I’m happy to report that for the first time since Simone has been born, she does not have cold urticaria. What is cold urticaria?
By Mayo Clinic staff
Cold urticaria (ur-tih-KAR-e-uh) is an allergy to cold temperatures. With cold urticaria, exposure to cold temperatures causes redness, itching, swelling and hives on the skin that [...]
Since Simmi can’t eat potato chips or corn chips on the GAPS Diet, Dom has been making her the most amazing alternative chips.
We slice butternut squash very thin with a mandolin, brush them with a little organic olive oil and sea salt and dehydrate them for 12 hours in the oven on the “warm” setting. [...]
I will be transitioning Simone onto full GAPS by the end of January and I am a bit apprehensive about it. Its not that I don’t believe in this diet, it comes from more of knee jerk reaction to the fact that rice milk will be phased out. She loves her rice milk and its [...]
Yesterday Vicki, Simmi and I took a ride up to Sam’s Club to pick up lamb for the 28th (We’ll be celebrating Christmas then) and then to Williams Sonoma and Kohls. For those of you who know me, I do NOT like going to the stores, especially during the holidays, but I made an exception [...]
Caring for a mischievous child like Simone is not easy. We’re still working on a plan for her bedroom and how to complete it. We also need to find solutions to keeping her room looking great. She breaks everything still so we’ve been very reluctant to fix her room up. If she finds a jar [...]
Simone can now sing her ABC’s with 100% accuracy. While the letters themselves are a bit fuzzy at times, she is saying each one. When I’m singing them with her she is looking at my mouth as I sing and she is crystal clear with each letter. She’s still fuzzy on the song that comes [...]
Back in September 2011 I took a video of Simmi while she ate her meat and rice. Her diet basically consisted of chicken, pork, some fish, beef, rice, homemade potato chips, corn tortilla chips, and special cookies made from rice flour, potato flour, egg replacer and other ingredients she can eat. She also can eat [...]
Continue reading about Before and After Videos of Simmi on the GAPS Diet
I have very encouraging yet cautious news to report about Simone’s speech. Over the last few weeks we’ve been working on changing her diet to accommodate the GAPS diet and transition her in very small steps. While I’m not one for reporting on anecdotal stories, I’m going to make an exception here. As anyone who [...]
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