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Comment on Prickly Heat Rash? by Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:11:00 +0000

Thank you so much for posting those pictures. I’m a new mom to a two month year old and my son developed identical rashes when he was about a month. I am so careful with him so I didn’t know what it could be. Ive been vegan for almost my whole life but (unfortunately) I gave my son milk formula because I was told he would need it. I have since switched to soy based formula. He still gets the same rashes on his face and his back but not as bad. I put pure petroleum on him 3 times a day. I dont know it this makes it better but i dont want to stop in case it is. It’s heart breaking seeing such your beautiful baby like this. Did you ever find out the cause?

Comment on Is there a Connection Between Vaccines and Food Allergies? by Alison

Alison — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:06:54 +0000

Mel, unless a baby was born at home, we can’t be sure that the baby was not vaccinated in the hospital without the parents’ permission–THIS HAPPENED TO MY SECOND BABY.

The nurse took the baby back to the nursery so I could take a shower, and when she brought him back, she asked me to sign the vaccine release form. I refused, saying that we had decided to wait, as our oldest had had severe reactions, and that it should have already been noted on his chart.

The nurse looked at me blankly, and said that I HAD to sign it, because she had already given him his vaccines.

I agree with you about the studies that need to be done, and I am sure that there are many pieces to the puzzle, but the vaccines–injecting toxic substances directly into the blood stream–are the most obvious and probably the strongest factor.

Comment on Is there a Connection Between Vaccines and Food Allergies? by Mel

Mel — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:42:01 +0000

My 1st son developed eczema 1 week after his 4 mth vaccines. He was breastfed exclusively. At 5 mths, I gave him cereal for the 1st time that contained milk proteins. His lips swelled up and he developed a rash. We had him tested by an allergist and found out he was allergic to milk, eggs and peanuts. After I removed those allergens from my diet, the eczema went away but we were left dealing with the daily dangers of a food allergy. I researched everything I could on the subject of food allergies and stumbled upon a few papers, including the one that is posted on this site. To me, the connection between vaccines, breastfeeding and allergies makes a lot of sense. The fact that the same kind of foods are involved from child to child, the fact that the 1st signs show up right after vaccines, the fact that the food proteins involved resemble the proteins in vaccines, that the vaccine boost the immune response all the while making it hypersensitive to other proteins (especially in breastfed babies that already receive antibodies from mom), etc. When I look at what’s changed in recent years to explain this incredible surge in allergies and kids, I can think of 2 important things: kids receive a lot more vaccines and moms have started breastfeeding again. I am angry that I did not have this information before I went ahead with the decision to vaccinate my child. It seemed a no-brainer at the time, no information is given on the risks…nurses are ready to vaccinate your child without even having talked to you first. It seems I traded a protection against diseases that are usually taken care of by a good immune system with having to protect my child everyday from the very real dangers of anaphylaxis.
With my second son, we decided not to vaccinate. I had to deal with the dirty looks and the not-so-nice comments made by the medical staff. We went the hollistic route and decided to boost his immune system by giving him drops of “fossilized” diseases – to make his immune system work and be active if he contracted something. He was breastfed exclusively like his brother for a little over a year. He recently got tested – no allergies. He’s rarely sick and rebounds extremely fast from colds.
However, the fact that kids who did not receive vaccines also develop allergies makes me wonder if there is another piece to the puzzle that is missing. I wish a good study could be done comparing immunized vs not immunized and also looking at breastfed vs bottle-fed kids in those 2 groups. It would also be interesting to get those facts from the people who commented on this blog.

Comment on Rethinking Praise and Self Esteem by Karen

Karen — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:12:49 +0000

My husband got this book from the Bellingham library before the wait list for it got insanely long. It has a lot of interesting ideas in it. But the information on the detrimental effects of praise are not new. Read any of Alfie Kohn’s work to get the picture.

I had a similar experience to you of getting through high school without having to do much work, and receiving lots of praise for being smart. But then I got to college and things began to fall apart. I chose to major in Physics because I thought that would really prove how smart I was, but soon I noticed my classmates passing me by. Too late I figured out that while I was too afraid to let the professors know when I didn’t understand something, my classmates were spending time in the professors’ offices going over what they didn’t understand and getting one on one tutoring until they did understand it. Looking back on it I feel I wasted much of my college education because I thought I was supposed to show I was naturally brilliant, rather than show that I could actually work hard and learn.

Comment on Fever Reducers and The Flu by Health For Life » Fever Reducers and The Flu « Journey To Crunchville

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