In a society where women can walk around half naked, and flaunt their bodies nursing mothers are made to feel dirty and ashamed.
In this society we can see celebrities half naked on the cover of magazines, but the women feeding her child on the park bench gets ridiculed. Why?
Is it because this society is so fixated on sex that using breasts for what they are meant to be used for has become unnatural? That Christina Aguelera(sp?) can pose nude on rolling stone with nothing more than a guitar and her hand covering her, but the mom nursing in the mall is indecent. What the hell is wrong with this picture?
Since when has nursing become so damn offensive? Since formula companies started saying that nursing was bad? Or since women are all about convenience as apposed to what benefits their child? Is that why breastfeeding is so uncommon, and so ridiculed?
Or is it a combination of that and the total downfall of society. We can see Lil' Kim get her boob fondled by Diana Ross on national television, but god forbid you see a mother's nipple while she tries to latch on her screaming, hungry baby.
Society needs to grow up and step up. Breastfeeding is like a double edged sword. You are told how important it is and then once you do it you have to deal with being told where and how to do it. What the hell is up with that?
I am so sick of the dirty looks and the snide remarks. I am sick of being looked at like an abuser for nursing my almost 11 month old. Society can kiss my ass. I wish more celebrities would stand up to the plate. Maggie Gyllenhal did, and thank god for her. I just wish more mainstream celebs would get on the breastfeeding bandwagon. We need the info out their.
So moms grab your babies and sit down on that bench and nurse. Do not let this back ass wards society make you feel dirty. You are doing what is best for your baby! Hand them that blanket, and tell them to cover if they do not like it!
December 7, 2007
December 6, 2007
Daughter
Those rosy cheeks and emerald eyes
bring a joy to me unknown before.
With each smile my heart melts.
Each laugh warms my soul.
Your tiny hands tug at my heartstrings
and your laugh dissolves my shell.
In this imperfect world you are a glimmer of perfection.
Your innocence is astounding, the love I feel is frightening.
To love so completely and selflessly is amazing.
I love you more than you will ever know.
bring a joy to me unknown before.
With each smile my heart melts.
Each laugh warms my soul.
Your tiny hands tug at my heartstrings
and your laugh dissolves my shell.
In this imperfect world you are a glimmer of perfection.
Your innocence is astounding, the love I feel is frightening.
To love so completely and selflessly is amazing.
I love you more than you will ever know.
November 19, 2007
What are you thankful for?
Even if you do not celebrate Thanksgiving, there are still things you are thankful for. I hope everyone takes time, especially this next week, to think of all the things that made you thankful this year.
I am thankful for many things. This year has been full of joy and hardships. It has been a crazy year and so much has happened since last Thanksgiving.
I am thankful for many things. This year has been full of joy and hardships. It has been a crazy year and so much has happened since last Thanksgiving.
- I am thankful for my inlaws, parents, and grandparents. They have been so helpful, loving and supportive.
- I am thankful for my husband, who is a great father and who has so much love for me.
- I am thankful for Becka, my beautiful 10 month old. I could not imagine life without her.
- I am thankful for having a great labor and delivery.
- I am greatful for dark chocolate and Blue Sky natural soda.
- I am thankful for Susan, my best friends mom, for hiring me at her health food store.
- I am thankful for holiday food and decor.
- I am thankful for cute little christmas dresses.
- I am thankful for the changing of the seasons and orange leaves.
- I am thankful for being alive and having a healthy family full of love!
- I am thankful that even though money is tight, we do everything we can to ensure the well being of our daughter!
So what are you thankful for this year?
November 14, 2007
Why are there less organics then non organics?
I am so confused as to why there is a wider selection of non organic fruits, vegetables, meats, etc. It truly does not cost more to grow and it is healthier for you! Why does america not understand that chemicals and pesticides are not healthy for you?
In my area we have a limited selection in natural foods stores. To top it off, they can not carry organic produce anymore because not enough people buy it. That makes me so sad. Organics taste better than regular food anyways!
I love the taste of freshly picked fruits and vegetables. My grandparents in Germany have their own garden. Their fruits and vegetables taste amazing and grow great WITHOUT chemicals! Many crops in Europe are organic and many animals are free range. It truly is better for the environment and health.
For the life of me I can not figuer out why people would not want to buy ORGANIC. Why would you willingly ingest toxins?
