A few of mine:
4 kids ages 4 and under
*striving to be a consistent Love and Logic parent
**especially when they are all sick...at the same time...like right now
*keeping them busy and happy
*making sure they each feel loved and important and not just 'taken care of'
A 59 year old mother-in-law with Early on-set Alzheimer's Disease that lives with us who
*can not prepare her own meals let alone remember to eat them
*has limited and closely supervised responsibilities with the kids and household chores
*I could go on but won't as I vowed that this blog would not be a sounding board for that area of my life. Out of respect for her.
**I'm not sharing this as a complaint, just as an insight to my everyday life
A Husband that travels a lot for his job
*that I am extremely grateful for! Or I wouldn't be home to experience all of the above
Oh, it is so hard. I often find that I've been busy making dinner for everyone and then realize..."Oh, I didn't make anything for Nora!" Then she ends up eating green beans straight out of the can and some steamed veg. Or a rice cake. Real nice, huh?
With all of her allergies...I just didn't know what to do. It's just all so overwhelming! Until these arrived at my door:
Food Allergy Survival Guide: Living without dairy, eggs, fish, gluten, peanuts, shellfish, soy, nuts, wheat, yeast, and more!
and
The Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook: 200 Hundred Recipes for the Food Allergic Family
I am so very excited for these two books. They are packed with information about allergies and different grains and seeds and alternative proteins and on and on! So much that I never knew! And, surprisingly, most of the recipes look like they will work to feed my whole family. I know I can't feed them on this diet all the time. But I also can't cook two meals every night. So my goal is to cook the same meal for everyone a few times a week. And on the days that we don't have "Nora Friendly" meals, she can have the leftovers or something. My ultimate hope with this is that she can get enough nutrition from regular meals that she won't need EleCare anymore. That would be AMAZING! Then only June would need it. It's RIDICULOUSLY expensive and so not easy to have 2 babies on it.
Now a new stress:
Being organized enough to plan meals in advance (as these recipes take more time and specialized ingredients)
*yes, its more expensive to cook this way. But its also crazy expensive to buy EleCare. And I would rather have Nora eat food than drink from a bottle the rest of her life!
But that's all for tomorrow. For now I will sit with June so my Husband can talk on the phone to Germany guys (yes, its 10pm on a Friday night...good grief!) And eat ice cream - Birthday cake flavor. YUM!
Cheers and Good night!
*striving to be a consistent Love and Logic parent
**especially when they are all sick...at the same time...like right now
*keeping them busy and happy
*making sure they each feel loved and important and not just 'taken care of'
A 59 year old mother-in-law with Early on-set Alzheimer's Disease that lives with us who
*can not prepare her own meals let alone remember to eat them
*has limited and closely supervised responsibilities with the kids and household chores
*I could go on but won't as I vowed that this blog would not be a sounding board for that area of my life. Out of respect for her.
**I'm not sharing this as a complaint, just as an insight to my everyday life
A Husband that travels a lot for his job
*that I am extremely grateful for! Or I wouldn't be home to experience all of the above
But my heaviest stress?
Feeding Nora!
Feeding Nora!
Oh, it is so hard. I often find that I've been busy making dinner for everyone and then realize..."Oh, I didn't make anything for Nora!" Then she ends up eating green beans straight out of the can and some steamed veg. Or a rice cake. Real nice, huh?
With all of her allergies...I just didn't know what to do. It's just all so overwhelming! Until these arrived at my door:
Food Allergy Survival Guide: Living without dairy, eggs, fish, gluten, peanuts, shellfish, soy, nuts, wheat, yeast, and more!
and
The Whole Foods Allergy Cookbook: 200 Hundred Recipes for the Food Allergic Family
heavens opening, angels singing, trumpets sounding, etc...
I am so very excited for these two books. They are packed with information about allergies and different grains and seeds and alternative proteins and on and on! So much that I never knew! And, surprisingly, most of the recipes look like they will work to feed my whole family. I know I can't feed them on this diet all the time. But I also can't cook two meals every night. So my goal is to cook the same meal for everyone a few times a week. And on the days that we don't have "Nora Friendly" meals, she can have the leftovers or something. My ultimate hope with this is that she can get enough nutrition from regular meals that she won't need EleCare anymore. That would be AMAZING! Then only June would need it. It's RIDICULOUSLY expensive and so not easy to have 2 babies on it.
Now a new stress:
Being organized enough to plan meals in advance (as these recipes take more time and specialized ingredients)
*yes, its more expensive to cook this way. But its also crazy expensive to buy EleCare. And I would rather have Nora eat food than drink from a bottle the rest of her life!
But that's all for tomorrow. For now I will sit with June so my Husband can talk on the phone to Germany guys (yes, its 10pm on a Friday night...good grief!) And eat ice cream - Birthday cake flavor. YUM!
Cheers and Good night!
1 comment:
You are amazing! I don't know how you deal with it all. Makes me tired just reading it.
I am so glad you found those cookbooks for Nora.
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