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Time for MOMS to get healthy & start taking care of ourselves too!

Oftentimes moms are the primary caregivers and are run so thin that the last thing we focus on is ourselves. For the last 11 years I have been a stay at home mom with 3 kids with autism. At the end of the day running from therapy appointments, cooking special foods, giving supplements, coordinating dr. visits, labs ...who has the time to think about one more thing.

I often think of the stages of the autism mom...we start by doing bare minimum & gradually adding more & more. Along the way our kids are getting better & we are getting more and more tired & run down. Not your average overworked & underpaid. As moms of children with autism & biomedical conditions...often times the maternal line has a history of autoimmune problems. Sometimes these issues get worse overtime and may not be apparent right away.

As mothers we need to try to nip these issues in ourselves. We need to be around for the long haul with our kids ....so here is my challenge : I am going to make efforts to be a healthier mom, exercise, eat right, run labs on myself to get to the root of any potential problems..whatever it takes---who's in???

Laura