Healthy Mums

There is no vitamin K in the "vitamin" K sh–ot. This synthetic sh–ot doesn't include any of the natural forms of vitamin K found in plant foods such as nettles or pasture-raised animal foods such as butter. Instead, the synthetic "vitamin" in this sh–ot is called phytonadione and includes a poisonous acid in coal tar, a preservative, "edible" antifreeze, hydrochloric acid, lecithin and castor oil. The vitamin K sh—ot has been linked to childhood leukemia. The rationale for it is that infants don’t have sufficient levels of vitamin K—needed to clot blood—in their bloodstream for the first 8 days of life, so if they bruise, or are in a car accident on the way home from the hospital, baby may bleed to death. By all accounts, this is an extremely rare occurrence. The mainstream perspective is that this "vitamin" K shot is critical and it is routinely administered upon birth, unless parents opt out. Dr. Mercola interviewed who he describes as the foremost expert in the world on vitamin K, Dr. Cees Vermeer, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Maastricht in The Netherlands. She doesn't recommend the sh–ot and believes the oral alternative may not be necessary for babies. Breastmilk has been tested and most milk is low in vitamin K because the women themselves are vitamin K deficient.

The Weston A. Price Foundation's position is that if mother's blood has a considerable amount of vitamin K some will pass the placenta and into the infant. Some will also pass via breastmilk. Emu oil is an excellent source. Goose liver and fat, duck fat, cheese and yolks as well. A cup or two of nettle tea each day from about 36 weeks onward another way to build vitamin K stores before baby is born. How did our ancestors on traditional diets raise healthy children without sh—ots and drops? Learn more via this article: https://bit.ly/summershoresvitamink, which also links to Mercola's.

My wife doesn't work...

Conversation between a husband (M) and a psychologist (P):

P: What do you do for a living, Mr. Rogers?
M: I am an accountant in a bank…
P: And your wife?
M: She doesn't work. She's a stay-at-home mom.
P: Who prepares breakfast for your family?
M: My wife, since she doesn’t work.

P: What time does your wife wake up in the morning?

M: She wakes up very early since things have to be organized. She prepares lunches for the children, she makes sure they are well dressed and combed, that they have eaten, brushed their teeth and collected all their school belongings. She wakes up with the baby, changes his diaper and breastfeeds him.

P: How do your children get to school?

M: My wife drives them to school, since she doesn't work.

P: After driving the children to school, what does she do?

M: She goes to the supermarket to buy groceries or she does shopping for the house. Sometimes she forgets something and has to do the whole trip again with the crying baby. Once she returns home, she has to feed and breastfeed the baby, change his diaper and prepare him for a nap, clean the house and do the laundry. You know, since she doesn't work.

P: In the evening, when you come back from the office, what do you do?

M: I'm resting, of course. I'm exhausted from my long day of work at the bank.

P: What does your wife do in the evening?

M: She cooks dinner, serves us food, washes the dishes, cleans the house and walks the dog. After helping the children with their homework, she gets them ready for bed and checks that they have brushed their teeth. Then she changes the baby's diaper and breastfeeds him again. When she is in bed, she wakes up regularly to breastfeed and change diapers as needed, since she does not have to get up to go to work.

This is the daily routine of many women around the world. It starts at dawn and continues until the wee hours of the morning… and it’s called “don’t work”?!

Being a stay-at-home mom may not require a degree, but it is an essential family role!

Appreciate your wife, your mother, your grandmother, your aunt, your sister or your daughter… because their sacrifices are priceless.

Someone asked me...

“Are you a working woman, or are you just a stay-at-home mom?” »

I answered :

I am a woman who works at home, 24 hours a day…

I am a mother,
I'm a woman,
I am a girl,
I am an alarm clock,
I am the cook,
I am the housekeeper,
I am the mistress of the house,
I'm the waitress,
I am the nurse,
I am a nurse,
I am a manual worker,
I am a security guard,
I am the advisor,
I am the comforter,
I don't have any time off,
I work day and night,
I am still on duty,
I don't get paid and...

Even then, I often hear the phrase:

“But what do you do all day?” »

In tribute to all women who dedicate their lives to the well-being of their families.

