Posts by prosciencemum

glowby - welcome to Mothering.com. Thanks for the contribution which I think will be very helpful for people new to this question.    I think my confusion stemmed from thinking that by calling the list "30 Scientific...

Oh that one felt good. Took one of the boxes of old kids clothes/shoes etc, and sorted into charity bin, give to pregnant friend, keep (one dress I need a bit of time to let go) and a couple of possible eBay lots. Ended with 2 tied bags...

Taxi - if I may politely suggest that an effective way to debate in a non combatative way my statement (which was based on skimming, but I admit not carefully reading the list of 30 studies which were posted) would be to say something...

Good point Rrrrrachel - I enjoy discussing with you Kathy and have missed your contributions.

I thought this was an interesting article, with the title:  "Wakefield-Driven Vaccine False Alarm Threatens Real Vaccine...

Quote:Originally Posted by Escaping To me mothering has almost nothing to do with how your child came out of you or whether or not they were vaccinated, and yet those seem to be the hottest topics for some reason. It's a great...

Escaping - it really can be a very emotional day when you go to get the shots for your kids. Who likes to let strangers near their baby with a sharp object. It's horrible to see them cry. And the look of betrayal. And no matter how...

Both my kids got MMR around 12 months (first shot) with no reaction. They might have been a bit grumpy and tired after, but nothing which concerned me. They both breast fed through the experience which I'm sure help (both with comfort...

Have you checked the statistical errors on the 1/100 (1%) they reported? It was quite a small study if I recall, so 1/50 (2%) could also be consistent with what they found... Only needs a statistical error of 1%.

Quote:Originally Posted by Jennyanydots Double post. But did anyone catch the very brief blurb on NPR about this ridiculous study? The media are eating this drivel up, unfortunately. I hope the voices of intelligent dissent will...