The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY, Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Outside my window…
it's overcast this morning, but still very nice & much much nicer than the 90 degree & above temps we could easily be having this time of year

I am thinking…
about how much laundry I have for today & how much house cleaning I need to get done so I can have a "fun day" this week

I am thankful for…
my health & my family's health, my son that I was told I would never have--he is a blessing that I can't even explain in words

From the learning rooms…
still doing daily Bible study with little J & the "your baby can read" program

From the kitchen…
what to make for dinner tonight? chicken or fish? or hot dogs? we got some new turkey hot dogs recently & we LOVE them--great ingredients too

I am wearing…
a navy blue tank top & denim shorts--I never bother to dress up at all on laundry day cuz I rarely leave the house on laundry day

I am creating…
this blog post at the moment, later on I am going to work on little J's baby book & print out all the blogs that pertain to him & put them into a binder & store it away so he can see it when he's older

I am going…
to spend my day doing laundry.

I am reading…
my Bible, every day, we are in 1 Corinthians at church, so that's usually where I read these days; also reading "knockout" by Suzanne Somers, very good read; hope to finish off "educating the wholehearted child" soon & then also pick up Francine Rivers new novel.

I am hoping…
to take little J to a small "zoo" they have in San Dimas soon & to get a new wading pool for our yard for him to play in & to find time to take him to the community pool soon

I am hearing…
little J playing with his toys--he is truly all boy & plays very rough & loud, LOL

Around the house…
little J is now into absolutely everything, it's a bit of a struggle to stay on top of him constantly....hubby says he didn't have this problem with the other 2, but I pointed out that they had their own bedrooms & played in their rooms, while little J doesn't have a bedroom (still with us, we need a bigger house) & plays in the living room, dining room, & kitchen.

Some of my favorite things…
reading, playing with little J, playing guitar

A few plans for the rest of the week:
clean house, take little J to a "zoo", visit hubby's new job


I am praying…
for hubby, for wisdom in raising little J, for my stepkids salvation, for our legal battles, for emotional healing & wellness for hubby's ex wife, for friends & extended family & my own health

The Simple Woman's Daybook

FOR TODAY, Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Outside my window…
it's beautiful....after a little over a week of a heatwave it's cool enough again to turn off the a/c & open the windows & enjoy the fresh air & breeze

I am thinking…
about how I'm spending my week--laundry all day today, tomorrow going to visit a friend, the next day at a doctor's appointment, & the next day grocery shopping probably. On Saturday we are going to a car show in Pasadena.

I am thankful for…
how blessed we are, that I am able to stay home & raise my son & not leave him to someone else to raise.

From the learning rooms…
well my little dude is only 15 months, but we work on reading & Bible study mostly....and on speaking, he is almost saying "thank you Jesus"

From the kitchen…
made chicken curry last night & no one (not even myself) liked it.....planning to make ravioli for stepson's lunch & fish & potatoes & salad for dinner tonight.

I am wearing…
a heather gray tank top & denim shorts

I am creating…
this blog post at the moment, will be working on praise & worship on the guitar soon though.

I am going…
to spend my day doing laundry.

I am reading…
my Bible, DAILY, I've been working on reaching this goal for about a year now & I have finally made it there. I am also reading Knockout by Suzanne Somers. But I'm craving a good novel too.........Francine Rivers has a new one out that I can't wait to get my hands on!

I am hoping…
to find time this week to take little J to the pool. He looooves to play in the water & I have fun too, even though I don't know how to swim.

I am hearing…
the breeze blowing outside & the birds chirping & oh is it precious. I LOOOOOVE how peaceful & quiet the morning is, that's what makes me a morning person, it's just so beautiful.

Around the house…
I spent all last week cleaning, cleaning, & cleaning. After hubby was here for a whole month my schedule got really wacky & I wasn't cleaning like I usually do, but his first week back to work & I had the house right back in order.

Some of my favorite things…
books, guitar, playing with little J

A few plans for the rest of the week:
tomorrow going to visit a friend & her new baby, Thursday have a doc appointment, Friday most likely grocery shopping, & Saturday going to a car show.


