Sick kids

Life in our household has been very interesting the past two weeks. My eldest got mono (again!) and my youngest some other virus that kept her out of school for most of two weeks. Thank God for grandparents! I'm still new enough at my job to be considered probationary and I can't take time off for all those trips to the doctor, etc. Fortunately they are on the road to recovery but it has been exhausting. More so because they seem to catch everything that comes down the pike, and have for several years. I have changed their diet, sent hand sanitizer to school and tried to make sure they get plenty of rest and vitamins. Since I have two little insomniacs the sleep part is often difficult.


But our primary doc gave me a surprise last week. He said that we had come to the limits of conventional medicine and perhaps we should see Dr. * who is a naturopath. Doc said he trusts him, and that he is comfortable going with alternative or even chiropractic medicine in cases like ours. I dont' go for chiropractic - I've met too many quacks in that field. But the alternative medicine option is getting more appealing all the time.

I've started some more small changes. Bought organic breakfast cereal instead of the regular kind. Though I've always bought the healthy stuff - no Sugar Smacks for my kids. Would love to go all organic but I simply can't afford to do it. We won't give up our meat, either. Like my steak too much, and the organic stuff is ridiculously priced. Even more so than the conventional. I heard that buying locally grown is good, so maybe I'll start shopping at our local meat locker instead of the grocery store.

Well, a new year and new things to try. We'll see how it comes along.