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Healthy Baby Gallery

August, born at home, is now three and a half
(pictured right, in the chamomile patch look-
ing for Peter Rabbit). He spends his days in
the garden, driving the tractor with papa and
hanging out with gramma. He loves all organ
meats, kefir, sourdough, butter, books and his
balance bike. He asks for his cod liver oil. He is
the sweetest kid, and we’re very proud of him.
August’s baby sister Arisaema (pictured far
right, with her namesake plant) was born
ecstatically at home into a birth pool (this
should be the standard). Recovery from birth
was swift and wonderful. Arisaema is sweet
and mellow, with a great spark every now and
then. She loves all WAPF foods, especially cold
bone broth (aka “meat jello”)—a real life-saver
snack for her busy organic farming mama. We
are practicing elimination communication with
her and highly recommend that new/expecting
parents look into this biological practice. Seri-
ous thanks to the Foundation for all your work
and outreach. You are changing so many lives.

It wasn’t until the third trimester of pregnancy that
we really began to integrate WAPF dietary prin-
ciples, so we were nervous when Pélé was growing
only at the 30th percentile during his early months
of being solely breastfed. But once he started on
solid foods, he skyrocketed! Bone broths, butter,
raw yogurt galore. He had a stint of vomiting with
egg yolks early on, but after pausing them for a
few months, he’s now gulping those down, too!

100 Wise Traditions FALL 2020