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[averygoodun42]

There are times I am extremely grateful I do not work outside the duties of motherhood. Today is one of those times.

I must be fighting some nasty or other off, because I've been extremely tired, even for me, lately. Last night I went to bed at eight (though I didn't fall asleep till after midnight and a cup of hot maple milk), I didn't want to wake up this morning, and I just woke up from an involuntary nap.

I am so glad, so very, very glad, that Babe is a good kid. I will have to make cookies with him tonight as a reward.


I have been busier than usual lately, though, which is nice. I'm co-organizing a writing group at church which I'm excited about. I suggested the idea of writing buddies, which has been taken up enthusiastically. In fact, I have a writing date in a couple of hours!

I'm also a (hesitant) member of the PR committee. We'll see how that works out.

Since going off gluten, I've been able to sing again, which is also nice. I probably should cut out milk and dairy as well, but I find myself really reluctant to at this point. Soy milk is out as a substitute due to allergies and rice milk... well, it's sweet paste water rather than nutrition. Dairy is really my best source of calcium, so it stays. Neener.

Basically, except for the tiredness (which might be blamed on anemia), life it going pretty well. We'll see how well when the insurance quote for the year comes in, however. *wibbles*

I won't complain anymore about Congress and health care and Big Business except to say blah.

But now Babe wants to play, so I shall go.

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[countrymouse1.livejournal.com]

Just a thought re the calcium---a respected doctor, the first female pediatrician to practice at Egleston Hospital of Emory University here in Georgia, wrote (a few years ago) a child-care book entitled "Every Child Deserves a Chance". In the book, Dr. Leila Daughtry-Denmark wrote of our society's obsession with bovine milk as the only source of calcium, and pointed out that humans are alone among the mammals for thinking that their young must have milk beyond the normal age of nursing, and to try to provide them such milk from other species. She is a huge proponent of breastfeeding children mother's milk, but argues that human breastmilk is perfectly balanced for human babies--while cow's milk is perfectly balanced for turning a 20-pound calf into a 2,000 pound bull. Cow's milk is far too heavy with fat for human babies (which is why you can't feed a baby straight cow's milk), nor does she feel it's healthy for any human. She points out to those concerned about calcium--"Where does the cow get the calcium?", and extols the virtues of green leafys and broccoli as the best human sources of calcium.

Given that she is now 111 years old, and still going strong, I tend to put faith in her health pronouncements.

If you'd like more info, Wikkipedia has an article about her at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila_Denmark

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