I am praying…
for hubby's business idea, for wisdom to raise little J in the way of the Lord, for my stepkids salvation, for our legal battles, my health, my mother's health, 2 good friends--for health, finances, & marriage, for my friend's mom's health, & hubby's co-worker's mom's health.

15 month updates

So little J is 15 months old today. Time is flying FAST is all I can say. I feel like before I know it he will be turning 2!!!

He now weighs 26.0 lbs (50-75%), is 31" tall (25-50%), & has a head circumference of 19.5" (>95%). Basically he gained one pound in the last month & his head circumference & height have stayed the same. The only percentile change is for his height, but I'm sure he'll catch another growth spurt at some point, I'm not worried about it.

Not much has changed, still eats 3-4 times a day, still eating basically the same foods & drinking the goat milk & goat kefir & diluted juice. I'm still putting veggies in his fruit juice & fruit & veggies in his kefir. He doesn't mind at all.

As far as the natural treatment for asthma, we have finished the 4 month supply of transfer factor. But I am still giving him beta glucan, vitamin D3, folic acid, & vitamin B12 daily. I REALLY love the beta glucan--neither me nor little J have been sick at all since we started taking that. I am pleased that he is such a healthy boy. I know good nutrition has a lot to do with it, but it's still not EVERYTHING in that aspect.

He has been slowly moving out of his size 18 month clothes, he's still in some of them, but some of them (like pjs & shirts) no longer fit. I haven't bought any winter clothes yet because I don't know what size he'll be when it gets cold. I'm just waiting. But we have plenty of pants in both 18 month & 24 month sizes, so we should at least have shirts (just short sleeved though) & pants & we have a couple of jackets. We can always get more when the weather finally changes & by then it may be on the clearance rack even. All the more reason to wait! I did recently buy him new socks because his were way too small now.

He now knows how to walk backwards & to run & to climb up on the couch (I taught him how to get down from the couch a while back because I knew the day was coming when he would learn to get up there & then he wouldn't know how to get down & he might fall & hurt himself). And he LOVES to play in water!

He is trying really hard to talk. He still says "Gizzy" (for our chihuahua named Gizmo). We often say "thank you Jesus" & he tries to repeat it. We can hear it when he repeats us, but I don't think it's clear enough yet for others to "really" hear it. But he's definitely working on it. I am sure there are other things he is trying to say, but I'm just not making them out yet. He has a lot of gestures that he uses now, which is VERY helpful. He appears to be very observant & a quick learner.

I do believe the so called "terrible twos" are upon us. It's a little early, but hopefully that means it will end earlier as well. He always has his own agenda & if someone causes any interruption of that he will arch his back & scream & kick. He also likes to shove you away if you're interrupting him. He has always had this incredible independent streak. Like when he was first learning to pull himself up to standing--he wouldn't let anyone help him up, he had to do it on his own. He will shove you away if you try to help. And it's a very rude attitudey shoving. He's like that with a lot of things. And he's still like that now, but we are now working on breaking him of it in some areas. For example, life would be much easier if he would walk around when we're out, but he refuses to hold onto our hands. So we are forcing him to learn to walk while holding one of our hands. He doesn't like it & screams & fights us, but we're still working on it. I'm sure at some point he will realize there is no other option & he will give in.

He is still full speed ahead with TONS of energy constantly. Although he is starting to take some time out here & there throughout the day to sit quietly & look at his books, which I really am pleased to see him doing. He knows how to hold them & how to flip the pages. And in the evening when he starts to get sleepy he is getting very cuddly, which I absolutely love.

I am so looking forward to being able to start teaching him things, like reading & math & Bible, etc. And I am also looking forward to being able to take him to the zoo & amusement parks, etc--I know I CAN right now, but for him to be old enough to REALLY enjoy it. But of course I do always focus on enjoying EVERY stage. I am actually enjoying this stage, even though some days are exhausting & hard with the terrible twos.

