not sure what to do

October 5, 2008

That is also the beauty of homeopathy. I remember seeing remedies for

coughing so much and for coughing so much as to spit up phlegm. (what a word

and what a spelling!! Who thought that up?)

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7, Christian (7/16/03 to 8/22/04), 2 and Isaac, 2/3/08

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Learn from the mistakes of others. Trust me... you can't live long enough

to make them all yourself.

October 5, 2008

I feel that if your child is well nourished, which sounds like it

because he is breastfed, he will do fine, if he gets pertussis. I

think that the flu, and all these stuff they are vaxing for is not

really a big deal anyway, the more I learn about them.

>

> Hi all,

> I just had my 3rd child, after 13 years. When my first was born,

I

> did all the research and it was easy to decide against vaccination.

> (Back them they had live polio vacc, and the now banned DTP).

> I've recently read Dr Sears' Vaccine Book, and " How to Raise

Vaccine

> Free Child " by Lydall.

> I'm primarily concerned about Pertussis. Its such a horrible

> disease, especially for little babies, who are most susceptible to

> complications from it. I felt Lydalls book didn't answer my

q's

> about pertussis. Her child had it at an older age, but what about

when

> a baby gets it?

> So I'm afraid of pertussis, but then again, I don't want to

inject

> my newborn with formaldehyde, aluminum, etc. Its such an odds game.

You

> either gamble on side effects or the disease.

> We lost our firstborn to a fatal heart defect, something we had

a 1%

> chance of having, so I am familiar with being in the minority odds-

> wise. I just want to do the best thing for my little one.

> By the way, he is exclusively breastfed, and will never go to

> daycare, so I'm aware that decreases his odds of coming down with

one

> of these diseases.

>

October 5, 2008

Yes, it sounds like they will be fine!!! :0)))))

On Oct 5, 2008, at 6:48 PM, karen speed wrote:

>

> I'm not quite sure what your question is? I just posted about this

> a few days ago, because two of my children, ages 2 years, and ages

> 3 months, just contracted pertussis. I was quite concerned about

> it, and was feeling guilty and unsure of my decision not to vaccinate.

> Yes, it's awful...they were coughing quite a bit, to the point of

> gagging and spitting up phlegm.

> They are on day 5 of antibiotics now, and my 2 year old seems to

> be getting better.

>

> Had I known sooner, we would have started antibiotics sooner, but

> the first trip to the doctor confirmed allergies, and he sent us

> home with cough syrup, and an allergy medication called aerius,

> which of course, did not help. But, the baby started coughing last

> weekend, so I took them back again.

>

> The baby is still coughing quite harshly every hour or so, but she

> is in good spirits and has had no trouble breathing.

>

> My 2yo is still breastfeeding, and my baby is exclusively

> breastfeeding, so I'm positive that they will get well soon.

>

> +4

> ( 10, Quinn 5, Jezek 2 and 1/2, Briar 3 months)

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December 7, 2008

"To be nobody-but-myself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make me everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting." -e.e. cummings-

-- Not sure what to do

I'm wondering, first of all, is are fibromyalgia and lupus mutually exclusive...you can't have both? I know they are commonly misdiagnosed as each other.

No you can indeed have them both...I do. Secondly, is this description of the condition fairly accurate? I understand that there are varying degrees of pain, etc., but is it a manageable condition, like they say?

You know each person is different and your Grandmother is elderly so that does play a part. As for me Lupus has damaged my heart,kidneys and made it so my body does not absorb calcium properly therefore resulting in degenerative disease in my back,neck,hips, just about every joint in my body.I have also had a massive hemorrhagic aneurysm in my brain also.Of course, if there's any other information I should know, please let me know either by posting or by email.Also, we went to her gastroenterologist a couple of days ago, and he feels my thoughts about gastroparesis are likely right. He hasn't said conclusively, he's got her scheduled for a scope test next week, but he did prescribe erythromycin for her, and it seems to be helping.I'm hoping that the medicine will continue to help, because since she's been on it, she hasn't been nauseated but a little bit. If it will just help with the constipation, I'll be tickled. She's only been on it for 3 days, so I'm guessing it hasn't had quite enough time.Any information you can share on any of this would be appreciated.

