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Managing recovery and a toddler! 🧒 Join me at the Gold Coast HOTA grounds as I share how I manage my health and dental routine on the go.

After a serious seizure caused by hyponatremia (low sodium from over-hydrating while nursing), I have to be incredibly intentional about my salt levels. 🧂 I’m also showing you my mobile Invisalign hacks!

What’s inside:

Salt & Safety: My "must-have" electrolytes and Vegemite sandwich protocol. 🥪🥤

Dental Care: Using gloves and Tooth Mousse on the go. 🦷🧤

HOTA Highlights: A beautiful afternoon at Evandale Lake and the playground. 🎡

Self-care is a work in progress, especially when it's medical. Thanks for following along! ✨
Transcript
00:00Okay, we found a beautiful bench here in the shade.
00:05And we are going to have some lunch, so we've got all this.
00:10Stuff that mummy packed here.
00:12And we've got, everything's happening here.
00:14We've got a bar here.
00:15We've got a barge going down the river.
00:17I think, look, that barge, I think it's moving some sort of...
00:20We've got a big crane or something.
00:22And we've got a film crew down here filming something.
00:25And it's very exciting.
00:27There's always something happening.
00:28Now, do you want some of those?
00:30And, of course, I have to take out my aligners.
00:35Before I eat anything.
00:37And there, I did refill this water.
00:40We've got a bottle at the restrooms over there.
00:42The parent room have quite a good tap.
00:45And there's bubblers, actually, out the front.
00:47But now, I've just got my bubble of water.
00:49So...
00:50What I'm going to do is just take out my aligners, give them a little bit of a rinse with my...
00:55water bottle, and just pop them in my container.
01:00And then, before I put them back in, I'll line them with tooth mousse buttons.
01:05But this is my life at the moment with these horrible Invisalign.
01:10And the aligners.
01:11I do not like them.
01:13It just...
01:15It complicates everything.
01:16Alright.
01:17It complicates everything.
01:18Alright.
01:20Well, this is my day kit in action, basically.
01:23I take this everywhere.
01:25Oh, there we go.
01:26That one's out.
01:27Oh, there we go.
01:28That one's out.
01:30I mean, it's not...
01:35Too bad.
01:36In terms of problems, it's pretty mild.
01:40It's still a pain, though.
01:41Someone's going to rinse them off with some water.
01:44And, uh...
01:45It's still gone.
01:46It's still gone.
01:50It's still gone.
01:51It's still gone.
01:52It's still gone.
01:53It's still gone.
01:54It's still gone.
01:55I don't know if I have tooth mousse on them.
01:56But I'll just put them back in.
01:55The container.
01:56And then, um...
01:57Before I pop them back in, I'll probably take...
02:00Put them over to the bubbler and give them one...
02:02Another better rinse, perhaps, I guess, and...
02:05And put some fresh mousse here.
02:07But there we go.
02:08They're in there now.
02:10Safe while I have something to eat.
02:12Alright, darling.
02:13Mummy's going to have a sandwich.
02:15Do you want a little bit of sandwich?
02:16Yeah.
02:17Yeah, let's open the sandwich.
02:19We've got two...
02:20Two of them.
02:21But we'll have good one.
02:22And we'll see if we want to share the first one.
02:25And your teeth feel a little bit funny, too, when you first take out the aligner.
02:29Like, just a little bit.
02:30It's sensitive.
02:31But...
02:32It's alright.
02:35And I've got my electrolyte drink.
02:39And I've got my electrolyte drink.
02:40It's not ethically because I'm having three of these a day while I'm breastfeeding.
02:43So I can keep...
02:45I've got my salt levels.
02:46And...
02:47Yeah.
02:48My eyes.
02:49Yeah.
02:50Oh, no.
02:50Not that one, darling.
02:51You don't like it anyway.
02:53And it's...
02:54It's got a certain level...
02:55Of electrolytes in it that I would not recommend people just drink.
03:00Willy nilly.
03:01And certainly not people that size.
03:03Alright, darling.
03:04Let's open this up.
03:05Let's open this sandwich.
03:06And to try and monitor my salt levels, I also...
03:10have Vegemite sandwiches every day because they've got...
03:14That's...
03:15Obviously salty.
03:16And I know this looks awkward, but I've wrapped these...
03:20quite well in the morning because they have to cop...
03:24They cop quite a lot.
03:25It's in the bag as it's sort of bouncing on my back during the day.
03:29Here we go, darling.
03:30Want a sandwich?
03:31Yeah.
03:32Alright.
03:33I'll cut off a little bit for you.
03:35Oops.
03:36We've got a long piece of cucumber.
03:40Do you want a long piece of cucumber?
03:42No.
03:43No?
03:44I like it.
03:45It's really a sandwich.
03:46Come on.
03:47Here's all your sandwich.
03:50Here we go.
03:51This is the one.
03:52I like it.
03:53Let's see.
03:54I like it.
03:55It's yummy.
04:00It's got Vegemite and cheese and cucumber and some tomato in it too.
04:05It's got it.
04:08It's got it.
04:10It's got it.
04:10It's such a beautiful spot here.
04:15The grounds are so beautifully kept and it feels so good to have...
04:20...how to swim, how to play in the playground, haven't we?
04:25We're having some last lunch.
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