I had a bit of a culinary crisis this afternoon. Having been feeding my family in what I like to think of as a reasonably competent sort of fashion for the last 12 or so years, I am presently a bit ... flummoxed.
Amy has, unfortunately, inherited her daddy's nose. Lovely nose, but, most of the time, practically useless for actually breathing through. Both of them, when focussed intensely on something, have a tendency to start breathing rather loudly - and being asked (more than once) by her classmates to stop breathing was upsetting the munchkin. :(
Several years ago Ross's chiropractor noticed that he sounded quite blocked up and suggested that he try eliminating dairy products from his diet. Which he did, and it worked wonders ... but then he missed cheese too much and backslid. So when Amy was in tears again the other night I suggested that we try it for her to see if it would help. Goodbye cheese, and milk, and yoghurt, and ... what the hell am I going to feed this kid?! And not just the kid either, because we're taking sort of an "all for one and one diet for all" approach. Amy's not impressed with soy milk, or the thought of not eating cheese again, but after just a couple of days she and Ross are both feeling clearer already, so it's worth persevering with.
But it gets even more complicated. Because I was diagnosed with arthritis in my fingers about a month ago and apparently some people find it helpful to eliminate the nightshade family (i.e. tomatoes and potatoes, a.k.a. the centre of our dietary universe!) from their diets. It probably all sounds a bit dramatic, and not really worth the hassle of undertaking, to anyone in reasonable health - but breathing is a useful pastime and having pain-free use of my fingers again would be nice too. So. No dairy, no tomatoes, no potatoes. Eeeek! I'm on rather a steep learning curve here and grocery shopping this afternoon was nowhere near as automatic as usual!
Amy has, unfortunately, inherited her daddy's nose. Lovely nose, but, most of the time, practically useless for actually breathing through. Both of them, when focussed intensely on something, have a tendency to start breathing rather loudly - and being asked (more than once) by her classmates to stop breathing was upsetting the munchkin. :(
Several years ago Ross's chiropractor noticed that he sounded quite blocked up and suggested that he try eliminating dairy products from his diet. Which he did, and it worked wonders ... but then he missed cheese too much and backslid. So when Amy was in tears again the other night I suggested that we try it for her to see if it would help. Goodbye cheese, and milk, and yoghurt, and ... what the hell am I going to feed this kid?! And not just the kid either, because we're taking sort of an "all for one and one diet for all" approach. Amy's not impressed with soy milk, or the thought of not eating cheese again, but after just a couple of days she and Ross are both feeling clearer already, so it's worth persevering with.
But it gets even more complicated. Because I was diagnosed with arthritis in my fingers about a month ago and apparently some people find it helpful to eliminate the nightshade family (i.e. tomatoes and potatoes, a.k.a. the centre of our dietary universe!) from their diets. It probably all sounds a bit dramatic, and not really worth the hassle of undertaking, to anyone in reasonable health - but breathing is a useful pastime and having pain-free use of my fingers again would be nice too. So. No dairy, no tomatoes, no potatoes. Eeeek! I'm on rather a steep learning curve here and grocery shopping this afternoon was nowhere near as automatic as usual!
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