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 About the Breastfeeding I AGREE with Deidre... Apr 18, 2009
Since so many women commented on the breastfeeding, I had to share our experience. When I was pregnant with my first son, I loaded up several carts at BabiesRus with all that I thought I needed for my baby. We moved into a big beautiful brand new house and I tried to eat what I thought was healthy. I decided to parent with an attachment parenting approach and breast feed of course! Well my son struggled to breastfeed but I stuck with it and even stayed in bed for 5 weeks until we got it down! I was bleeding, and in pain but I was so proud to do what was best for my baby. Well fast forward and my son developed Autism. No it wasn't soley from breastfeeding. It was a combo of the toxic environment we lived in (new house off-gassing, shiny new plastic baby gear and toys, along with vaccines. However, what set the stage for the autism was my overly toxic body. Parasites and toxins transferred to my son in uetero and continued through my breast milk. Baby number two came before my son's autism, so she was in the same environment and I still had no clue about toxins. We only vaccinated her to 3 months when we discovered my son's autism. I cleaned up and "greened" our home and we switched to an organic all natural unprocessed Specific Carbohydrate Diet. My daughter was developing fine until I started drinking a tea, I bought at a salon because it tasted so good, unaware it was a detox tea. I was still breastfeeding my daughter and within 1 week she lost speech and started regressing into autism. 1 year later with a biomedical approach, special diets, detoxing, antivirals and homeopathy, both of my children recovered from Autism! We want to have another baby, but I am currently detoxing my body, eating an organic vegan diet and preparing my body so that I CAN breastfeed my next child without fear of passing on toxins or parasites. A common argument is that our bodies naturally detoxify themselves. Well that used to be true but damage to our immune system from vaccines along with an overly toxic environment has brought us to a place where our bodies are not able to handle the burdens placed on it. We now have to be proactive in cleaning up our environment, diet and products we use. I absolutely agree with Deidre and any mother who has healed their Autistic children using a biomedical approach will tell you the same! Breastfeeding is best, if your body is in a healthy state, but if it is toxic you will pass those toxins on to your baby.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Disappointed Mar 17, 2009
While Ms. Imus's heart may be in the right place, she is a testament to mainstream ideas that keep real growing up green from happening.
So sad that she is so misinformed about human milk. Looks like the pharms and the physicians have poorly advised her.
I think the misinformation outweighs the good stuff, though she does try in her misguided way.
Growing up Green Jan 03, 2009
This is a fabulous book. Easy to read. Great for parents with kids of all ages and for people considering having children or those that care for children. I highly recommend it. It is one of those books you have to buy because you will reference it so often. Great to buy and share with others also!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Dangerous and Misleading Advice Dec 08, 2008
Like many other reviewers, when I started at the beginning of the book I was beyond hopeful, almost amazed. There is some important information in the book, like avoiding certain toxins, but that's where it ends. Following with some good advice, there is seemingly bad advice, and then, worse than bad advice.
The author seems to have an idea that we shouldn't have mercury, like mercury fillings. But then goes on to support or say it's the parents choice to give their infants mercury laden vaccines with over 250 times the mercury allowed by the EPA? There are interesting tidbits, I especially like when she interviews a head doctor at the AAP on their vaccine policy. He says that if they changed their vaccine policy, then people would start to wonder why we were vaccinating poor and unhealthy children in the third world.
If you are looking for green home advice, there is something worthwhile here. Otherwise, prepare for alot of misinformation surrounding dairy, which can be health promoting, fish, which are important for pregnant women, and vaccines, which are deadly.
Review is by Healing Our Children: Because Your New Baby Matters! Sacred Wisdom for Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting (ages 0-6) & Cure Tooth Decay: Heal and Prevent Cavities with Nutrition (First Edition).
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Dangerous for the uninformed! Oct 14, 2008
My Mom bought me this book thinking I would really enjoy it. I must admit, I was looking forward to reading it!
I actually feel like I was being lectured to by a self-righteous, caddy Mom at a playgroup (certainly not a Le Leche League meeting!).
This book seems to have a goal of instilling great fear into parents. After reading it, it would seem that no matter what we do, we are destined to be swimming in toxins. The book offers a lot of specific websites and brand names for "natural" products. That is good to a point, but it ends up feeling like commercials.
I was horrified by the breastfeeding portion. Basically a doctor says that breastfeeding is a "double edged sword" and there are soooo many toxins in an adult woman...blah blah. (what about an adult cow or soybeans grown in the soil of the toxic earth??...not to mention the negative effects of soybeans which are not mentioned at all in this book) The doctor goes on to say that he may be old-fashioned, but he thinks that there is something to be said for the closeness of mother and baby...duh!
I feel like I am more informed than this author...I just don't have all the money in the world to publish a book and preach of my "good deeds" and my wonderful husband. I'm glad the profits go to the Imus Ranch...it is the only redeeming factor and the only thing that keeps me from cringing when I think of supporting such an irresponsible book.
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