That's all the updates I have for now..........until next month.

Whooping Cough

The government is declaring an epidemic in the state of California for an increase in cases of whooping cough.

My first thought is of how they declared the swine flu epidemic last year.

I see that they try to create a panic. The attempts to control the public & get them to do what they want (vaccinate) they use fear to do so. If they scare the people enough the people will give in & accept just about anything. (I am reminded of the whole 911 issue in regards to this, but I don't want to get that far off topic)

I would bet some serious money that there is another reason behind them pushing the whooping cough deal. They have an excess of vaccine sitting around or some other reason like that.

Now there are more cases than usual of whooping cough in the state of California, but of the 900 & something cases there have only been 5 deaths. And those deaths were all in children less than 3 months old.

As a nurse I know that whooping cough is most dangerous for those less than 3 months old & it's still somewhat of a risk for anyone less than 1 year old. My first thought is that no vaccine is ever going to protect a child less than 3 months old. The whooping cough has a series of 3 or 4 vaccines (it varies depending on which schedule you're following). Full immunity is not achieved until all of those shots are given, which certainly isn't going to be at less than 3 months of age. Sure you can argue that even if your kid doesn't DIE it can still get sick. But I have to scratch my head & wonder about everyone acting like getting sick is such a bad thing. I was sick as a kid, many times as I recall. It's a normal part of life & helps build the immune system. It's the way God designed it. There's nothing abnormal or wrong about getting sick. And we are way too rushed in this day & age & country--and I very strongly dislike this attitude I see of not having time to deal with sickness, especially for a parent to not have time to deal with a sick child. That's just totally ridiculous to me.

I know that in the Mexican culture (at least in the old days) you weren't supposed to take a baby out of a house until it was at least 3 months old. This may sound silly & it may be hard to do in this day & age & country, but it really is good advice. By keeping the baby at home you decrease all the germs it will be exposed to out in public, etc during the early days when it's immune system is weakest. I know there's the other side of the fence that likes to argue that exposing the child to germs builds the immune system. And I do agree, up to a point. Being exposed to germs DOES build up the immune system, but I don't think it's a good idea to just let them be exposed to absolutely everything under the sun. There are some really deadly man-made germs out there these days. I personally was not able to keep little J at home at all when he was brand new. Life was just too busy & I had to go grocery shopping & banking & other errands, etc & of course there was church. He's been in a church nursery since he was 6 days old!

And my second thought in regards to the whooping cough issue is this: the vast majority of adults are no longer immune to whooping cough. You must get a booster shot every 10 years to maintain immunity. So I have to wonder, & I am quite irritated about, the govt pointing the finger at unvaccinated kids spreading whooping cough when all these adults are perfectly capable of spreading it to all kids that are unvaccinated & also those too young to have completed their vaccine series.

I am sure there will be some who think I only feel this way because little J is already over a year old & out of the supposed danger zone. But I can assure you that is not the case at all.

I did stop to consider what I would do if little J was a newborn RIGHT NOW with this going on. Would I change my mind & get him vaccinated? But no, I wouldn't. To me our biggest risk is the nursery at church. When we were at our last church little J got sick from there twice I think. Of course the system there was not very good in retrospect. You weren't allowed to take children into the sanctuary & the so-called "family friendly" overflow building asked us to take him to the nursery the one time we went there with him. And no one at the nursery ever spoke up if an obviously sick kid came through, especially if it was a pastor's kid, etc.

Here at our new church they turn away obviously sick kids & kids are welcome in the sanctuary (though they do ask you to sit in the back & they have seats reserved in the back for parents with kids). While little J had the chicken pox we left him at home with big sister for 3 weeks because he was contagious, but once all his scabs were off we went back, he was no longer contagious. They have a pager system here & not even 5 minutes after we dropped him off they were paging us. We went back & they had him in a quarantine room (with one of the nursery workers holding him, he was totally calm & fine about it, they didn't do it in a way that scared him) & they wanted to know what all the spots on him were. They said they couldn't have him with the other kids until they knew what they were dealing with. Once we explained that he had just had the chicken pox they were totally fine, but we were glad to see how thorough they are.

