Medicine Mom

Introduction

“Mother” is a very special position in a family.  Mother is the “Shaman”, Medicine Woman or “Medicine Mom” of her household, her clan.  She is the reservoir of knowledge, keeper of the faith, holder of tradition and uses all her available resources to maintain good health.

Take on this position proudly and learn to take care and nurture your family.  Keep them healthy and happy.  Remember, your family is the reflection of your time, energy and love.

I wrote this book with my experiences as a mother and the wisdom that has been passed down to me from generations of Medicine Women in my family.  These women were advisors to their own family, friends and neighbors.  As midwives and counselors they used nature’s resource for the most common ailments.

Years ago when we had closer tight knit families.  Mothers and grandmother and sometimes even great grandmother provided their motherly wisdom.  But in today’s hustle and bustle and families moving apart, people having their children at an older age when the older generation has already passed away, there is not this opportunity any longer. 

This inspired me to write this book and share with other my natural motherly wisdom.  This book I provide the very basics that all mothers need to know to care for their infants (newborn to 12 months of age).   I’ve included natural applications, my own recipes and my family recipes that I have personally used for the most common ailments that infants experience in the first year.

For most first-time moms the first day with your baby can be scary thing.  You will stare at your baby and wonder what to do next.  I had many family members and friends in this situation calling me for advice.  They felt no one really prepared them for what there was to come.

This book is great for the first-time mom or veteran mother who wants to try a more natural approach and just wants basic, simple recipes to get them started.  I find using some of the older traditional ideas can also be very economical and save you a lot money.         

At the end of the book I provide a section for your own notes.  This way you can write down what worked for you, any new recipes that you come up with or someone gives you or even if you want to use it to keep the addresses of stores that you get your products from.   It is like your own Medicine Woman book in progress.  You can either keep this book for future reference or pass it along to your daughter or sister medicine woman.  I believe when you include some of yourself with the basics of what I’m providing you in this book, it will be invaluable to your family tree. 

The ideas in this book you can continue to use throughout the first year of life and some even beyond.  In the Newborn care section is what you need to know soon after baby is born.  I provided you with the most pertinent information and ideas that I found to actually work.  In this section I tried to consolidate the every day things that are important to a newborn’s care and those things that you have questions about that may seem common sense to some but maybe not to others.   I hope you find this helpful.

After the first month other things become more apparent.  The ideas in the Newborn care section of course you can continue doing through out the infancy stage and some even beyond.  The next section on Infancy care is concerned with some things that involve more a baby from over the first month to the twelfth month. 

Those therapies that do have to be tailored to your child, and/or require a practitioner’s expert instruction and prescription are not discussed in this book.  You will need to seek the advice of those practitioners. 

Please do not use this book in replacement of your physician, and/or any other health care practitioner.  Always consult with your physician about baby’s ailments first.

I hope this book helps you on your journey as a Medicine Mom.  I had a great pleasure putting it together and hope it becomes a valuable tool for you.      Enjoy!