about 30 bucks/box (24 packs each) and we bought 3 different boxes. But they are packed with omegas, antioxidants, fruits, veggies, the works. Cory even got himself a Green Tea one packed with all sorts of nutrients. I don't drink Green Tea right now because (FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW) it lowers Folic Acid and I need that for our little man who drinks boob juice.

Now, I have come to the conclusion that Anen is teething ALREADY! Not only has he been fussy and chewing on his fingers like crazy while his spit runs down his little arms.... he broke out in a slight rash over his torso and face a little (Rion did this EVERY TIME he teethed) and he has been wanting to nurse before EVERY two hours which is unusual for him at 3 months old.

So, I will have a little baby with teeth already. lol I don't think Rion busted his first bottom teeth until he was around 5 months old. Could have been 4ish....I would have to look in his book but it definitely wasn't at 3 months old!

Hmmmm, those thoughts for now. Have a great Thursday!

4 grams of sugar= WHAT!?

This past weekend I went to the Anwebiwin Agaaming (Rest by the Lake) with my Aunt Kim; the tribe was putting it on. My wonderful mother and father watched my little babes, too, so I was able to go on this Women's Retreat without the offspring.
It definetely was an experience and my Aunt and I are going to make a thing out of it. It was located near where my sons were so it wasn't so traumatic (in case I needed to go home...lol)
Even having to pump every so often to keep my milk supply up (and in case my youngest needed more milk) it was still a nice experience.
There were crafts, wonderful food my Aunt and I didn't have to cook (haha), speakers from the community, and lots of women whom to socialize with.
I even sported my Hello Kitty jammies for the PJ Fashion Show and my aunt and I got a prize suited for this next Christmas (I got snowman bell ornaments).

My husband went on a spiritual journey himself with my Great Uncle and was gone a couple of days. Even though I missed him and our babies...I think a getaway is nice once in awhile. People need that. I needed that.

I don't know WHAT it is though...but my body is way tired!!! I am so exhausted and tired I just don't know what to do and it is making me VERY frustrated FOR SURE.
Now, at this retreat, I learned that grains, nuts, and all those (AND NO WHITE BREADS AND FLOURS!!!) are awesome in the AM. Now, a part of me knew that but hearing it all again is nice. There was Dan the Dietitian who spoke of Food for the Mood! Very good, indeed!
I also learned that for every 4 grams of sugar equals a whole friggin TEASPOON of white sugar. WHHHHAAAAAT!?!? Time to throw my Vitamin Water out the window. Just in that there's almost 4 TSP of sugar. Siiiiigh. Look at the label, people...You will be surprised...and probably disgusted.
It is nice to be knowledgeable though....sometimes, though, it sucks because it sure does limit what you eat. But it is better knowing what you eat than being ignorant about it all.

Now, about this time change that occurred yesterday. Phew.... I don't like it. lol
I think the schedule will slowly get back to the way it was soon...But waking up a hour "later" is strange...and the day yesterday just seemed to fly....and I'm so exhausted...no fun at all!
I also wanted to start getting up early but so far...that's hard. For me to get some alone time in the morning I would probably have to wake up around 6 or 6:30...Or I can just stay up after Anen's second nursing in the night which is around 6am... This morning though it was at 7 and I was still so tired I couldn't even walk straight or keep my balance. Rion woke me up around 8:30 but he was probably awake by himself for a half-hour. He gets up and helps himself to the TV...lol. He has his favorite morning shows. They help him learn so I'm okay with that.

But of course, everything is an hour off now which I do not like. So, we'll have to wait and see when that won't be such a "change".

Oh, but anyways, yes. Back to getting up early. Anen usually wakes up 2-3 times a night depending....But my parent's think he's teething already at 3 months-- and I do see something white under his gums on the bottom...and he's drooling like a St. Bernard...lol So who knows! So I think that's why he is waking up the way he is...but once he gets on a better schedule-- I will be more cognitive and motivated to get up on my own earlier in the morning. :)

Well, i'll cut this post off now. It's long enough. Have a great Monday!

Why frolic?

I decided to begin my journey as a blogger. I've always wanted to give it a wing but never really had the motivation to until I found out from a very close friend of mine that it can actually be pretty fulfilling so hey, I thought to myself, why not?

I do keep a journal. I've always kept one. I've wrote my thoughts, my dreams, poems, to-do lists, goals, secrets, fears-- just everything. Even daily goals sometimes.

Lately...I've been feeling a hole inside. I've been staring at myself in the mirror looking at this 23-year-old mother who wants to finish school while saving the world. I've been trying on different capes but I just can't find the right color. Haha, In other words... I'm confused about where I'm going in life.

I am very happy I have two young sons. I couldn't be happier about that fact. I'm married, I'm almost a junior at a university majoring in Elementary Special Education. I know I want to help people... I know I want to work with children and their families... I know all that about myself. But what I am confused about is... who am I...really?

Lol, well. I'm thinking writing down all my strewn thoughts will help myself figure that out. And hey, I can always use the thoughts of my peers, my friends, my family.

I apologize ahead of time if this doesn't make sense sometimes. My thoughts-- my thinker is pretty scattered. I got that term from a psychologist I used to see as a teenager. My "thinker" is that voice inside of my head that goes on and on and on...and on. One minute I'm listening to someone talk-- and a nanosecond later I'm wondering if the bananas in the other room are ripe yet.

So, bear with me and maybe help this lady out a little with a comment or two.

Why frolic? I see myself dancing in the rain. Well, that's how I would LIKE to see myself. I want to live that good life without all that nonsense of the world. All those negative things like alcohol, swearing, greed, and all those branches in my path that are saying, hey, you there. Come down this path and you'll have a good time! Or something like that....
I want to just stroll along my path and be the best person I can possibly be. I want to help people; I want to see the glass half full all the time. I also want world peace but hmmmm, i'll take one step at a time.

So, right now. Let's all hold hands and sit around the fire. Chat about recycling and roast some organic marshmallows. They may not be as gooey as the non-organic ones...but hey, I like to know what I eat.

..I Am..**

I am* a thoughtful mother of two boys
I wonder* if it's possible to become superwoman
I hear* all of my two-year-old's questions
I see* my boys grow before my eyes
I want* to better the world

I am* a thoughtful mother of two boys
I pretend* to know where I am going
I feel* the weight of the world
I touch* the earth beneath my feet
I worry* about everything
I cry* over 'spilt milk'

I am* a thoughtful mother of two boys
I understand* I am one person
I say* the wrong things sometimes
I dream* in color
I try* my very best
I hope* my babies' will have fulfilling lives
I am* a thoughtful mother of two boys