Anyways, back to the point. When little J was a newborn the whole swine flu thing was going on. I did take him to the nursery (at our old church even), which was a risk, I just prayed over him each time & when I went out in public, like grocery shopping, he was in his car seat & I would put a thick blanket over it to try to keep any germs flying through the air away from him, since flu is airborn transmission (so is whoopping cough). I know that the germ particles are small enough to pass through a blanket, but at least it's one extra layer of protection, better than having nothing there at all.

That's my ranting for now, I just wanted to share my thoughts (& possibly give an alternate way of looking at the govt's doings) on the whole whooping cough issue that's going on.

Beauty

I recently attended a seminar at my church titled "Redefining Beauty". They kept on advertising it & I knew I needed to go. When hubby offered to watch little J so I could go I jumped on the offer.

You see, this is an area I have struggled with my whole life. Since I was a young child I knew I wanted to grow up & have a perfect, beautiful body. I am by nature a perfectionist, so I am sure this only adds to the issue. I remember as a child seeing the Barbizon TV commercials & they would say "train to be a model or just look like one" I knew I didn't want to BE one, but I sure did want to LOOK like one.

I have heard over & over that if you have a daughter you need to be at peace with yourself physically or else you pass those issues on to your daughter. Even if you think you are hiding it from her you really aren't. My entire life I watched my mother (& also older sister) be on an endless stream of fad diets. They were never happy or satisfied with themselves. I am quite sure this did affect me. I can remember my sister telling me to just wait til I was a teenager, that I would be fat & ugly too. This was actually a big fear for me for a lot of years.

I was lucky enough to have a great metabolism & my weight was never much of an issue up until my late 20s. I used to eat & eat & eat all I wanted, whatever I wanted, & I never gained weight. In my late 20s I could still eat more than other people I knew, but I did have to start watching my portions somewhat.

At the age of 19 I started working out & became addicted & have remained that way ever since. But I never started working out in relation to weight or physical appearance. I remember looking at my paternal grandfather. He was the youngest in his family. In his older age all his family & most of his friends had died, he was all alone. I myself am the youngest in my family. It occurred to me that this could end up happening to me also. So I wanted to ensure that I could remain healthy, strong, & independent, into my old age. Even if I don't make it to old age, I want to be healthy & independent for as long as I am here on this earth. That was my motivation for working out.

Of course a few months into my working out I began to notice some drastic changes in my body that I absolutely loved. I also loved the feeling I get after I workout, that rush & extra energy. I ended up totally addicted (& still am) because of all this.

I have never had an eating disorder, thank God. I know a lot of women do in a quest to have a perfect body.

I am sure this desire to perfect & more beautiful than we are doesn't affect ALL women, but I know it affects a lot. I am certainly not alone, even though it's something that people don't like to talk about.

So what did I learn at this seminar? They pointed out that this quest for beauty & improving ourselves has been going on for centuries. They talked about all sorts of old practices--foot binding (to have little dainty feet), putting shards of glass in the eyes (to have sparkly eyes), putting belladonna drops in the eye (to have a doe-eyed look), slathering on makeup that is loaded with lead & other bad ingredients, etc, etc has been going on forever, all with very serious risks. And through all of this women are willing to suffer those risks in the attempt to be more beautiful & perfect.

What amazes me is that I can clearly see this from both sides. I can see how totally insane it was (& still is--plastic surgery & the makeup of today isn't much different). However, being a woman, I can also see it from the perspective of women & how important it is to be perfect & more beautiful.

They talked about how if Barbie was a real person she would be 5'9" & have a BMI of 16.24. She would have a 39" bust, a 18" waist, 33" thighs, & wear a size 3 shoe. Yet this is what little girls play with & see as what they should grow up to look like. Not to mention all the models & actresses we see constantly & everywhere.

