Day 202 in my miracles life

Day 9 Dairy free

It is a curse, that i will say is the only word for it…. My girl has the curse of senstive skin…

And i know it is a curse as i too am cursed with sensitive skin, my sister is cursed with sensitive skin, my niece, my nephews, my friends and now my precious little girl are all cursed with skin that just flares up at the slightest change, reacts to things that skin should be prone to, causes so much discomfort that such a small little girl, discomfort that noone should have to suffer from.

Last week my little girl got a dribble rash, a rash that quickly turned from a few specks under her chin to a full blown dermatitis all over her face within days… And the moment the doctor pointed out what it was i just knew that from that moment on we had to be careful what we used on her face and skin… We through out the cheap wipes, we pulled out new face washers, we bought skin cleanser more expensive than both my husbands and i’s soaps put together and doubled….

We stopped using creams, and we stopped using powders, however in the nights that followed there were only tears, tears because of the discomfort that my little one was experiencing from the irritation, tears because she didnt know how to stop the itchy skin and tightness, tears because as a helpless mum i couldnt stand to see her like that…

And tears because i am still not sure what to use, what to do and how to treat the dermatitis.  The doctor mentioned leaving it alone & keeping it clean, but it is not helping and my little girl is just so frustrated with the irritation that she cannot get rid of…

So i ask you, babies & dermatitis, babies and sensitive skin, babies and any skin irritation… What did you do, how do you treat and prevent such a horrible curse in such a small little being?

BE WHO YOU ARE

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind dont matter and those who matter dont mind! Dr Seuss

Day 201 in my miracles life

Day 8 Dairy free

They say it takes 21 days to create a habit, but after only 8 i am not only growing accustom to black coffee – i am beginning to like it! Two weeks ago if you had told me to drink a black coffee i would have laughed at you, two weeks ago had you told me to order and “Americano” from the coffee shop i would have told you that it was a waste of money, but today as i sipped my bowl of black coffee and had a wonderful conversation with my sister, i realized that i was enjoying the well rounded taste of the coffee…  & i think that really says something about trying new things – you just never know!

HANG IN THERE

You may not be able to see this right now but often our biggest hurts are our greatest learnings…  What may now seem like the end of the road, is just the end of a chapter…  The lessons you have learned will make the rest of the story so much better than you could possibly imagine.

Day 200 in my miracles life

Day 7 Dairy free

LIVE

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive well preserved body…  But rather to skid in sideways, champagne in one hand – strawberries in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming

WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO – what a ride!

Day 199 in my miracles life

Day 6 Dairy free

THOUGHTS

Thinking brand new thoughts that you have never thought before is wildly more conductive to creating big life changes than just thinking different varieties of the same old thoughts…

Day 198 in my miracles life

Day 5 Dairy free

THE ROAD OF LIFE

When driving down the road of life, rarely do you know how good you have it until you see it in the rear view mirror.

Day 196 in my miracles life

Day 3 Dairy free

RISK

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool, to weep is to risk being called sentimental, to reach out to another is to risk involvement, to expose feelings is to risk showing your true self, to place your ideas and your dreams before a crowd is to risk being call naive, to love is to risk not being loved in return, to live is to risk dying, to hope is to risk despair, to try is to risk failure…

But the greatest risk in life is to risk nothing, the person who risks nothing, is nothing and becomes nothing, only the person who risks is truly free…

Day 195 in my miracles life

Day 2 Dairy free

Yesterday was harder than i expected.  For some reason when you say no it seems you start to crave the things you are saying no to, even though it doesnt make sense that after only one day i would be wanting those things… Adverts on tv for breakfast cereal with milk were driving me crazy, watching a movie where the character held a coffee almost turned me insane – and the silly part is, i dont like cereal, i dont normally have a coffee at 4pm in the afternoon…  It really is amazing what the power of the word no has on your mind.

On a brighter note – I dont mind an espresso coffee without the milk…

A LITTLE SECRET

Repeated frustrations and disappointments are always a reflection of repeated misunderstandings and presumptions…

Day 194 in my miracles life

Day 1 Dairy free

STRENGTH

Sometimes, when you’re feeling your lowest, the real you is summoned and you understand, for the first time ever how grand you are because you discover that vulnerable doesn’t mean lacking in beauty and uncertainty doesn’t mean that you are lost.  These realisations alone will set you on a journey that will take you far beyond what you used to think of as extraordinary.

There is always a bright side