Posts by amydep

Wow! You and your daughter have certainly been through a lot. We have not had anything like this happen, but I have read enough stories that it has helped convinced us to no longer allow our children to receive any vaxes either. I'm...

I agree with both pp. The first year you should always breastfeed first, and then do solids. So, if you are going to offer her a "solid" meal, breastfeed right before you do that meal. You don't eliminate a nursing session...

In my experience, it didn't hurt as bad the second time around. I think there were a couple of reasons for this. The first would be that I started with PureLan (lanolin) by Medela immediately the second time, whereas with my DS I...

Thanks! Gitti, that was the exact post I was looking for. I thought I had saved it to my favorites, but I couldn't find it. Thanks again!

I have seen it posted here several times about keeping sodium ascorbate on hand for illnesses - especially VPDs. (Mods, please leave this post here as I want the answers from those who currently are not vaxing.) I was at the health...

What a great hubby! Congrats on the new baby!!

There will be a lot of people who will disagree with me, but with my kids I started with one bottle a day early on. With DS I had to go back to work (I work 4 hours every morning) at 6 weeks PP, so we started with one bottle a day at 4...

I didn't read all of the replies so I apologize if I am repeating things others have already said, but wanted to let you know that it is NOT fun in the beginning. There really isn't anything fun about it at all! What got me through was...

If you are not vaxing, then you certainly don't need to go as often. It may be helpful to go once or twice during the first couple of years to check developmental milestones if you have any concerns in that area. But, other than that,...

The OP sure had a tough time at the health dept! We did not experience that. DH went to the health department, asked for the religious exemption, and they gave it to him. No questions asked. Which is the way it should be because they...