In all honesty I can look in the mirror & be totally thrilled with how I look & then see a model in a magazine or an actress on TV & suddenly feel like the ugliest girl in the world & as fat as a cow. I know it sounds insane, but it's true & once again I know I am not alone in this.

The seminar taught us that Satan is the father of lies & has been at the center of doing this to women. Take the thought "I could be beautiful if -----" & fill in the blank & whatever it is is a lie. God has already created us beautiful.

Now that isn't to say to let yourself go completely & not care. We do need to take of ourselves & do the best we can with what we have. It is important to keep in mind that men are visual creatures & we do want to make our husband's happy. (taking care of myself also makes ME happy, but I know this isn't necessarily the case for ALL women)

But the quest for perfection can be pride-inducing & attention-getting. This is not what God wanted. And we should remain modest. When we dress we must ask ourselves if our look says "pure" or "lure" (as in man-bait)? If we dress immodestly & cause a man to sin because of it we will be held accountable for that.

The bottom line is to focus on spiritual beauty more than physical beauty.

14 month updates

So little J turned 14 months old yesterday. He is now 25 lbs (50-75%), is 31" tall (50-75%), & had a head circumference of 19.5" (>95%).

He is walking really well now, rarely crawls at all these days. He is also starting to learn how to run.

He still loves to eat grains, but we have gotten him to eat some meat & eggs as well finally. We have discovered that a big part of it is that he likes his food to be very flavorful. So as long as we do that he will eat almost anything. He still basically eats 3 meals each day, although occasionally there's a 4th meal, some days he's just a little extra hungry I guess. He is completely on his own with the sippy cups now. He still drinks goat milk with his breakfast & dinner. He has goat milk kefir with lunch. And he always has water available (he drinks a lot of water), & I usually give him one sippy of diluted juice each day, which he loves.

He still takes a 2 hour nap in the afternoon & a shorter morning nap, although some days he skips his morning nap completely. And he still sleeps through the night each night.

He has all 8 incisors (4 top & 4 bottom), & now has 3 of his first molars coming in. So he's chewing quite well. He just needs the cuspids (eye teeth), & the second molars.

A few months ago I started some natural asthma treatments for little J. He was showing some signs of asthma & I had also read that kids with pumpkin allergies (which he has) are very likely to have asthma. So I had started doing some research, I decided I would rather treat him (naturally) for it & not have needed to than to have needed to & not have done it. So I first found in my research that high doses of vitamin B12 & transfer factor are good (transfer factor is from colostrum, it's the beneficial immune building part of colostrum--it's great to have it in this form if you can't tolerate dairy, I've never seen goat colostrum, only cow, which little J can't tolerate, so this was a really good option for us. Next I found that vitamin D3 is also good for this. Then I consulted with Doug Kaufmann, the fungus guy. He had us do a mold test in our home to rule out fungus being the asthma trigger. The test came up clean, so he presumed it was probably pollen type allergies triggering it. For this he recommended local honey. So I did a little looking around & found a source of local honey (& boy is it good tasting honey!!). He also recommended giving him beta glucan, which I personally already take. Each source I read said to do this for a couple of months. So I decided to do all of these together for 4 months. We are more than halfway through & he hasn't shown ANY signs of asthma now for well over a month, with the exception of last week when we went to the pool. But we aren't sure if he was playing around making that sound or it was really an asthma attack. I plan to finish out the 4 month plan of this & continue to monitor him.

I do recall that I had a breathing problem that I couldn't control when I was a kid. I remember my mom would get mad at me & insist that I stop doing it, but I couldn't control it at all. I now wonder if it was asthma (or possibly something else that maybe is also what little J has). If that is the case then mine went away as I got older & I would expect that little J will do the same.

That's all the updates I can think of for now..........

Very cool blog post I'm sharing

I don't even know the person who wrote this, but a friend of mine on Facebook posted a link to it & I was really touched & inspired by it & wanted to pass it along as well. I suppose the fact that I am a nurse helps me to understand this mother's point of view.

http://www.jumbleofjill.com/2010/05/great-post-from-fellow-twin-mom.html

(the "insert link" button is not working for me........I guess you have to copy & paste this into your URL bar at the top of your page, sorry for the hassle......)

