Another Reason We Do NOT Vaccinate

The drug company
http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_.../mmr_ii_pi.pdf

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M-M-R II is a sterile lyophilized preparation of (1) ATTENUVAX* (Measles Virus Vaccine Live), a more
attenuated line of measles virus, derived from Enders' attenuated Edmonston strain and propagated in
chick embryo cell culture; (2) MUMPSVAX* (Mumps Virus Vaccine Live), the Jeryl Lynn** (B level) strain
of mumps virus propagated in chick embryo cell culture; and (3) MERUVAX* II (Rubella Virus Vaccine
Live), the Wistar RA 27/3 strain of live attenuated rubella virus propagated in WI-38 human diploid lung
fibroblasts.1,2


Reference 1 page 10 (merck website-above)
REFERENCES
1. Plotkin, S.A.; Cornfeld, D.; Ingalls, T.H.: Studies of immunization with living rubella virus: Trials in children with a strain cultured
from an ABORTED FETUS LUNG

Assembly line Mama

So, my MIL came to visit for a few days.  She is a very hard working woman, who loves to help us while she's here.  She mentioned to me a few times while she was here that she didn't know how I do it.  Meaning mothering 6, homeschooling 2, changing diapers x's 2, being the maid, and the chef, and the list goes on...

And I realize that that is how I feel sometimes, that the list just goes on, and on, and on.  I got this mental picture of an assembly line that just keeps running, even when the workers change shifts.  

Though the thing with me is, I have no one to relieve me of my shift, because my shift is endless.

7:30 am starts with nursing Gloria-Grace, getting elbowed by my 5 year old who made his way into our bed yet again sometime in the night, untangling myself out of the sheets because of how disturbed my sleep was, and getting up to "no I didn't, I'm telling".  Now mind you, this is all before I get both feet on the ground!  

Then as I make my way downstairs with GG on my hip, I go to her nursery and change her for the day.  Put her down somewhere where she won't cry for a few minutes.  I then make my way to Malacai's room and know before I even open his door that he has a surprise waiting for me cause I can smell the fumes outside through the cracks!  Change him, dress him and dispose of the diaper outside!  Get him settled in his high chair, get out whatever I'm making for breakfast.  Feed the 6  of them (Husband included) do devotions/prayer, clean up, start two washes and make coffee.  

Then I get the 3 older kids dressed/combed.  Take a drink of my lukewarm coffee, eww, put it in the microwave.  Get the school books out on the table.  "YES, (Rhema/Faith/) we HAVE to do school today!"  Sit down and start to read.   Gloria starts to cry, so I go and get her from wherever I laid her, nurse while reading.  What is that annoying beeping sound??? Oh yeah, my coffee!  

So we get through Bible, History, and Missions, even though Coco is singing, Malacai is driving his cars all over the girls arms, and Gloria-Grace is distractingly cute!  

Now it is time to get Coco off to school.  "Where are your shoes Coco?"  I say... to which I often hear back "I don't know"...so we are all off to find the child's shoes, coat, bag and folder.  I then make his habitual peanut butter and jelly sandwich on wheat.  Stick it in his bag, and send him and his sisters outside to wait for the bus.  

Meanwhile, Malacai has decided that it is fun to open and close the slider to let the dog out, no in, no wait...out, ummm...SHUT THE DOOR IT's FREEZING!  

Coco is off to school, and I am making pasta/mac and cheese/PB+J/ whatever...so they all eat, and I clean up again...the girls finish up their school work, and then go off to do their fun things like computer/tv/talk on the phone.  

I change and put Malacai down for his nap, then bring GG upstairs to nurse her to sleep, go switch the 2 washers and what do you know, its quiet!!!!  So I make my lunch of pasta or salad or nachos and that oh so tasty Pepsi and read or go on the computer.  Some days I have an hour, other days two, but most days its about 45 min...

Katie comes home off the bus and relays to me all the juicy details of her (AMAZING, lets see how many times she says amazing) high school musical day while making herself a snack.  

GG starts crying, I go and get her, change her and nurse her. 

By now its about 3:30, and Coco's bus is honking in the driveway because I forgot him again.  I get my shoes on, put the baby down, she protests with real tears, go slipping and sliding out to his bus, give him a hug and tell him how much I missed him and open the door to GG's screaming.  I pick her up, answer the phone and tell my husband how great my day is going and how much I love him.  

Malacai starts to talk in his crib, I go get him, change him and kiss him.  He's happy to be out and rested.  Now its time for me to think about dinner, round the troops "STOP what you are doing and start to prepare for daddy to come home" and clean.  

Lets eat again shall we? I get dinner on the table, and call us all together.  We pray and eat and talk.  Malacai shows off his talent of naming everyone in the family and we still find it cute.  Bridges sits under his feet waiting for him to drop something.  "USE YOUR NAPKIN NOT YOUR SHIRT, WHAT WERE YOU RAISED IN, A BARN???"  

Wait a minute, now its time to clean, ummm again!  Everyone helps here, and then its PJ time...I can feel my redemption drawing near now and I start envisioning  a cup of tea, a fire and a blanket...GET THAT TABLE CLEARED, NOW!  

