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𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀' 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱

Our Maevey Bean is a High-needs girl (like my Alice).

Don't believe me about either of them? Try getting them to wear socks. Great I'll see you in an hour after your sanity is gone and you've ripped every shred of your own hair out

Nutrition choices don't 'make' kids high needs, but if you have a high needs kid, their behaviour can certainly be impacted by it.

It can make the difference for YOU between having a good day or tolerable day,

VS having a day of tearing your own hair out (again), counting down the minutes till bedtime, and craving a strong drink or whatever your pacifying drug of choice.

(PS I don't vilify wine desires; I think it's a sign of a Mom being under-supported and over-worked). 

Some tips?

-Eat breakfast as soon as possible within waking up. Try to get protein, good fats and good carbs in there (all the things). Kids with...

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝗱𝘀' 𝗕𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱

Our Maevey Bean is a High-needs girl (like my Alice).

Don't believe me about either of them? Try getting them to wear socks. Great I'll see you in an hour after your sanity is gone and you've ripped every shred of your own hair out

Nutrition choices don't 'make' kids high needs, but if you have a high needs kid, their behaviour can certainly be impacted by it.

It can make the difference for YOU between having a good day or tolerable day,

VS having a day of tearing your own hair out (again), counting down the minutes till bedtime, and craving a strong drink or whatever your pacifying drug of choice.

(PS I don't vilify wine desires; I think it's a sign of a Mom being under-supported and over-worked). 

Some tips?

-Eat breakfast as soon as possible within waking up. Try to get protein, good fats and good carbs in there (all the things). Kids with...

𝗜𝘀 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘆 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲?

There's a Distorted Thought process called "All or Nothing Thinking."

Perhaps You, like I, have done it a time or two

There's a somewhat Opposite approach I learned from a coach (Denise DT of Get Rich Lucky Bitch), called The Art of Incremental Upgrade.

She talks about how many people are 'waiting' for the day they have ALL the money - for the house upgrades, the wardrobe upgrades, the makeup upgrades, etc. But she says that day essentially never comes - even less so because we think of it this way.

She says instead, each week or 2 weeks, to buy one thing to incrementally upgrade an area of your life closer to 'first class.' Instead of waiting for $5K to show up so you can re-do your whole wardrobe, buy one pair of pants you love this week. Next time, another. Before you know it - you're a lot closer to where you wanna be -

Instead...

𝗗𝗼 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗛𝗮𝗱 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲?

When I think about who I want to be for my Girls, it's definitely to continue evolving into the Best version of myself,

No perfection, just Progress.

Part of that is having more patience. A thing I've so sorely lacked my entire life. A thing we need SO much of with little kids.

You know that saying?

"Kids need your love and attention MOST when they deserve it the least,"

or

"The kids who need the Most love, ask for it in the most unloving ways."

Yeah --> That. Patience. Is. Required.

Little Rori in this pic could hardly test me right now, but my toddler and 9 and a half year old certainly know how.

Do you find yourself yelling more than you want to? Snapping more quickly than you want to? Low resiliency, riding on a razors edge a lot of the time?

It happens to the best of us.

But what a lot of women don't know is that...

 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗲 

I used to work with a chiropractor who said 'Align Your Spine with the Divine' and well, I kind of stole his already stolen phrase for my own purposes here.

When we're

- Eating poorly

- Timing our nutrients improperly

- Letting ever day toxicity / pollution in our air, water, food get the better of us

- Lacking certain lifestyle elements like the right sleep in the right way, right movement, right practices

Our Minds fall out of Alignment with the greater flow of Life.

It's also way harder to manifest or step into the life of our Dreams - and it always feels 'just out of reach' - when our mind feels full of cobwebs and poor functioning.

There is merit to working on our actual brain & body health - as well as our mind health - to creating the life we really want.

Being out of alignment can block us from getting there - or make it a serious uphill battle.

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 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆 

Right now the majority of people live a different life from that of their Body.

They aren't actually 'tuned in' to their own bodies. Therefore when their body gets sick, or does something weird, it totally freaks them out.

Disease and bodily issues appear like a total mystery to them.

Look, I don't know anything about cars for the most part, I just drive them. I put the basic kind of gas in them, and I change the oil when I'm supposed to, and take them for maintenance. But that's about it.

If my car started doing a weird thing or making a weird sound, it would be a TOTAL mystery to me as to why that were happening.

But yet - if I took the car to a mechanic (or even my boyfriend), they'd probably know in an instant what's going on.

Car diseases are not a mystery to them.

What I'm trying to say is, ITS POSSIBLE to understand your body. It's not a Mystery...

𝗔𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘆 -  𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗹𝗱!

Today Aurora / Rora / Rori already turns 1 month old, we can’t believe it.

She already has so much more strength and has been trying to lift her own head from day one. That has only continued!

She’s such a sweet girl.

I’m happy to report that even in the first month, she doesn’t show the same reflux and awful sleep symptoms that Mæve had. Let us pray that continues

Reflux is no joke, I would never wish it upon any baby or any parent. If you’re experiencing it, please feel free to send me a DM for support. I felt the most ‘gotten’ by other parents of reflux babies so if I can pay that forward to someone else I happily will. 

Anyways, here are Sweet Aurora Jane’s stats:

- Weight: 10lbs 8.5oz - 90th percentile

- Length: 59.1cm - 98th percentile

- Head Circumference - 38.1cm - 90th percentile

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Officially Introducing… Aurora Jane Casey

“Aurora is the name of the Roman Goddess of the Sunrise; her tears become the morning dew.”