To share with all the beautiful women in your life.

Good food prep every night is the only way to make sure my family eats well the next day ❤️

Less screens. More books.

I had no money growing up. My dad was a labourer and my mum did everything to make ends meet. Men worked hard. Women worked miracles. But education was free. As was the local library. I knew books were my passport to a better life.

A long time ago, I stopped posted photos of me and my kids, and even my food here because I felt it was taking away from my real life, regardless of what my audience was expecting, I needed to be true to myself.

This post sums it up perfectly.

“A few days ago while I was at the pool I saw a young mom and her little daughter walk into the pool area dressed in very pretty coordinated swimsuits.

The mom, with her perfect loose curls tied in a coordinated tape, spent the first few minutes talking aloud on her phone to a friend while her daughter stood waiting to get into the pool.

Mom ended the phone call and proceeded to scatter pool toys and sunscreen on a matching towel.

Then, after finding the right angle and the right light, mom took out her tripod and took a few selfies with her daughter.

Little girl asked to get in the pool
Mom said to wait and then posed her daughter in front of the pool, then entering the pool and then back out of the pool.

Little girl smiled big and said cheese like she had done it a million times. So Mama told her she could play now.

The little one swam for a couple of minutes.

Mom called a friend from her phone and started another conversation while her little girl asked politely and repeatedly:

“Mom, can you come to the water with me please?”

She was ignored.

"Mommy, will you come to play with me?" She asked 4 more times.

Mom looked at her, but never hung up the phone. After 10 minutes mom finished her call, picked up the sunscreen that never applied, the water toys that never touched the water, and then her daughter and left the pool.

I sat there thinking about what I had witnessed for a while later. I imagined the photos she took being perfectly edited and posted on social media with a caption like "Pool time with my girl!

Somewhere another mom will be at home with her kids, the house a mess because of her game, her hair rebellious for Mother's Day and her dirty laundry with saliva or peanut butter.

She's going to be tired because she spent the day cooking, caring, cleaning and playing with her kids.

She's going to look at that picture and compare herself to the perfect mom in the pool.

Guilt will whisper in your ear:
"You're not good enough... "
"You don't look like that mom in the pool... "
“You don’t have money to buy expensive swimsuits like that and you don’t have time to make memories like her”... and that young mom is going to believe it. She's going to feel like a failure. She'll never know that how she spent her time that day, was far better in the eyes of her children than that "perfect mom" in the pool.

What we see on social media is not always real.

Sometimes and often it's a complete set up.

It's staged and filtered, it's fake.

Sometimes we see absolutely wonderful vacation photos and beautiful homes and freshly-styled hair, but it's just ONE moment.

It's the best moment of a whole day spent like ours.

Working, cleaning and putting up the mess...

Mama don't compare yourself.
You are enough!
You're amazing and the best part is, you're REAL!
Your dirty beach, your messy house and your happy children are real and are proof that you are doing it right!”

- ✍🏼 Jen Flint

The real take away from this is to not compare yourself to others. If the mother at the pool was needing a break, that’s totally understandable. However, don’t let digital life take away from reality. If you need a break, take a break. If you need to get out of the house, get out of the house. Build memories with your kids and do what is right for you and your family.

We had to share this. Not just Dads and sons but Mums and daughters too.

Let’s create a generation that feels loved and doesn’t feel they need to hide their emotions!

So important to change the narrative ♥️

🤣😂🥸

"One day you will realize that happiness is not what your house looks like, but how you love the people within its walls. Happiness is not finding success by a certain time, but finding something you love so much time itself seems to disappear. Happiness is not thinking you have earned the world's approval, but waking up each day and feeling so at peace within your own skin, quietly anticipating the day ahead, unconcerned with how you are perceived. Happiness is not having the best of everything, but the ability to make the best of anything. Happiness is knowing you did what you could with what you were given. Happiness is not something that comes to us when every problem is solved and all things are perfectly in place, but in the shining silver linings that remind us the light of day is always there, if we slow down enough to notice."

Brianna Wiest
Photo by Xacobe Casal Flickr