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I really have never been a paranoid mom and I always thought my kids were really healthy. My nervousnes started before my IC.My 3rd baby, Nora had some issues from the start with mucus in her poop and her growth was less than ideal. She was never scary small but her week by week growth was not great. Ia m a breastfeeding counselor so I knew what to do/look for. That is a whole other topic but I did elimination diet which I believe may have contributed to my IC or just brought it to the surface. ANyway- now I am so scared that my kids will be unhealthy. My 7 yr old still wets the bed and it is freaking me out so much now that I have this!
They eat relatively well (1000 x's better than most kids but still...) and they take probiotics- always have.
Any moms out there who could giveme a pep talk?
You are not alone!
I understand what you are saying. I have two children (10 & 6) that were both born before my IC reared it's ugly head. Both have had and continue to have "issues". My 10 year old daughter is also in treatment with Matia. We took a mother/daughter trip to LA. and started treatment at the same time. Matia assures me that kids heal much faster than adults. This makes since. They don't have years of damage to undo. Changing their diets now will give them a much healthier life.
I tend to me the nervous type. Be careful! How are you feeling today? You can't eat that! That used to be me. I've noticed that my son is very cautious. He is very sensitive & nervous. I'm trying really hard to change my behavior. Less nervous, stressed out. Let both of them be more carefree. I don't talk about my/their health, food, etc. They don't need to be so aware of things that should just be "living". Just let them be kids. Does this make sense? Feel free to email me anytime. Tammy
Thanks Tammy. Such good
Thanks Tammy. Such good advice. I rwas never paranoid at all. Although I have been careful about what they eat, I never really worried about it. Now I am so freaked out. It is good advice to be careful about making them nervous too. I am trying to just gradually increase the vegetables and decrease the sugar without talking about it. We've been lucky that we've never had "issues" until recently. Even with the baby, I am not sure if her growthis an issue or just how she is. I am a small woman and my mom said I was a samll baby- but of course- look what happened to me! I wish my son would stop the bedwetting. That is the thing that worried me so much even though I know some kids are just super deep sleepers. he is that kind of kid. You CAN"T wake him up. But still I worry that there is somethingwrong with his bladder or gut. The 2 that I worry about are the 2 that look exactly like me. My middle son is sturdier somehow- helooks exactly like my husband. I feel like my genes are the damaged ones.
Very
Very good advice Tammy. I remember when I first saw Matia, she told me to make sure I and am really affectantate with my daughter as much as possible. Sometimes when I think when I am so caught up in her health, I forget that THAT is really what is imortant, and the emotions and attitude they see in Mom and Dad are just as imortant as what they eat!
I am very careful about what my daughter eats, and thankfully she has always eaten very healthy. She drinks raw milk and doesn't even like sugar (that I'm sure might change!) but she already had problems from birth from me from how messed up I was. Matia says her hypothyroidsism was no doubt caused by how imbalanced I was during pregnancy. So now I have to deal with that, and have to fight being consumed with worry that she will get IC one day. I never never want her to have to go through this.
Deir... sounds like you are doing it the right way. I wouldn't worry about the bedwetting if I were you. I think some kids just do that because they are deep sleepers like you said. As weird as it sounds, my cousins on my dads side, well I remember a couple of them wetting the bed for a long long time! But they were just deep sleepers, and they are very healthy people today as far as no diseases or anything. Try and not let worries consume you, and I will to! It does more damage then good.
good self esteem
Kids = worry. We love them - that's why we worry. The hard part is not being obsessed because of our own health "issues". My husband helps keep me on the right track.
It's not uncommon for boys, esp. heavy sleepers to wet the bed. Limiting liquids after dinner and emptying the bladder a couple of times before bedtime should reduce the volume. The main thing is to keep his stress about it down and help him not feel quilt or embarrassed about it. All things that I'm sure you already going. :) Tammy
I am curious what kind of
I am curious what kind of treatment Matia offers to kids, particularly to treat allergies.
Kids
I think the treatment varies from child to child. I am using probiotics to treat my kids allergies.