Cisco goes off to play with the kids and get them all excited before bed, and I finish up the kitchen, put all the days clothes that were taken off in random areas in the wash, and get Malacai and GG in their PJ's.  

I can smell the tea now, and start to get over eager.   "NO, you can brush your teeth in the morning! GET INTO BED"  We all gather in their room and read them the Bible and pray with them.  Kisses all around, and the lights are off.  3 down, 3 to go.  Malacai gets his bottle and I lay him down in the crib and bless him.  Fan on, door closed.  2 more.  

I take GG upstairs and nurse her to sleep, lay her down, and she protests in cries.  Shake her crib and wait till she's quiet.  

Now all I have left is the talkative teenager, please go somewhere!  

YES! Umm, no wait, "Where's my Lamb Mommy?" says Coco with a smirk on his face as he managed to get out of bed.  "Upstairs in my bed Coco, stay in your bed at night, and you'll always have your lamb in your bed"!   I go up quietly to my room so as not to wake up GG, and get his lamb.  

Katie is making herself something to eat, and I begin the process of starting the fire and tea.  My husband comes up behind me and hugs me...you get the picture....

So now its about 10:30 and I have yet to sit down for more then minutes at a time, all day.   

I finally have my tea made, and GG starts to cry.

So yes, an assembly line, but you know what?  I wouldn't change it for the world.  My happiest moments in my day are when I see my kids together at the kitchen table, or seeing how happy a smiling baby makes them.  And I realize, someday I'll be able to drink  hot coffee/tea while its still hot.  

And so I try and enjoy the lukewarm tea now, because these moments will be gone before I know it.   STOP FIGHTING!

Why Do I Cloth Diaper?

I've been asked this by so many people, its not even funny!  So why do I, with all I have to do with so many little ones running around, choose to cloth diaper?  

Well it all started when Malacai was 4 months old.  He had a TERRIBLE rash that I just could not cure.  After spending tons of money on different types of creams/powders, I went to a local store in the area called Mother and Child which focuses on natural mothering...they sell used items as well as new. They have a lot of natural items for babies, so I went hoping they could point me in the right direction. 

They did!  They showed me all their diapering creams, and right beside it 

was a huge section of cloth diapers.  I had never even considered that people still did that!  Well Karen, the awesome owner, showed me all they had and what she though was the best for Malacai and his skin.  

I went home and found fuzzibunz.com and

 ordered an all inclusive package of 18 medium fuzzi bunz, inserts, doublers, wet bags, pail liners, cloth wipes, wipe spray, and detergent.  I think it was $350.  I used them until Malacai was 18 months.  So 14 months of everyday use, and they still looked great!  His chubby thighs weren't quite fitting in them anymore, and he was on the last snap, so I started looking into other options.   And get this, I sold all 18 with just the inserts for $200!  So I kept the 2 pail liners (use them everyday) all the doublers, wipes, and wetbags, and still sold the diapers for $200!  I figure I diapered him for 12 months for about $75!  

And then I found diaperswappers.com and all my savings went out the window, cause I just had to try everything that was out there!  LOL  My husband says diapers are my hobby. :)

Anyways, now I cloth diaper both babies, and love every minute of it.  I mean the savings is great, but how about not putting on a chemical laden disposable (could they be a reason so many people have reproductive issues?), but a fluffy organic cotton prefold next to my baby's reproductive organs?  Or that we have no diaper trash lying around, or that we never have to make an emergency run to walmart to get diapers/wipes.  

I don't know, it just feels right...

Then, there's the cuteness factor.  Who could help but love a baby running around in a cloth diaper, or wool longies that no one else has because they are one of a kind, hand knit?

Can you tell I'm addicted?  Here are some fluffy bum pictures from the last 2 years :)

Just another reason why we do not vaccinate our children.  

Thanks Katie for all the helpful information!

http://mrs-informed.blogspot.com/

How I Spent My New Years....

We had an amazing week of services leading up to the new years.  We had Pastor Tomas Petes from Concord on Monday, Tuesday we had Matt Bagley, and Wednesday, Cisco preached.  It was very powerful and anointed.  Anyways, on Wednesday night, we had a party after the service, and at 11:59 guess where I was?  In the nursery breastfeeding Gloria-Grace.  I guess that's the perfect way for me to ring in the new year!  I didn't get a kiss, but I gave her one!  

CHRISTMAS AND SANTA

So this year, my kids really got into Santa.  My friend had them over for the day, and had them make their lists and letters, and then took them to the post office to send them.  They got a letter back in the mail from Santa, so they really had fun with it.  

So when Uncle Danny dressed up like Santa on Christmas Eve at my Mom's house, it was icing on their Santa Cake!  Malacai was the only one who didn't dig it.  

Gloria-Grace was held by Uncle Danny all night before he transformed into Santa.  And of course all night he was giving her zerberts.  So we all thought it was hilarious when she sat on his lap as Santa, that the first thing she did was make a zerbert sound...she wasn't fooled by the wig, she knew who was under the disquise!  

Here's some photos of the fun as well as a photo of all of us kids together...first time in a long time we were all under one roof.