since you mentioned vaccines i wanted to add we had our older daughter given
shots until she was 2. Then I learned that having them given imunizations
while being breastfed confuses their imune system, so I stopped having her
be given shots and refused to have our second daughter have any shots. As
long as they are nursing their imunities are developing quite efficiently on
their own. their imune systems aren't fully developed until they're 5 or 6.
it's actually better to wait until they're at that age before considering
whether or not to have the shots given.  My 4 1/2 year-ols still nurses at
night about twice a week and my 18 month-old still does quite frequently.
The longer they do it, the better it is for their imune systems to become
fully developed which will also help them throughout their entire life.
Their milk also changes from week to week, because their saliva sends
signals to the mother's brain so it knows what enzymes to produce in the
milk. Formula could never do that.
   I remember the one mom saying her one baby was extremely colicky and was
nursed. So was my older daughter. I read a book by Dr. Sears, The Fussy
Baby. He mentioned temperment having a lot to do with it. He also added that
taking prenatal vitamins will cause constipation for the infant because the
iron goes into the milk. He also mentioned cold medications and anything
else that has caffein. He also listed being on birth control pills because
of the hormones and also because it robs the mother and the milk, thus the
baby too, of vitamin C and a lot of other important nutrients.
   I learned the hard way. Maybe that will help answer some questions for
someone else. Sue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darlene Vanasco" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: Heads up on No Dairy


> My children were exclusively breastfed as well for the first 6 months,
starting some solids around that time...and extended nursing through 2
years. My son was reacting to the dairy in my diet...though being my
firstborn, well, sadly I feel like he was the one I "learned" on.
>
> Predisposition to an allergy from my experience is predisposition. My
daughter was nursed the same way, with me on the same diet (watching
carefully) and she never developed allergies like Ben did.
>
> It's guess work. It's not like broken bones. The autoimmune system is not
fully understood yet. Cancer, allergies, lupus--we have no cure, we just
don't know yet, we are still treating symptoms.
>
> I can tell you that I did not vaccinate my second born, because every
vaccine made my son's immune system worse and more compromised, noticibly.
>
>
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