Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Thrush, A Lesson In Yeast for All Ages


Looking back there were signs.  The IV antibiotics , the red baby bottom at birth, the fussy, gassy newborn who would cry all night and I was thinking it was the dairy issues that plagued her tummy.  All those signs were in the shadows of a jaundice baby under blue lights.  Even looking back to her one week photos, is a picture of her yawning with a white tounge (this one was taken at one month).  Looking at her tounge last week it dawned on me...YEAST!  I couldn't believe that my baby had yeast...Well actually I could.  The events of her labor and most likely my love of cookies and Pete's coffee set up this yeasty environment for my baby girl.  So now we are on a daily regimen of yougurt, probiotics and grapefruit seed extract in hopes to cure this bubbling nightmare before resorting to antifungal meds...just the thought of saying it grosses me out.
Now I am moving on to the next step in battling this growing problem...sugar.   We all love it and know its bad for us.  Back in the wagon days, sugar was a luxury and was reserved for holidays and company.  Today its in everything down to salad dressings, cereals...well everything.  This is coming from a mama who buys almost all organic dairy, meats, grains and produce.  Heck, my baking sugar is organic!  So friends, its going to be so long to sugar for a while.  My mochas will be replaced with green tea (which I love already) and night time treats will be replaced with yougurt or grapefruit. 
If I can survive without wheat, I can survive without sugar, right?  My family will be healthier without it  Keep reading to find out.

5 comments:

  1. grapefruit? You are going to have grapefruit as an evening snack? that alone says set up for failure! we MUST find you something better! (yeast causes bad breath in babies too by the way!)

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  2. Grapefruit is good...fills you up...cold like ice cream.

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  3. Oh, no! Hope she gets her system sorted out soon!

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  4. I'll try to find some good recipes (sugar free) for those emergency cravings!

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  5. Hey Amie, your baby girl is SO CUTE! No sugar - oh my! I am dessert free until Easter and it's killing me. I have done no sugar for a while in the past and it felt good on my body but it was so hard. Let me know how it goes. I miss seeing you! Just came to check in. :)

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