Janet Diehl
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Peace of Mind with Co-sleeping
There was absolutely no way I was going to put my newborn baby in a room all by himself – my maternal instinct insisted it was so lonely and wrong to have our baby in a big room all alone. So I set up a bassinet next to our bed to keep him close enough ... Continue Reading
A Great Way to Choose a Pediatrician: Talk about Vaccines
Choosing a pediatrician was one of the most challenging decisions I had to make before our baby was born. I would soon have a very small and precious bundle of life who would depend on me to take care of him. So it was vital for me to find a doctor who had the same ... Continue Reading
Hepatitis B Vaccine: Dangerous and Completely Unnecessary
Within minutes of giving birth, I made my first decision as a parent – not to give my baby the Hepatitis B vaccine. The only way a newborn can contract hepatitis B at birth is from his mother. My own hepatitis B test was negative, so I knew my baby was in no immediate danger ... Continue Reading
Rediscovering Raw Milk During My Second Pregnancy
I grew up in Texas and as a child I clearly remember driving with Mom out of town to pick up our milk from a nearby farm. She grew up on a farm herself where raw milk was a staple, so she was always excited to get the fresh raw milk for our family. Every ... Continue Reading
Getting Good Milk Shouldn’t Be So Hard!
I grew up in Texas and as a child I clearly remember driving with Mom out of town to pick up our milk from a nearby farm. She grew up on a farm where raw milk was a staple, so she was always excited to get the fresh raw milk for our family. Every time she ... Continue Reading
Survey Shows Vaccinated Children Less Healthy
Too often it seems like there is a new vaccine making a bid to become part of the mandatory vaccine schedule in the United States. Currently, the vaccine schedule calls for 48 doses of 14 vaccines by the age of six. As part of the process to be added to the vaccine schedule, I had ... Continue Reading
Infant Mortality Tied to Number of Vaccines Given
Even before I had children, I was surprised to hear about so many new vaccines becoming mandatory. Then when I had my first baby and actually saw the current US vaccines schedule, I was floored. How had the amount of mandatory vaccines tripled since my childhood? And how could it possibly be safe to give ... Continue Reading
Some Flu Vaccines Banned in Foreign Countries, But Surprisingly Not in the US
Call me crazy, but when a vaccine is banned in a foreign country due to its severe side effects, I expect the US media to alert the American public of the incident. After all, if children overseas are at risk, then our children at home are potentially at risk as well. As a parent, I ... Continue Reading
Vaccines: Not Only Unsafe, But Shockingly Ineffective Too
At a recent well check-up for my middle child, I was asked why I declined to give my sons the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. I asked a simple question in return: Why should they get the MMR vaccine when it apparently doesn’t work? According to a CNN report, there was a large mumps outbreak ... Continue Reading
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