In my area we have a limited selection in natural foods stores. To top it off, they can not carry organic produce anymore because not enough people buy it. That makes me so sad. Organics taste better than regular food anyways!
I love the taste of freshly picked fruits and vegetables. My grandparents in Germany have their own garden. Their fruits and vegetables taste amazing and grow great WITHOUT chemicals! Many crops in Europe are organic and many animals are free range. It truly is better for the environment and health.
For the life of me I can not figuer out why people would not want to buy ORGANIC. Why would you willingly ingest toxins?
November 8, 2007
There was a blog titled, Mother Jailed, put on trial, for curing her son of Melanoma. I am waiting on an email from alexwren@pacbell.net. Who was the one who was listed in the blog to contact. I am checking the validity of it. It basically stated that a mother used "black salve" to cure her son of melanoma and then was arrested and had her children taken away because she "went against the establishment" and "endangered her son", even though her son wanted a holistic treatment.
Even if that story is false, there are many cases where this has happened. In Virginia there was a story about a 14 year old named Abraham who was diagnosed with cancer and was the parents had to fight the court systems. Here is the link to their story, and the bottom link is the Washington post article on "Abraham's Law" a new law passed in Virginia to prevent this from happening to another family.
http://www.abrahamsjourney.com/id2.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022301793.html
http://www.wvec.com/news/health/stories/wvec_local_032207_cherrix_law_signed.5bb0b17.html
The Internet is not always accurate. I was still doing research on the story but felt it was best to post anyways, just in case it was true. I am glad that there are women who did care about what goes on in the world, and glad that some women on here were not rude about it.
The sad truth is, the government and pharmaceutical companies are afraid of holistic and homeopathic remedies. They are afraid that they will lose money on invasive treatments when nature provides many remedies for us.
Many mothers over drug their children. How many know that garlic oil cures an ear infection? Antibiotics are given at the first sign of infection, and way too often, causing an imbalance in the natural flora in the digestive tract. Then a pro biotic, such as acidophiles is given to restore that balance.
Things like that scare me. They scare me for my family. For my daughter. It scares me for everyone out there who may go through this. It scares me that the government is trying to choose how we treat ourselves and our families. Soon there will be one global pharmaceutical company who supplies drugs for everyone, everywhere. It is just sad and scary.
As to the info floating around about black salve. I would never buy into ANYTHING quack watch says. It is a very biased website who warns against using Chiropractors. I work in a homeopath/natural foods store. I have seen this work. I have met many people who have had it help them, ranging from skin cancer to brown recluse bites. It is painful, but less invasive and less harmful in the long run then other treatments. http://www.blacksalveinfo.com/
No one should use anything homeopathic without talking to a person who works in the store. Natural does not always mean safe, just safer. The people who work at these stores know a lot. My store even has a licensed nutritionist/iridoligist/kineaseoligist. She has gone to school to learn about homeopathic remedies and has never been wrong in her diagnosis of patients.
Even if that story is false, there are many cases where this has happened. In Virginia there was a story about a 14 year old named Abraham who was diagnosed with cancer and was the parents had to fight the court systems. Here is the link to their story, and the bottom link is the Washington post article on "Abraham's Law" a new law passed in Virginia to prevent this from happening to another family.
http://www.abrahamsjourney.com/id2.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/23/AR2007022301793.html
http://www.wvec.com/news/health/stories/wvec_local_032207_cherrix_law_signed.5bb0b17.html
The Internet is not always accurate. I was still doing research on the story but felt it was best to post anyways, just in case it was true. I am glad that there are women who did care about what goes on in the world, and glad that some women on here were not rude about it.
The sad truth is, the government and pharmaceutical companies are afraid of holistic and homeopathic remedies. They are afraid that they will lose money on invasive treatments when nature provides many remedies for us.
Many mothers over drug their children. How many know that garlic oil cures an ear infection? Antibiotics are given at the first sign of infection, and way too often, causing an imbalance in the natural flora in the digestive tract. Then a pro biotic, such as acidophiles is given to restore that balance.
Things like that scare me. They scare me for my family. For my daughter. It scares me for everyone out there who may go through this. It scares me that the government is trying to choose how we treat ourselves and our families. Soon there will be one global pharmaceutical company who supplies drugs for everyone, everywhere. It is just sad and scary.
