I'm a mother of three, five and under. I'm a wife to a perpetual student. (Seriously, just graduate already - I mean, "I support you, honey.") I'm a child to the only Father who can claim to be Perfect, and I study under Him daily in hopes of learning from the Best.
I believe in breastfeeding, natural childbirthing, cloth-diapering, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and attachment parenting.
Compared to the bottle-feeding, Pampers-wearing, crib-sleeping, day-caring world around me, I thought maybe that qualified me as a Natural Mommy.
The Pc vaccine protects a child against pneumococcal (Pc) disease, which ranges from mild cold symptoms and ear infections to severe pneumonia, bloodstream infections, and meningitis. The Pc vaccine is recommended by the AAP at 2, 4, 6, and 15 months. The vaccine came out in 2001. Pc is common – in the cold symptom [...]
Filed under: The Breastfeeding, The Vaccination Lessons on March 9th, 2008 | 36 Comments »
The HIB vaccine is recommended by the AAP (American Association of Pediatrics) to be administered at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and 15 months. It is used to treat Haemophilus Influenzae Type B (henceforth referred to as HIB – because I just can’t type that phrase more than once a day.) HIB is serious. [...]
Filed under: The Vaccination Lessons on February 13th, 2008 | 45 Comments »
I recently ordered Dr. Robert W. Sears book, The Vaccine Book. For anyone questioning whether to vaccine, which vaccine to choose, and why anyone would question vaccines, this book is for you. Each chapter covers a vaccine, most of which cover more than one disease. It is written in an everyday language, much like reading [...]
Filed under: The Vaccination Lessons on February 8th, 2008 | 16 Comments »
