First the FDA, now the WHO?

I don’t trust the FDA. At all. “FDA Approved” means diddly-squat to me. But that’s not what this post is for, so let’s not get into it. This post is for WHO. The World Health Organization… who I would like to believe works for the people (for real). I mean, they do recommend breastfeeding until the age of 2 so they can’t be too bad, right?!

Then I read this and I don’t know what to think–it’s hard to trust anyone. WHO scandal exposed: advisors received kickbacks from H1N1 vaccine manufacturers.

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Vaccines: to DTaP or not to DTaP?

Next up at the doctor’s office yesterday……….. vaccines. The pediatrician didn’t even bring them up even though you’re supposed to receive some shots at the 4 month visit. So I thought that was pretty cool–he was respecting our wishes to not have any. But I brought it up. I know what it’s like to not have a doctor on your side and I wanted to be absolutely sure their office was going to be OK with us not vaccinating (or delaying). I didn’t want to run into issues or attitudes every time we came

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2 months old! Ped appt and vaccines

Ryan is 2 months old!!!

We went to the pediatrician today for his 2 month appointment. He had just fallen asleep for a nap when it was time to go so he was NOT very happy about it! And Steve had to work this morning so I went solo. I was really nervous because there’s a whole load of vaccines that are supposed to be given at the 2 mo appt and I didn’t want any of them and had no idea how our doctor would react to

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