A little piece of heaven

I found this article fascinating and essential to bring up:

Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering

I’ve long known that water is a huge issue for health. Consequently we only drink alkaline water from a water ionizer. We also have several sets of pre-filters to make sure we are filtering out as much junk as possible.

I’ve had a secret fear for a very long time that it was drinking bad water that caused Nathan’s brain malformation. Can I prove it? No way. But it’s a feeling I’ve had so I’m very careful with the water I drink.

Water Ionizers can be expensive and out of many people’s reach. However, a Reverse Osmosis system can be more affordable. If you use an RO system, just make sure you use a remineralizing filter so you get minerals back in your water. Bottled water is a disaster – it is dead water (no minerals) and very acidic. If you can, get pH testing drops so you can test the pH of the water you drink. It should be at least neutral if not alkaline.

I’m going to try to get a friend to do a guest post on water as she is much more informed, but I just wanted to bring up this issue and point to the Times article as you could be poisoning yourself and your children if you are getting bad municipal water. And if you’re diligently drinking bottled water and thinking you’re safe, do some research! Bottled water isn’t so great either!

Our stay in Santiago so far has been wonderful mostly thanks to MamaTerapeuta. They’ve driven us around town to help us get oriented, they’ve taken us out on outings, they helped us move apartments, took us shopping to buy food so we’d be fed over the weekend, they’ve helped us find a preschool and a nanny. They’ve been so kind! How amazing it is to come to a foreign country and have so much help! (Thanks to the Ives too who did the same for us in Canada – we are lucky to meet such wonderful people!).

Their daughter Rocio is an absolute doll, sweet and smart and just beautiful. Nathan loves her and tries to grab her any chance she gets, but she’s coy and gets a bit upset if he grabs her. If we’re in the car together, one of us has to sit in the middle between them so as to prevent Nathan from harassing her. He really likes her.

We’ve talked non-stop about all sorts of things related to our kids…and man, it’s been nice. In LA we don’t really know anyone who’s got a disabled child and is into alternative medicine so it’s a bit isolating. Here in Santiago we’ve been hanging out with Sonia and we also met Karen and her beautiful son Osvaldo. It’s SO NICE to have people around who speak your language!!!!

Yesterday we went to the outskirts of Santiago to a little lake surrounded by hills. It was BEAUTIFUL. We had such a lovely time, it was quiet and peaceful and just lovely. We watched the lake, chilled, and had a wonderful meal before returning home. Another lovely experience. I hope you’re not getting bored of hearing me say day in and day out how lovely our days have been – but they have! Mostly thanks to our wonderful friends MamaTerapeuta, PapaTerapeuta, and Rocio.

And on a final note, we found a nanny today!!!! She started this morning and is great! She is from Peru and is working in Chile. Nathan really likes her and right this minute she is reading him a story and he is enjoying.

And now we have to go to Medek. No camera yet so no photos, but I promise to get some pics up as soon as I have my camera!

I wanted to share a video with Ramon, talking about Medek. I think it’s a great video and gives a nice overview of the program:

Walking Tall

Please let me know what you think!