When we were pregnant with our first child some good friends told us that they chose not to vaccinate their children. Choose not to vaccinate? We thought they were CRAZY. And then we started researching the issue.
We have found the info at the National Vaccine Information Center (www.NVIC.org) helpful and I just saw a YouTube video of a new documentary that looks very interesting: Vaccine Nation Documentary
We often refer to Dr. Robert Mendelsohn's (a pediatrician who is anti-vaccines) book "How to Raise a Healthy Child In Spite of Your Doctor". With six children ages 8 and under, it amazes us that we have never needed to give an antibiotic to our children. Per doc's orders, we take them to the doctor if they have a fever that lasts three days, but the doctors have never diagnosed one ear infection, UTI, or anything other than a virus that just needs to be waited out rather than treated with antibiotics. We have dealt with rotavirus once, the flu once, and pinkeye recently (one child did have antibiotic drops for that...so I guess we have had an antibiotic once in eight years). A dentist once prescribed a preventative antibiotic when our son knocked his front teeth into his gums, but our pediatrician actually told us not to fill it if it was merely for preventative reasons.
We're definitely not opposed to traditional medicine, nor are we opposed to alternative methods. Chiropractic care has been invaluable to me especially in pregnancy and currently our 16 month old is being treated by a chiropractor for a foot than turns in when he walks.
We are very thankful for our healthy children, for traditional medicine, and for informative sites and doctors that dare to go against the mainstream, too.
My faith teaches me that the calling of Christian homemaker, wife, or mother is just as holy as one to "full-time ministry."
I am a mom of seven children ages eight and under seeking and sharing helpful tidbits learned during this season of life. May we glorify and enjoy Him each day!
:o),
Moms4Psalms