Actually I woulld contact the American Lupus Foundation. They have all kinds of info readily available.

Cheers, Mare In Oklahoma

December 20, 2010

Hi there:

Our son is 7 months old and has " moderate " braciocephaly coupled with a very

large (96th percentile) head. We have tried every manner of repositioning and

have only noticed slight improvement. Both our pediatrician and a specialist we

consulted said it would improve on its own and to do nothing. We went to

Cranial Technology and they of course said we needed to band him. We are scared

to take a chance and do nothing and we are scared to put our son through

something that may be unnecessary. It is such a difficult decision and the

window of opportunity is closing and we wanted to hear how others have navigated

this dilemma. Why are these very esteemed doctors so opposed to intervention?

Is there anyone who chose not to intervene and had a positive outcome? Any

feedback would be helpful.

Thanks,

K & T

December 20, 2010

The doctors make no money in banding so they don't really care if you do it or not.I think it's rare a pediatrician will advise a band even if the child's head looks like it has the mumps sadly.There is nothing your child will go "through" if he gets a helmet. It's not a torture device, he will not be made fun of by then other 7 month olds, sleeping isn't uncomfortable, it is not painful (many children find it comforting and many parents find it protects their heads from nasty bumps). After awhile you don't notice it at all. Any guilt of "looks" is on the parent, a baby doesn't know nor care. The baby will probably care in the future though when it is permanently deformed. You are normalizing their head from a deformity, not changing it for the worse or due to vanity. Everyone deserves to have

some normalcy in their life if they are able to do so.I waited over a year with the reassurance it would figure itself out from her dr. It didn't. They then made me get my script through a cranial nuero surgeon which took 3 months and then another month to get the helmet fitted/appointments etc. And then I think it was a month before it actually fitted or even longer. The longer you wait the less likely it will help as the bones fuse shut.7 months is the prime shaping time. You can see how my waiting and all the hoops I had to jump through (no one was beligerant or anything just how their process worked) can take time. Also at 17 months+ it can be very hard to convince someone to band at that point even though I think it can help very much. Maybe it's because they don't see it as a shot or a pill or surgery therefore they don't put much value in it? This method of treatment has been around since people. It use to be really

cool to shape your kids heads into cone heads back in the very olden days :PFrom: kiki3g <katemarinos@...>Plagiocephaly Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 6:03:55 PMSubject: not sure what to do

Hi there:

Our son is 7 months old and has "moderate" braciocephaly coupled with a very large (96th percentile) head. We have tried every manner of repositioning and have only noticed slight improvement. Both our pediatrician and a specialist we consulted said it would improve on its own and to do nothing. We went to Cranial Technology and they of course said we needed to band him. We are scared to take a chance and do nothing and we are scared to put our son through something that may be unnecessary. It is such a difficult decision and the window of opportunity is closing and we wanted to hear how others have navigated this dilemma. Why are these very esteemed doctors so opposed to intervention? Is there anyone who chose not to intervene and had a positive outcome? Any feedback would be helpful.

Thanks,

K & T

December 20, 2010

Hi K & T,

Sounds like my daughter :-) She started at 96%, and wore a starband. She has a

giant head. At birth it was 50th, but by 6 mo went to 95+. It was even a concern

for hydrocephalus, but luckily it was a non-issue. However all that growth when

she was not mobile caused the brachy. She did great in a band and I would

definitely recommend it. She is 5 yrs now and has had very little improvement

post-band. I'm sure I would be very upset about her head if we hadn't banded.

You can see her photos in the photo section under Our Plagio Babies S/Sydney M.

It really made a big difference for us. At 7 mo you still have time, but I would

not advise waiting. We started at 5 mo, and that is when we saw the quickest

change.

If you don't band you may see some rounding, but the problem is the extra width

will also increase. 4 months after graduating we took my daughter for a follow

up and the growth was all over. While in the band her width stayed the same, and

all the growth went toward improving her head shape.

-christine

sydney, 5 yrs, starband grad

>

> Hi there:

> Our son is 7 months old and has " moderate " braciocephaly coupled with a very