The Mommypotamus

A couple of days ago Katie broke my heart. Actually she broke her front tooth, which almost broke my heart. Seriously, I vomited for hours during labor and REFUSED all pain meds because I didn’t want her exposed to anything that might harm her, but the moment she chips a tooth I’m all for knocking her out and performing a cosmetic procedure.

Fortunately, a good friend of mine is a dentist. After examining her he talked me out of doing anything drastic, so for now the only cosmetic to-do on Katie’s schedule is getting into my makeup. But, my friend told me that her enamel seemed weak.

How did that happen?

Let me take you back a little. When I was pregnant with Katie I ate SO WELL. Seriously, I craved Skittles for an entire month but I refused to give in because I didn’t want to eat nasty food dye. And not only did I keep (most) of the unhealthy junk out of my body, I put a lot of great (and expensive!!!) stuff into it. During the 42 weeks I was pregnant I drank a daily green drink (powder made from vegetables, fish oil and liquid minerals). One day I was sooo nauseous but totally determined to get good nutrients to my baby. I was about nine months pregnant at the time. I tried so hard to keep it down that when my will finally caved to my body I was heaving so much that I wet my pants!

All that to say, I am a little compulsive about nutrition. I like answers, too. Answers to questions like, why are my little girl’s teeth weak? And what can I do about it? I ordered some books today for the new dental health section of my library. I’ll be ready to take the NBDE when all is said and done, I assure you.

And then I will put the answers here. If you’re interested, that is. And if you’re not, perhaps you’d like to peruse my library on some other topic. Brain functionality, fairy tales, emotional healing, C.S. Lewis, philosophy, food, etc. Did you notice how Lewis got his own category? He’s my favorite author of all time. Ever. Forever and ever.

Aside: How do you like my new blog layout? Daniel surprised me with it after I mentioned I’d like a more photo centric blog. We’re still working out some design elements, but I really like it. Thanks hubby!