My first baby got Vitamin D as a supplement. My second did not. I was skeptical that the supplement was at all necessary; after all, I took my kids outside “a lot.” But looking back (and now preparing for my 3rd baby), I realize that it was partly out of rebellion that I [...]
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Supplements and Rebellion
Posted in Happiness, Health, Uncategorized, tagged Health, kids, supplements, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D on July 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Old Remedies
Posted in Health on March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The placebo effect works. No doubt about it. There are always questions of degree, but our bodies do function better when our minds believe that a remedy will work. …Which is why I made an onion poultice and a flax/lavender “bed buddy” for my son, instead of taking him to the doctor. (He has his [...]
