Re: Weaning from Breastfeeding in a partially vaxed baby

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I'm sorry Molly I guess I misread the post from before. Since it is a

diet change you really don't need a " MILK " substitute IMO maybe just

food. If in fact you do go that route like Robyn suggested goat's milk

is good. You can find a good recipe at kellymom.com where you add a

bit of water to tone it down a bit. Also you could try rice milk if

you need to have a milk. Dairy is made for baby cows not baby humans,

lol and it is actually pretty harsh on our stomachs among other

things. If you do choose a cow's milk make sure you get rBGH and

antibiotic free milk. Good luck mama and congrats for pumping for SO

long, that's awesome! le

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Hello Molly,

If you want to switch to other food items I strongly reccommend the

guidelines of Weston A Price, they are huge advocates of raw milk and

have a fantastic homemade formula that is the next best thing to

breast milk. Raw Cows Milk from pastured cows is fantastic for baby's

and moms. Look at the pictures on the Weston A Price site of the

Weston A Price baby's they are all beautiful and extremely healthy,

most are not vaccinated.

Check out the following...

http://www.westonaprice.org/children/recipes.html

I wouldn't touch soy or anything that is genetically modified, or ever

consider feeding it to your children it is poison.

http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/index.html

http://www.westonaprice.org/soy/ploy.html

Hope this helps.

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> First, let me introduce myself. My name is Molly and I live in

> northern CA. I have a 13 month old daughter (first child). She

> recieved the first two rounds of shots at 2 and 4 months (because I

> hadn't done all my research yet and let the doc do the shots....).

> We stopped after that. But I have some questions....

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> I want to stop breastfeeding soon, as it is becoming too difficult

> with work. However, my doctor is pressuring me to continue until my

> daughter is a year and half. My doctor is AGAINST my feelings about

> vaccinations, and states I need to " protect " my daughter better since

> we are not doing shots, which is why I need to continue breastfeeding.

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> My questions are:

> 1. Is this valid, what my doc claims?

> 2. What do I need to worry about health wise, that breastfeeding is

> protecting against? (HIB? Rotovirus?)

> 3. Since she got the first two rounds of all the normal shots, do I

> really need to worry since she has some immunity?

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> Help! I refuse to continue with the shots, now that I am educated on

> the dangers, side effects, and damage vaccines cause. But, I also am

> having difficulties keeping up the breast feeding thing.

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> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

> Thanks,

> Molly

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> If you want to switch to other food items I strongly reccommend the

> guidelines of Weston A Price, they are huge advocates of raw milk and

> have a fantastic homemade formula that is the next best thing to

> breast milk. Raw Cows Milk from pastured cows is fantastic for baby's

> and moms.

Just one tip with raw milk - yes it can be great stuff but you have to

be *very* careful where you source it from, especially for a baby. I

drink it myself normally, but as we don't have access to a local,

trusted source (only interstate), I wouldn't drink it while pregnant

or give it to my toddler.

So just be sure if you choose raw milk that you are careful about

where you get it from.

All the best!

Philippa

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I drank it while pregnant and it was a life saver, most people don't

know this but it used to be known as a cure for morning sickness and I

promise it works really well. When my baby once born I had the nurses

lining up in my room to know what I had eating during my pregnancy

because my little girl was so healthy. No joke!!!

I also feed it to my baby in the formula I mentioned below, and she is

thriving off of it, I know many others that do this as well.

Know your sources and just make sure they are testing, if the cows are

pastured and being fed the right food your risk is mininal in addition

the dairys I get my milk from in GA and SC all test. So it really

isn't an issue. All the problems are just blown way out of porportion

by the FDA and the USDA because of pressure from the commercial milk

company's and if you do your research you'll find that the reason they

have to pastureized their milk is because the quality is so

pathetically bad, they are loosing market share by 3 percent a year.

Once you pasturize the milk you negate all of the benefits plus it

makes it undigestable and the calcium can't be absorbed by the human

body so it is really pointless to consume it or give it to your kids,

this also goes for anything pasturized with Calcium added.

Check it out for your self here, plus there are sources for all over

the US here.

http://www.realmilk.com/

H

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> Just one tip with raw milk - yes it can be great stuff but you have to

> be *very* careful where you source it from, especially for a baby. I

> drink it myself normally, but as we don't have access to a local,

> trusted source (only interstate), I wouldn't drink it while pregnant

> or give it to my toddler.

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> So just be sure if you choose raw milk that you are careful about

> where you get it from.

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> All the best!

> Philippa

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> I drank it while pregnant and it was a life saver, most people don't

> know this but it used to be known as a cure for morning sickness and I

> promise it works really well.

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> All the problems are just blown way out of porportion

> by the FDA and the USDA because of pressure from the commercial milk

> company's and if you do your research you'll find that the reason they

> have to pastureized their milk is because the quality is so

> pathetically bad, they are loosing market share by 3 percent a year.

I've been to conferences by weston price foundation and read up a lot

and find their info fascinating, but I'm not dogmatic in my belief

iykwim - there are very wise and respected people who argue against

some of the teachings (eg the formula - after all bf is by far best

for babies!) But as I said, I do like a lot of their info and have

followed it quite a lot in the past.

However, we are very limited in good sources of raw milk here in Oz

(it's illegal to sell) and my naturopath (who has no vested interests

and who I trust) absolutely recommends against raw milk for young

children or pregnant women. I agree with her that unless you

personally know your source, it is safer not to drink it. Like you

said, though, pasteurised milk has little value, but then I don't

think we need milk to be healthy. But that's just my opinion!

Anyway, I am not saying anything against raw milk - just advising

caution. A lot of people (wise people without monetary interests) are

against the weston price 'formula' for infants and the use of raw milk

for infants, but I'm not against anything - I just suggest people make

an informed/educated decision and take adequate care over their sources.