Re: katja and book and coughs oh my

June 30, 2004

I'm holding out for the 10th edition. Carla says it should be ready in a few

years. I'm quite anxious because she's using Liddy's birth story in one of the

sections (my Biddy Bug is going to be famous LOL). That reminds me I should

email her, I haven't talked to her in a looooong time, I haven't even told her

about our plans for our farm. That's so cool you have a farm Katja, you got my

dream before I did LOL. By the way how DO you prounounce your name? I was

thinking " Cat-ja " LOL.

(who's poor wee babe has a terrible wet-sounding cough if anyone has any

advice, her brother didn't even catch a cold till he was over 2 years old so I

have no experiance with a sick baby and sure don't want to get started on the

antibiotic thing ::rolls eyes:

wrote:

Message: 3

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:44:13 -0400

From: katja

Subject: Re: what i've learned about farming/buying land/homesteading/etc.

oh yes - i've been meaning to pick up the country encyclopedia - it's been

highly recommended.

do you still code, heidi? do you work from farm? (i do, just a little while

longer)

Mrs. Siemens

Helpmeet to , mommy to Zachary & Lydia

" For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto

salvation.... "

-Romans 1:16a-

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June 30, 2004

stay away from the antibiotics!!

sometimes it's hard to feel confident and sometimes you will want to give

in and see a " regular doctor " and just take his advice and put yourself on

autopilot and not have to think, but think you must.

remind me again how old she is? she's quite young, right? i'd brew

marshmallow tea, or pleurisy root tea for her, and you can just let her

slurp it from a spoon or give it to her in a dropper. calendula flower tea

would also be quite good - truly, i'm becomming more and more fond of

calendula by the day lately, and of course echinacea. there's no problem

with mixing any or all of these in equal parts to make a nice blend, and

they should all be fairly pleasant tasting. use the actual herbs if you can

buy them, instead of packaged teas. if you can find them, there's a pretty

decent product called " kids herbs " , which are tinctures made in glycerin. i

find them a bit sweet but generally kids will take them. get the echinacea

and the horehound and the cherrybark. while you're at it, you should drink

the herbal teas as well - both for the benefit to your system as well as

for passing it through the breast milk.

of course also, the number one thing is to let her rest. don't take her

out, don't let her get chilled, don't expose her to people - nothing that

will tax her immune system. try to keep the mood in the house gentle as

well. remember that when you're using herbs to heal, it might take a little

bit longer - pharmaceuticals make their way with the " quick fix " . however,

by letting her body fight it out now, you're building her a good strong

immune system for the future. give her plenty of time to heal!

-katja

(the closest accurate pronunciation for an american, i think, would be if

you rhyme it with " gotcha " )

At 03:05 PM 6/30/2004, you wrote:

>I'm holding out for the 10th edition. Carla says it should be ready in a

>few years. I'm quite anxious because she's using Liddy's birth story in

>one of the sections (my Biddy Bug is going to be famous LOL). That reminds

>me I should email her, I haven't talked to her in a looooong time, I

>haven't even told her about our plans for our farm. That's so cool you

>have a farm Katja, you got my dream before I did LOL. By the way how DO

>you prounounce your name? I was thinking " Cat-ja " LOL.

>

> (who's poor wee babe has a terrible wet-sounding cough if anyone

>has any advice, her brother didn't even catch a cold till he was over 2

>years old so I have no experiance with a sick baby and sure don't want to

>get started on the antibiotic thing ::rolls eyes:

>

> wrote:

>Message: 3

>Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:44:13 -0400

>From: katja

>Subject: Re: what i've learned about farming/buying land/homesteading/etc.

>

>oh yes - i've been meaning to pick up the country encyclopedia - it's been

>highly recommended.

>do you still code, heidi? do you work from farm? (i do, just a little while

>longer)

>

>Mrs. Siemens

>

>Helpmeet to , mommy to Zachary & Lydia

>

> " For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God

>unto salvation.... "

>-Romans 1:16a-

>

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>

June 30, 2004

Oh I'm staying away from the antibiotics you'd better believe it! In my mind

those are absolutly life and death last resort! I'll try to find a way out

tommorow to get some of said remedies. She is 3 months old. And her favorite

passtime is scarring the tar outta mamma! She's not coughing continuously

through the day like a normal cold, she'll get these bouts where she'll cough

and couch and cough (horrible wet in the chest type coughs) then suck in a huge

gulp of air and cough and cough and cough again. as the bout ends she'll cry and

cry like she's in pain. Once that's over she's fine for hours until the next

bout. She has no fever but does have a runny nose (and oddly enough lots of gas,

maybe from swallowing so much air) she'll have really mucusy saliva too, so she

has me a bit on edge, sounds almost like pertussis, of course that could be

motherhood-induced paranioa too or doctor-induced since we did not have her

vaccinated. Poor thing is teething too and with the heat....ug!

When it rains it pours!

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