Posts by xmasbaby7

I don't know if this helps much, but if you follow the few stories of healthy pregnant women dying from last season, they took antibiotics because of a bacterial infection as a result of the flu. It seems like combining antibiotics...

I agree that your situation isn't so black and white, just as everyone's isn't, really. If you breastfeed and feed your family really healthy foods and you get the sense that your kids have good immune systems, then I would probably...

It is well positioned in between Cambridge and downtown. If you are not vegan, the BEST pizza in the area is at Emma's. Super thin crust, really upscale ingredients. http://www.emmaspizza.com/menu/

I think everything feels so crazy those first six months of parenthood. I have come a long way from the complete terror I felt those first few wbv's, given that I don't even go to the doc for most of my child's illnesses now and don't do...

I, too, took my time in getting to a place where I felt solid in my choices. I had a hard time believing when I began my research that vaccines weren't a good thing. So then I settled on selectively vaccinating starting at 1, but by...

I am happy when anyone does research into the topic. That said, I suppose I do my best to hold back judgement when even a researched parent is still so plagued with fear and making all fear-based decisions (on either side of the...

The latest research shows that asthma is caused by the absence of certain beneficial bacterial strains, so risks of getting asthma get higher and higher with each round on antibiotics a child takes. It sounds like your kids might not...

Ideally the most scientifically minded person wouldn't be too lazy to look at primary resources on her own, too. I found those on the CDC website about the actual diseases to be extremely helpful in understanding what goals the vaccine...

Just to make sure we are on the same page, not every vaccine's efficacy is alike. The ones that I believe actually work best are the live vaccines for MMR and chickenpox, but I don't think it is in our family's interest to vaccinate for...

I am sorry this happened to you. I don't know what part of the country you are in, but hand, foot, and mouth, a summer peaking virus is all over New England. My child and I both got it. It came with really, really high fevers for...