It’s been strange, the topic of vaccinations has come up several times with people I know in the past couple of weeks. I ask you to let down your guard and just think of some information for a minute – make an informed decision. Within minutes of birth, the hospital staff will want to begin sticking your baby with needles, and smothering their eyes with meds – but you do have a choice, and it should be an informed one. Don’t wait to decide later, because trust me, you’ll be pressured like never before.

Doctors have long suggested we vaccinate our children, but do they really know all about what they are suggesting? Have you ever been waiting to see the doctor and notice someone in a suit come in with their briefcase? Do you know who these people are? The are drug reps – it’s their job to get doctors to promote their drug companies to you.

In exchange for the doc writing that Rx, the drug company pays them big bucks. Does this sound even just a little bit fishy to you? So the doctor gets free samples, gets treated to lunch, and gets paid? I’m not so sure they are well informed myself, and as it’s MY child they are messing with, I’d like to know what’s safe and what’s not.

Here are just a few links that might interest you, as YOU decide what is best for your child. At least now you’ll be a litte better informed and won’t have to suffer because your doctor didn’t know to tell you a thing or two… such as the shots have mercury, aluminum, and/ or  formaldehyde.

1) http://www.relfe.com/vaccine.html Vaccination Myths explores commonly believed myths on the effectiveness and safety of vaccines. I especially like the last note from the editor – that two ingredients used in the vaccines, mercury and formaldehyde, are extremely dangerous. And here our medical world is suggesting we shoot them into our babies!

2) http://www.vaccinationnews.com/dailynews/October2002/VaccinesFromAborted4.htm Vaccines made with aborted babies tissue. Okay, maybe you’re still trusting the pharma companies know what’s best for you (i.e. – for their pocketbooks), but what about pro-life issues? Did you know that aborted fetus cells are used to create vaccines? True! You can Google for more info than this one link, trust me, there are plenty!

3) http://www.mercola.com Just search his site for countless articles on exposing the dangers of vaccines. One in particular that I liked was that Merck has now come to the rescue with a new vaccine, a vaccine that treats a disease caused by people taking their first vaccine! This is crazy, and even crazier, so many people don’t even realize it.

The chicken pox vaccine was created, but what problems has it created? For one, chicken pox are more dangerous if caught when an adult. But what about shingles? Turns out that more people are coming down with shingles because they are NOT being around the chicken pox virus as much, which helps keep up their immunity. But don’t worry, Merck will sell you a new vaccine to help with that. Or you can opt to get the chicken pox and be spared both vaccines.

There is a whole world full of new information on the dangers of vaccines. As a mommy, please do the research for yourself – your baby’s life depends on it. Some get sick, some die, some have temporary problems, and others will have life long ones – isn’t your child’s life worth a little time reading something other that what the medical world tells you? Remember, they have someone paying them to share one side of the story, and no one for the other…

4) I’ll leave you with the following links, the ones that often go unreported, but just might matter the most – The Innocent Lost Babies.

http://www.thinktwice.com/hepb.htm Five week old baby died after Hepatitis B shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVP40Ebm4U Infant reaction at 5 days old followed by death.

What you’re not told about vaccines at birth – http://www.newfrequencychild.com/2010/11/what-your-not-told-about-hepatitis-b-vaccinations-for-infants-and-children/, which leads to this article “Refuse This Routine Procedure, Or Expose Your Baby’s Brain to Danger” – http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2010/11/03/hepatitis-b-vaccines-at-birth.aspx.

This is a decision that is yours and yours alone. Please Mommas, I beg you, do the research - your baby’s life depends on it.

Little Mommy

Well, I’m on my 4th nursing baby, and decided I’ll be on my 20th before I have a perfect nursing experience with no problems.

I’ve tried cutting out nearly everything in my diet – tomato based products, cheese, extra butter, now even an occassional fast food and cinnamon – in attempts to find out what is putting my poor baby in such misery.

He gets better, then hits another wall – like yesterday. He and I both were in tears, literally. I physically hurt because I’m SO hungry, and he hurts from my milk (or what I’m eating).

This conversation has mainly been on Facebook, but I decided I should share it here for anyone else that might need to read what we’ve been discussing.

Basically, baby boy has been having a really hard time for the past 9 days. Spitting up rarely, but rather swallowing what’s trying to come up his throat most of the time. He’s begun thrashing around while nursing – he wants to nurse, but once latched on he fights it.

He hiccups often, and gets very upset with these. He appears to be in pain when he burps – and these are sometimes ‘wet’ sounding burps. His screams are heartbreaking, and you can see the pain in his eyes. No baby should ever cry like this on a regular basis – this is sign #1 that something isn’t right somewhere, and Mom better start investigating.

