That awkward moment when reality runs up to you an kicks you in the FACE.

Since I had the PPP (Pretty pretty princess, our daughter), my focus on nutrition has... Died off. I am a BELIEVER in breastmilk. I believe whole-heartedly it's the most perfect food, that it provides everything your baby needs. The problem is, if there's nothing there for it to GIVE to your baby stored there in your body then your baby doesn't GET anything. With two children two and under it is VERY EASY to forget to take my multivitamins, or even EAT. On any given day you could ask me at the end of the day what I had eaten and I probably wouldn't be able to tell you.
And I was blissful in my ignorance.
Until there came reality to kick me in the face.
The PPP's first teeth were coming in. Started off like any baby's teeth coming in, just a little line. And we were excited for them, and glad that our sleeplessness would ebb soon. But then they came out more and formed the actual teeth.... And they were CLEAR. When I say clear here I don't mean like "free and clear" I mean like TRANSLUCENT. I completely freaked. But don't worry, this story has a happy ending!
And got on Google. I simply typed "translucent teeth" and voila, a whole new world of nutrition and deficiencies was revealed to me. I read as many sample pages of "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration" as were available to me on Amazon. I thought, "oh God. This is MY fault. I did this to her!"
Why wasn't I more careful? I knew she was getting all her nutrients from me...
Aaaanyway, I kept up with my research, took notes, and finally came across a blogpost called "How I healed my child's cavity" and I was hooked. Riveted. I've suffered from thin enamel and weak teeth my entire life, and certainly more sensitive ones more recently.
I knew some things had to change, mainly our diet. We were eating a lot of foods high in phytic acid. Bread, grains, nuts... now, at this point we have NOT gone grain-free. And I'm not even convinced it's GOOD for you to eat a grain-free diet. I'm not convinced that phytic acid is Public Enemy Number One. My take on this phytic acid debate (which, if you don't know what I'm talking about, definitely look it up and come to your own conclusions) is this: you need to be consuming more minerals than the phytic acid can steal from you. Do you have to remove all high phytic acid foods from your diet? No. If you are vegetarian or vegan you DO have to try to soak or sprout your beans, nuts and grains to remove most of the phytic acid and increase its other nutrients.
What I have been doing to help increase my nutrient intake is first, taking my multi (almost) every single day. Then I've also been trying to increase the whole meat foods in our diet (when I say whole meats, I mean meat that still has fat, bones and all still attached... So, whole roast chickens, bone-in chicken pieces for fried chicken, oxtail soup and the like), while decreasing the amount of grains-only or mostly-grain meals (like cereal and milk for breakfast). In addition to these I have started taking Fermented Cod Liver Oil/Butter Oil mix. I truly believe this has had the most effect. I've been taking it for two weeks at a double dose (1 full teaspoon instead of half a teaspoon) and seen an OBVIOUS, PHYSICAL change in the PPP's teeth. They're almost completely solid now.
In addition to her benefits, I've also had a SIGNIFICANT reduction in my own tooth sensitivity. This past Sunday I was eating some Kettle chips (a "junk" food I really enjoy, but one that had always caused me some pain in my teeth before), and my JAW got sore from chewing before my teeth did! Because they never did get sore!
I'm going to keep on with the double dose until this bottle is gone, and then I'll start taking the regular dosage. I'm so impressed with this fermented cod liver oil that I'm probably going to get Ely another flavor all for his own DESPITE the high cost. This will be a repurchase for as long as we are capable of purchasing it. And I'm gonna keep up with all the other high-mineral diet changes and post again in a few months with before-and-after photos of MY teeth, whether there's changes or not, so everyone will know definitively.
Whew! Don't wanna jump the gun, but, get on this band wagon! I'm lovin' it!
Thanks for readin'. Be blessed.