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• Comment on Obviously Too Big to Breastfeed by Shilah September 25, 2009
  I am in the same boat as you sweetheart, my baby boy was 9lbs when born and now at 7 months is around 23 pounds and fitting into 2T clothes (a little loose). He is a super healthy baby and I am still breastfeeding him but every now and then I get the occasional question as to how long I am going to be breastfeeding him. This now being my 2nd kid I am pretty intolerant with bad manners in the mommy breastfeeding area so speak my mind back to those inquiring. I breastfed my daughter for 15 months and only stopped because my body all of a sudden rejected breast feeding (little did I know I was pregnant with my second). Good luck to you, keep posting your mommy stories, we love to hear them. Love, Shilah
  Shilah
• Comment on Obviously Too Big to Breastfeed by E April 28, 2009
  Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who are uncomfortable with the beautiful act of nursing. What a wonderful way to nourish our children. If God gave me milk to feed my child, I was going to do it. You know, if I didn't have milk or couldn't nurse for some reason too, I know that my child could grow up fine on formula. But it just doesn't make sense to not nurse if you are able to. Both of my sons were so healthy and grew so fast. I nursed the first one 14 months and the second one 20 months. Aren't you glad you are nursing your little ones when you see all the illnesses floating around the playgroups etc. Yes, formula is fine, but breastmilk is better. And there is no one who could possibly argue that a formula maker could come up with something better than God did. Good for you for nursing your babies. And to all those who couldn't nurse I applaud you for your efforts and sincerely apologize for any rude comments you got. It goes both ways for sure.
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• Comment on Flu Vaccines for Kids Unnecessary? by E April 28, 2009
  Since I stopped vaccinating my kids several years ago, they've never been healthier. I will never subject them to that again. I feel so lucky that nothing irreversible happened to them. Long after I stopped vaccinating my kids, my sister recently experienced a terrible side effect. Her baby now takes an anti seizure medicine due to a reaction to his dtap and perhaps his prevnar. It was most likely the dtap, as the pertussis is often implicated in brain damaging cases, but it could have been the prevnar as well. And, apparently hypotonic hyporesponsive episodes, where the baby goes limp, may turn pale and unresponsive etc happen 1 per 1,750 dtap shots. They thought this was what he had until they hooked him up and he happened to have a seizure in his left temporal lobe while they were testing him. apparently turning pale and limp is ok, unless your brain shows seizure activity. gee whiz! Wake up parents, is it ok for that to happen to 1 in 1750 shots. There must be some kids that are more vulnerable and you won't know whether it is your kid until they pass out, get violently ill after their shots, or even die. My nephew turned completely blue and my sister thought he died. Then he continued to do this at the hospital and his breathing rate went SO low. They had to keep putting him on oxygen. he has a breathing monitor at home now. He would have been labeled a SIDS baby if my sisters husband hadn't seen the first episode (less than 48 hours from vaccination by the way) and rushed him to the firestation nearby when the paramedics didn't come. Parents who do decide to vaccinate need to seriously consider how many vaccine viruses these little bodies are trying to assimilate to at once. I know my sister wishes he hadn't been given so many shots at once. I wish that she hadn't given him any at all, but I recognize the right for parents to do as they choose and see right for their own children. Just please, read up and be informed. And for goodness sake, if you have a history in your family of poor reactions to shots, don't let any doctor talk you into shots saying that doesn't matter. Use your heads for yourselves and realize that maybe your family line is susceptible to shots.
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• Comment on Obviously Too Big to Breastfeed by Lizzie April 24, 2009
  I'm proud to say that I nursed my daughter for 3 years. She eventually weaned herself. I had lots of "advice" from people who thought they could tell me when to wean, where to breastfeed, etc. My response: "When you've raised a perfect person, please tell me how to raise mine. Thanks for thinking about us though." Thanks for the DM pointing me to this post, by the way.
  Lizzie

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