As to the info floating around about black salve. I would never buy into ANYTHING quack watch says. It is a very biased website who warns against using Chiropractors. I work in a homeopath/natural foods store. I have seen this work. I have met many people who have had it help them, ranging from skin cancer to brown recluse bites. It is painful, but less invasive and less harmful in the long run then other treatments. http://www.blacksalveinfo.com/
No one should use anything homeopathic without talking to a person who works in the store. Natural does not always mean safe, just safer. The people who work at these stores know a lot. My store even has a licensed nutritionist/iridoligist/kineaseoligist. She has gone to school to learn about homeopathic remedies and has never been wrong in her diagnosis of patients.
November 4, 2007
Drs and their over prescribing of antibiotics.
I am so sick right now.
I have been trying to figuer out what is wrong with my daughter's stomach. She seems so miswerable, so in pain. Only having a bowel movement once a week.
I started researching. Turns out too many antibiotics can cause an over growth of flora in the digestive tract. This causes an imbalance in the flora.
I started talking to other mothers. Apparently many pediatricians prescribe antibiotics at the first sign of infection. I know now that my daughter should not have had 3 scripts of antibiotics in such a short time. This could very well be why she is so sick.
I also know that every parent should try the natural approach first. Garlic extract can cure an ear infection, there are natural herbs for throat infections.
I am so sad for my daughter. Hopefully the probiotics work.
I have been trying to figuer out what is wrong with my daughter's stomach. She seems so miswerable, so in pain. Only having a bowel movement once a week.
I started researching. Turns out too many antibiotics can cause an over growth of flora in the digestive tract. This causes an imbalance in the flora.
I started talking to other mothers. Apparently many pediatricians prescribe antibiotics at the first sign of infection. I know now that my daughter should not have had 3 scripts of antibiotics in such a short time. This could very well be why she is so sick.
I also know that every parent should try the natural approach first. Garlic extract can cure an ear infection, there are natural herbs for throat infections.
I am so sad for my daughter. Hopefully the probiotics work.
October 17, 2007
The joys of motherhood!
When I was pregnant people would always tell me the downsides of a newborn. "Oh you will never get any sleep", "oh enjoy sex now, there will not be any once the baby is here", "oh, breastfeeding is too time consuming". Granted some of these things were true. Sleep came very seldom and only when the baby slept. Sex died down for a while after the baby was born and breastfeeding did become somewhat time consuming.
What everyone fails to mention is the absolute joy of having a child. No one tells you how much your heart melts at the first real smile and laugh. No one mentions how you begin to tear up at every milestone. People forgot to warn you that when you hear "mama" for the first time your heart explodes with happiness.
Every day is a new adventure. Babies develop so quickly and so much changes over such a short amount of time. One month ago my daughter was only attempting to crawl, and failing miserably. Now she can crawl and pull herself up and sit up on her own. All of these achievements bring tears to my eyes. It is just an amazing thing to watch.
People also forgot to mention how a child brings joy back into your life. Simple things bring you pleasure. As you get older you begin to lose interest in the little things. You begin to take for granted all the things you can do. Having my daughter changed that. The smallest things make me happy, such as watching a butterfly or one of our cats. My daughter is so enthralled in everything and every new discovery and that has rubbed off on me.
So while my daughter sleeps next to my husband, I will think about all the joys she brings to my life. Even if sleep is not one of them!
What everyone fails to mention is the absolute joy of having a child. No one tells you how much your heart melts at the first real smile and laugh. No one mentions how you begin to tear up at every milestone. People forgot to warn you that when you hear "mama" for the first time your heart explodes with happiness.
Every day is a new adventure. Babies develop so quickly and so much changes over such a short amount of time. One month ago my daughter was only attempting to crawl, and failing miserably. Now she can crawl and pull herself up and sit up on her own. All of these achievements bring tears to my eyes. It is just an amazing thing to watch.
People also forgot to mention how a child brings joy back into your life. Simple things bring you pleasure. As you get older you begin to lose interest in the little things. You begin to take for granted all the things you can do. Having my daughter changed that. The smallest things make me happy, such as watching a butterfly or one of our cats. My daughter is so enthralled in everything and every new discovery and that has rubbed off on me.
So while my daughter sleeps next to my husband, I will think about all the joys she brings to my life. Even if sleep is not one of them!
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