Babies at this age should only cry 5 to 10 minutes at the most IMO – if there’s nothing wrong. First thoughts would be to check for a wet/ dirty diaper, ask if the baby is overly tired, and one that I experienced with my last baby  – check their fingers and toes for hairs.

Our last baby cried for ages, death screams. Just as we were about to take him to after hours care the 2nd day of crying, DH happened to notice that he had several of my hairs around 2 of his toes! It was bad, they were so tight, we could hardly get scissors in to clip them. They had dug into his toes, cutting deep into the skin.

I felt horrible! My hair was longer at the time, and I had play time with him – he would be lying on his back on the floor, and I would lean over his face with mine – laughing and smiling together. Apparently, he kicked his feet up while my hair was hanging down, and it got all twisted.

But back to the point – little babies shouldn’t cry much IMO. If they do, something is wrong.

Our dear one seems fine at times, then appears to be dying at others. The doctor said reflux during they day, but feels his night time fussing is colic. Well, a drs. opinion isn’t the end for me, I keep searching for answers until I find one that I know is right.

Sure, the Zantac he gave me would fix a symptom for a short while, but it wouldn’t fix the problem. Thus, my diet went to basically eating bread and water. Even if I’d eat cereal, or toast, he’d scream hours later – until I realized the cinnamon was a common ingredient, so I’m trying to exclude it for a while.

The other day, a FB friend, Melissa, commented that maybe this isn’t reflux, but another issue that I had never heard about. Overactive letdown, or oversupply of milk are just a couple of the names of this condition which I had never heard of before.

The more I’ve read, the more I’m hoping this IS what I have. The symptoms match reflux very closely – and I can say that with each of my children I’ve had way more milk at times than needed.

With my first, even after nursing I would be full, so I began pumping. One day while pumping, I didn’t really pay attention to what I was doing, but pumped until I felt relief. Imagine my shock when the bottle was FULL – and this was an 8 to 10 ounce bottle – on only 1 side!

Nursing with him was frustrating, because I’d either have way too much milk, or would dry up and have nothing. When my supply would get back to normal, he’d empty both sides, but then a few days later I would be overfull again due to him emptying me each feeding. Ughh… endless cycle.

Some symptoms of this are leaking, over abundance of milk, baby choking or gagging during letdown, spraying. The gas and tummy pains are due to the baby only getting foremilk. Think about it, you have tons of milk – like 8 ounces a side for a 2 to 4 ounce feeding.

After 10 or so minutes you switch sides. This means the baby is only getting foremilk on each side, not the fat content of the hindmilk. Well, with this condition, the baby’s tummy can’t handle the lactose/ sugars from all the foremilk – there’s no fat to balance it out – so their stomachs become irriated.

One remedy is block feeding, which is something I have begun the past few days since Melissa brought this to my attention. I nurse the baby on one side for a 2 to 3 hour period. This doesn’t mean continuously, but each time he wants to nurse during that time, I allow him to do so – but on that ONE side.

After that initial letdown, the flow slows down for the baby. This helps them eat without gulping too much air = gas pains. Plus, after the first feeding, they will be getting ‘fatter’ milk – more calories which will satisfy their hunger more. In between times I give him a pacifier – this is when I can tell he’s full by his pulling off and fussing, but still wanting to nurse.

He has been doing better the past two days, so we’ll see how it works out. I added pizza into my menu today, scraping off most of the sauce and cheese though. He’s appeared to be fine from it so far – only a little gassy once.

But it’s been wonderful to be able to hold him or place him in his swing and him be content – not screaming! Believe me, this is extremely stressful on mom!

Oh, one last thought…. In my attempts to cut out trigger foods for reflux, I was so excited to find that my homemade granola recipe would be okay to eat. Let’s just say I’ve had a LOT of granola since the baby was born, only now I have to take out the peanut butter and chocolate chips – replacing them with dried cranberries.

In my state of hunger, this has been WONDERFUL, and I’ve been wolfing it down the past three days. Even with the block feeding, I’ve had lots of milk. Then last night I came across something – oats stimulate your milk supply! I had no idea! So, if any of you need to boost your milk – eat oatmeal or granola – it just might solve your problem (it’s made mine – LOL).

If any of you have any thoughts or comments here, I’d love to have you jump in and share with me and the other readers. I love that I’ve already learned so much (on my 4th baby!!) from some of you I’ve met online the past few months! Thank you for taking the time to share with me, and maybe some other mom can benefit from our discussions too.

“Little Mommy”

An online acquaintance, Diane, shared this link with me, and I must admit it’s pretty funny (and true)!!

Get a deep breath of air, cause you’ll be on the edge of your seat for the next couple minutes….

“The Mom Song – Funny”

Hope you had a wonderful day celebrating one of God’s greatest gifts – motherhood.

“Little Mommy”