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. :)

"Your Baby Can Read" update #5

Well little J has officially finished this program, he actually did a couple of days prior to his birthday. Now he is supposed to randomly view the videos daily & we are supposed to be reading books, lots of books.

The problem is that little J is bored to death with the videos. He doesn't want to watch them anymore. I was starting to have this problem earlier on. I moved to the last two DVDs a little early because he was bored with the previous ones. I also had changed his viewing schedule to once a day instead of twice a day & that helped a lot too.

He also will not sit & read a book with me. He likes to look at his books & flip the pages & look at them, but he won't sit with me & do it like that, at least not yet.

So I feel like we're a little stuck for now.

In the morning while I workout & shower I have changed up his viewing schedule & it's working well. I record two shows on TV for him (auto b. good & cherub's wings). So here's an example of how his weekly viewing goes. Monday: auto b. good Tuesday: cherub's wings Wednesday: Your Baby Can Read Thursday: Spanish Your Baby Can Read Friday: Veggie Tales Saturday: Spanish Veggie Tales Sunday: Your Baby Can Read

Decreasing how many days per week that he views the Your Baby Can Read DVDs does increase his interest in them. And he still loves the flashcards.

Last Saturday we took part in a research study on children that have done the Your Baby Can Read program. Two psychologists came to our home & did various testing on little J & I filled out lots of questionnaires. They also had an IQ test, but I was hating it (the way it was being done anyways) & made hubby take it instead. He was a great sport & did it. They really don't tell us anything, just that they are collecting data for research. We have no idea how he did by their standards. A lot of the testing they were doing I didn't get to see because I was filling out so many questionnaires. I did, however, see them holding up 2 flashcards & saying one of those words & he had to choose one. At first he was carefully looking at both of them & most of the time choosing the right word (I was amazed at this!), but then he quickly lost his attention span & was just quickly grabbing stuff without taking a good look. I was encouraged by that, though, & plan to continue doing that with the 2 flashcards in the future. They did seem impressed that he knows his name so well & that he will engage in activity with people & follow commands.

That's all the updates I can think of at the moment.......

13 months updates

So little J is now 13 months. It seems like there was so much excitement over hitting the 12th month, so much momentum leading up to that point & now that has faded--13 months doesn't seem so exciting really. But of course I always make an effort to enjoy every stage, so it's not that I'm not happy about it, it just doesn't feel like as big of a deal as all the past months did.

He gained a pound over the last month, now weighing in at 24.4 lbs, which puts him in the 50-75% for his age. But his height is still 30", putting him in the 25-50% for his age, & his head circumference is still 19", putting him in the 75-90% for his age. He appears to still have a big brain, but he's getting short, LOL. His height hasn't changed since he turned 10 months & his head circumference hasn't changed since he turned 11 months. He definitely has a long torso & short legs. Daddy & I both have long torsos, but average length legs, so hopefully his legs will catch up at some point, haha!

He is walking really well now, probably about 90% of the time. He's also getting better with the sippy cup, but I still help him with it during his mealtime. I will help him with his milk, kefir, & water (he drinks A LOT of water, just like mom!), but I also always leave a sippy of juice available just like the water & I refuse to help him with that one. He likes juice so much that he works hard to drink it & this is really helping to teach him how to use the sippy cup by himself. I also always leave a sippy cup of water in his crib overnight. He's not so cranky in the morning now. He almost always drinks from it somewhere during the night &/or in the morning when he first wakes up. I'm getting a little more sleep because of this, which is a good thing. He still wakes up early, but since he can drink the water if he's thirsty he's not gonna cry about being thirsty & he will play quietly in his crib until I wake up most days now. And I usually wake up at 6 or 7 on my own. 7:15 has been the latest I've slept til since he's been quiet & that was only one day that that happened.

