Maybe, just maybe it wasn't the Vacinations...

According to an article in USAtoday, (http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-01-27-corn-syrup_N.htm) High Fructose Corn Syrup contains mercury at least 50% of the time.

WOW!

All this time everybody was just looking at vaccinations being the culprit of mercury poisoning, and we have been feeding it to our kids thinking they would be peachy.

Seriously, this is waking people up. Or I hope it is.

HFCS already contributes to diabetes and obesity (http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/2008/08/20/4274/the-dangers-of-high-fructose-corn-syrup?section=306). Our bodies to not recognize that HFCS is a sugar and then does not trigger the hormone in our brain that tells us we are full. Thus causing one to over eat or to crave foods that are not good for us.

With this new finding of mercury being in HFCS, I pray that the FDA does in fact demand that something be done.

Our family has already removed as much HFCS out of our diet as possible. (Bread is our hardest thing) We eat as natural a diet as possible. Fruits, Nuts, and Vegetables mostly with limited meat.

In our home we have noticed a difference in behaviors. When there is no violations of HFCS, red 40, and milk for those intolerant our behaviors are much better and the kids can focus on their school work and do better.

What's in your food?

Will you be a voice to get regulations changed?

Shaving Cream Fun

Painting with shaving cream!

Benji had fun this afternoon playing with the shaving cream and food coloring. He has come so far, last year there was no way he would even touch shaving cream or finger paints or things of that nature.

This is a great sensory activity for touch.

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New Food Progress!

Yummy! Benji tried a new food and liked it tonight!

We had an oven omlet with bell peppers, red onion, & turkey with fried taters on the side. (more sauteed than fried) It was delicious but better than that Benji cleaned his plate.

He insisted he did not like it when we put it in front of him, I told him he just had to try one bite. He did and loved it!

YEAH!

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Finger paints

In light of Benji meeting his goals with occupational therapy, we have decided to continue with the OT/Spd exercises at home.

One of the exercises that we have had much success with is finger painting with shaving cream.

You use plain shaving cream(not gel)
Food coloring is optional

Be cautious of clothing, it can stain. So can hands. This works really great if you have a table surface that the shaving cream won't harm. Squirt the shaving cream on your surface and mix in the coloring. To start you can use paint brushes or foam brushes to spread it around and "paint" on craft paper. As your child accepts that you move to using their fingers.

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