Adopted Children & Nutrition

Nutrition is not a topic I have heard talked about much when it comes to adoption and educating adoptive families.  I really think that needs to change.  Our adopted children most likely did not get the nutrition needed early in life to support good growth and brain development. 

While searching for some help for my own health issues I discovered how important nutrition is to healing our bodies.  I made some significant changes in my diet and was blown away by the results. After seeing improvement in my own health I started thinking about my kids with medical needs.  I started researching their diagnosis.  I started seeing the common thread of nutrition.  Our family eats a healthy diet and we are active, I thought I was doing a great job until I realized how nutritionally bankrupt our foods are compared to 15-20 years ago. Then I started looking at the ingredients of our "healthy" foods.  YIKES!! 

I am starting my children on the same nutritional program I started two months ago.  My children have enough struggles in life so I want to give them the best opportunity for growth and developmental which means making sure their nutrition is the best possible.   I will be posting the changes I am making to my kids diet and the nutrition that I will be adding.  I will be very honest about how it goes and if we see any benefits for the kids.  I will be doing a lot of research in the area too so I will be sharing what I uncover.

If you are interested in finding out more about why the food we are eating are so nutritionally bankrupt and the nutritional program I am using see below . . .

Tonight at 5:30 pm PST / 8:30 pm EST
Andrea Frank Henkart will be talking about nutrition and our children.
712-432-0850 pin #582993 

 Call in early this will be a packed call!

This will be life changing for your family!

If you are interested in more info about Isagenix contact me maasfamily1@gmail.com

 

 

Living Miracles

REPOSTED from October 2013


I have been thinking a lot about my kids and how my faith has been increased since they entered my life.
 

 

NEVER use the words "CAN'T" or "WILL NEVER" to describe my kids

 

Remember this little guy?  At 10 months old he weighed nine pounds.  We were told he may not live long enough to complete the adoption and bring him home.

 

 

This little guy should have a visual impairment, hearing impairment, feeding tube, seizures, never walk, never talk,  and have very low cognitive ability.   Shhhh!!!  Don't tell Jacob though he didn't get that memo!

 

 

Jacob didn't just live he is LIVING!!

 

 

 

 

Jacob is WALKING!!!!

 

 

 

 

Jacob is TALKING!!!



For the last two weeks during speech therapy Jacob has used his Dynavox to make independent purposeful choices.  Two weeks ago when it was time for his therapist to leave, Jacob, using his Dynavox, told his therapist goodbye.  This is a regular routine, but what he did next was all on his own!!  He then chose "I don't want you to go" and then "I want a hug"!!!  SERIOUSY!!!  He is already hitting on girls! 

Last week he was in therapy and my parents walked in the house for a visit.  Jacob immediately, using his Dynavox, told his therapist he was done.  He then navigated page to page and chose the picture for "FAMILY". 

Don't tell Jacob "HE WILL NEVER WALK"  or "HE CAN'T TALK" 

I think I will erase those phrases from my vocabulary

 

 

I could give many more examples of my kids defying the odds.  Want to know why I believe in miracles?  It's actually really simple.  I have a house full of living breathing miracles!  How could I not?



Family Changes Everything

This is our Sera's referral video from 2009.  It breaks my heart when I watch it.  She was a very sad little girl.   She had been brought to the orphanage by her birth mother.  It was obvious that Sera had not been touched often.  She pulled away and cried when someone went to touch her.  She was very malnourished.

What breaks my heart even more is to think about what her life would have been had she not been "REDEEMED" through adoption.   Without corrective eyeglasses Sera could only see 4 inches in front of her.  She also had seven fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.   Sera would have been considered "WORTHLESS" .    Sera's future would have been alone begging on the streets.

BUT

 

A

 

FAMILY

 

CHANGES

 

EVERYTHING
 

 

 *Professional photos Nina Mullins Photography

 

 

Sera has a long road ahead of her.  We have no idea what her health will look like in the future.  She has a progressive kidney disease which could potentially lead to double kidney failure.  She will also continue to loose her vision.  There are so many unknowns in her future.  However, there is one thing that she will always have . . . .

 

FAMILY

 

WALKING

 

BESIDE

 

HER

 

ALL

 

THE

 

WAY