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Dangers of Syntheitc Scents

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Hannah has fairly significant asthma and has struggled with synthetic scents triggering her reactive airways her whole life. Sometimes, its a real pain, but she's always managed. Joe is prone to scent-induced headaches and again, it can be a real pain, but fortunately for us, we are always able to remove ourselves from a triggering scent. We are able to communicate that a scent may be causing, or heightening, a migraine or a mood change and that we need to get some fresh air...... Unfortunately, our Benji, and others like him, may not be as fortunate. Benji is non-verbal. He has COPD and while he is mobile, he is not free to escape a situation that may be triggering a physiological response from him. Artificial scents are EVERYWHERE. Grandma's perfume, the bathroom soap, disinfectant wipes in the class room, window cleaner, lotions and hand sanitizers, room sprays, colones, laundry soaps, candles, plug-ins, bubble bath . .  . the list goes on and on.  Since we ditched...
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Benji's Blended Diet - Essential Nutrition!

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Our son, Benji, depends on a feeding tube because of a delayed swallow reflex which causes him to aspirate. His gastronomy tube (G-tube) was placed February 2nd, 2011. At first, it was incredibly scary for us.... but we quickly realized that Benji's feeding tube was a huge blessing. Not only did it keep him free from aspiration pneumonia, but we were able to make sure he was getting complete nutrition/hydration without the need to stay in the hospital on an IV. We were also able to administer medications and other icky tasting vitamins and minerals directly through the tube without having to add to his already heightened oral aversion. Time after time Benji's feeding tube kept us from hospital admissions when he was ill because we were able to administer adequate electrolytes. And now, we use it to provide a kick-butt, whole-foods, nutritional-dense blended diet. After several years on commercial formula, and the diagnoses of "failure to thrive," we decided to di...
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Welcome to Special Essentials!

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Welcome to our family's "Special Essentials" blog! This site is dedicated to our little guy who inspires our pursuit towards Essential Wellness!  He is such a blessing and is so adored! Our journey to health and wellness began the day we discovered our little baby boy had been diagnosed with Down Syndrome. Hannah was 18 weeks pregnant when we received the diagnosis and that's when things started to change.... Hannah is the queen of "googling" - and hearing the diagnosis of Down Syndrome meant that it was time for some serious "google research". This was our real wake up call about the intricacies of our body's biology and the importance of supporting our bodies holistically and nutritionally. This was the beginning of label reading. Throughout the remainder of the pregnancy, we had made many connects with other families who had experience with Down Syndrome. We read many books and spent countless hours surfing the web t...
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How to Order NingXia Red - Young Living's Infamous Wolfberry Supplement

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NingXia Red!!!!!! A Butler Bunch Favorite! Benji has been on this since October 2016 and our only regret is not having started sooner! Its a tremendous antioxidant supplement and offers such a wonderful immune and digestive support. Whenever we feel like we're coming down with a bug, we'll take an ounce or two to help give our body that awesome immune boosting support! The best way to get started with Young Living's NingXia Red, is with the NingXia Starter Kit! ( https://www.youngliving.com/en_US/products/premium-starter-kit-with-ningxia ) Just go to: www.youngliving.com/vo/#/signup/start and follow the steps to become a member. (Please consider blessing my family by using my family's Enroller/Sponsor number: 10247837) There are several options for starter kits (including the Essential Oil Premium Starter Kit, the Thieves Starter Kit etc) - just follow the tabs and chose the NingXia Starter Kit.   The kit is $170 and includes 2 full...
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