He usually still takes his morning nap, but it's usually a short one. And he always still takes a 2 hour afternoon nap, sometimes from 1-3, but more often now it's 2-4 & sometimes even 3-5. Yesterday it was actually 4-6!! He still tries really hard to stay awake until daddy gets home from work which I think is so cute. He normally goes to bed for the night somewhere between 6-8 pm, but yesterday after such a late nap he stayed up til 10 pm!!

He's still wearing mostly size 18 month clothes, although he is wearing "some" of his 24 month clothes, but they are a tad large on him. He has a lot of summer clothes in size 24 month so I pulled them out to make sure they get used, even if they are a tad large. I would hate to wait for him to move to that size after the warm weather has passed & they never got used.

As for upcoming milestones: I guess there's talking & using things like a spoon & fork. I'm sure there's many other smaller ones, but those are the big ones that come to mind. I am very insistent on not forcing him to do any milestones. Based on what I've seen so far he will do it when he's ready whether I show him how or not. And yeah, I keep reminding myself that if they HAD to be taught we'd have a whole bunch of people in society who had negligent parents (ie drug addicts that pay no attention to their kids--screaming or not--while they are getting high) who wouldn't know how to walk or use forks & spoons, etc. And of course you just don't see that sort of stuff, unless they have a developmental delay of course, that's a whole other situation.

I've seen some people who try to potty train at a really early age, like a year old & even younger. I see them getting so frustrated & the poor kid is frustrated (& probably going to end up with zero self esteem). If they don't even have the physical ability to do it it's just so pointless & harmful to be trying to force it IMO.

That's all I can think of for updates at the moment..........until next month.......

Frontline: The Vaccine War

I have no clue how many people who might be reading this would've watched this show. But I saw a posting about it on Facebook & set my DVR to record it.

I also saw some comments about it on Facebook where a lot of people were upset about it, saying it was pro-vaccine & didn't present the info fairly. I have to say that I don't agree with that at all.

I actually thought the info was presented very well & from every angle possible.

I am not anti-vaccine, I just want SAFE vaccines. And because I don't feel they are safe I am not vaccinating my son.

I can see & appreciate what the medical (pro-vaccine) side is doing. They want to protect against & eradicate these awful diseases. And they did accomplish this with smallpox. Had I lived prior to that I never would've thought it was possible, but they did it.

This show discussed the possibility of future outbreaks because more & more people are choosing to not vaccinate their kids. And they mentioned the fact that most parents right now didn't grow up with some of the diseases (ie measles, mumps, rubella, polio, whooping cough) & it makes it easier for them to dismiss the need of the vaccine, which I would have to say is true.

The problem I see is that the govt is sitting back & complaining about the people choosing to not vaccinate their kids. Yet they refuse to listen to the people, they refuse to work on making SAFE vaccines. They are just hard-headed, insisting that they are already "safe enough". The problem to me is that the govt has a god-complex. They only see the big picture & that what they are doing is so important for the good of the people that minor (to THEM) issues of a few kids being seriously injured or dying is not a big deal. They have their statistics (of the cases that are proven, most are not & so many cases aren't even counted in those statistics) & go on & on about how so few get injured or killed, blah blah blah. This is the whole problem to me, they simply don't care. When that kid that's hurt is YOUR KID it really is a big deal & that's what the govt is just not getting & it's simply because they don't care enough in my opinion.

I am 37, soon to be 38. Vaccines these days are VERY different from vaccines when I was a kid & I think a lot of people don't realize this. They differ a lot in how they are engineered. And they also differ in the fact that there are SO MANY MORE now than there used to be, I do think they are getting a bit carried away I have to say. And it also differs in how many a child receives at one time with each visit to the doctor--they get soooo many at a time now it's unreal.

That's all for now, just some ranting based on responses I saw from people to this show.

Maybe someday the govt will get it & find a way to make safer vaccines, & also stop getting so carried away about how many diseases to vaccinate for (I mean, seriously, the chicken pox does not need a vaccine), but I'm not holding my breath.