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Day 1 of 5 Day Cleanse... and a baby who still doesn't sleep

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And again I’m sitting up in bed typing out some words to a few of my friends who may or may not read about this particular (minor) hiccup in my life.

Alas, Heidi is crying.  She slept for her typical two hours and has been in and out of sleep for the last hour.  For the last half hour she is determined to tell me and Kevin how much she hates… I don’t even know?  Sleep?  Who doesn’t love sleep??  She more or less loudy complaining and chewing into her blankie.  Kevin and I can’t help but share a smirk when we hear her stop, yawn and then cry in protest from her yawn.

And I’m on a cleanse.  It’s a cleanse from Young Living.  The 5 Day Cleanse.  The first day was alright.  I suffered a pretty rotten headache later in the day, but survived and feel good as I write to you.  Only 4 days to go.  I’m not supposed to have a lot of food.  They only suggest/recommend apples, pears, almonds, plain rice cakes.  Nothing too fancy.  You take their protein shake three times a day, along with a supplement called Digest + Cleanse and then 2 ounces of NingXia Red juice at ‘meal time’.

I still get inflammation from time to time which comes in the form of lung and heart inflammation.  It makes it difficult to breathe, lay down, and walk up the flight of stairs in my house… It’s painful.  I’m hopeful that by detoxing my body I’ll be able to lessen the frequency of inflammation I experience.  The seminar Kevin and I went on in Calgary in February talked about the importance of having clean insides and often when skin problems come up, it’s the last thing to show the problem.  Having a healthy core is important so here’s my first attempt at helping this 31 year old body out.

I can hear Heidi starting to tucker out from all her crying, and I put Andrea Bocelli on to soothe her.  Hopefully she’ll be able to have some rest after this.  I really wish I knew what the issue is, if there is one.  I’m looking forward to some rest myself… Nope, there she goes again.  Another long night ahead of me I think.  This will make long night #314…boo.

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  1. JohannaApril 7, 2013 at 8:01 AM

    I wish for you a sleeping child! And a deep cleanse too without too much suffering!

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