tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130366372772956312025-10-06T08:45:28.334-07:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-44135765012149566472025-02-04T10:38:00.000-08:002025-02-04T11:27:26.252-08:00

 Photo Credit: CHD.TVRobert F. Kennedy, Jr. has been confirmed as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in a 14 to 13 vote in committee. He must now face the entire Senate. Passing this hurdle is a relief to those concerned about food and drug safety, and others who say there is a lack of oversight at the CDC and NIH. Secretary Kennedy was confirmed in Senate Committee on February

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While most of us know someone who thinks they may have been harmed by a vaccine, we may not believe them... That is until we experience it for ourselves. That is what happened to us. The symptoms were subtle at first. Smiles disappearing, hyper-focusing on words, emotional outbursts, and social withdrawal came on so slowly that it was difficult to determine exactly when they started, or connect

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Two years ago today I woke up with my eyes swelled shut. The inflammation in my face had been so bad, the pressure made my eyes bloodshot. We guessed it was our house making me, and some of my kids, very sick. We were right. We didn't want to be right. I wake today grateful for the journey. I learned so much during our 3 months of homelessness. I learned that God is in control, and He will

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-5531383940417950182015-06-04T20:47:00.001-07:002015-06-04T20:47:39.536-07:00

People are uptight. About what? You got it, BREASTFEEDING! All over the place you got people telling us why we shouldn't, why it's disgusting, how long we should, where we should and how we should.To them I say, CHILL. Grab your phones, put on some hip music and calm it. Let that babe and mama enjoy their bonding time.I can even suggest the perfect selection.Thanks to Meghan Trainor for

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Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain Out with the old and in with the new! In the coming weeks I am going to tear down and rebuild this dated looking blog.  It's been 5 years since I started That's What Breasts are For and it is showing it's age. A new banner is in order and so is some updated fonts! Can you believe I am still using Times New Roman!! I am still finishing up the

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This morning I was surprised by the key to the old farmhouse in my sewing-table drawer. As I looked at the address, a flood of regret and grief poured out. I lost my baby there, a baby I would never get to hold this side of heaven. At first I wanted to stuff the feelings, find a way to ignore them. It's been 6 whole years since we lost our 10 week old pregnancy. Why am I crying? Haven't I got

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-80080371327178948742015-02-28T03:30:00.000-08:002015-02-28T03:30:01.646-08:00

If you are over 40 years old, you probably remember talk of school segregation and re-integration. There were protests about this including this, now laughable, image. But a comment on a heated vaccine-debate piece written by a doctor had some gold in it. "I think we should create schools for un-vaccinated children" This is the first intelligent comment I've read on either side of the debate

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-12852272524198625362015-02-21T07:16:00.000-08:002015-02-21T07:16:01.207-08:00

I recently read an opinion piece on the vaccine debate which reminded me again why I dislike many doctors. This post itself did little to convince me to immunize my kids, and it also gave me even less faith in our medical system. Photo: Wikimedia Commons His premise is that if you don't immunize, he will not see you in his practice. Many doctors are taking this stance, and they have a right

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In the year 2000 my daughter was in my womb, comfortably waiting to be born. It was my first pregnancy and I was extra careful, because it had taken three years to successfully conceive. When I developed a severe chest cold in late winter in 2001, my doctor said that I needed some type of antibiotics. Cipro was category C, "but" I was late in pregnancy "and" I was allergic to so many kinds of

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Instead of the Friday Funny that most sites have, I figured we could use a little humor on Monday to start the week off right. A pro-breastfeeding friend of mine posted this on my Facebook page recently:  Found on this site, it highlights the need for us moms to resist covering up due to other's shaming us. After all, we are simply feeding our children the best possible food in

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This is my experience on the journey of vaccine safety. To read more about why we've chosen to delay some vaccines and not give others, "like" me on Facebook, Christine Emmick - Freelance Writer. Read A Vaccine Story Part 1 of 2 When we found out we were pregnant with our fourth, we were not only more prepared, we were more educated. We asked all the right questions and found a

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-45247597136762025862013-02-15T19:30:00.000-08:002016-01-12T07:29:35.160-08:00

This is my experience on the journey of vaccine safety. To read more about why we've chosen to delay some vaccines and not give others, "like" me on Facebook, Christine Emmick - Freelance Writer. By the time my first child was two months old in 2001, I had read enough about the vaccine debate to question the full schedule the Department of Heath recommended. I walked in to the office

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Amazon.com Widgets After going through the potty learning process with 4 kiddos, I've got a handle on it. Wipe, Flush, Wash is easy to say, tough to get down pat. This is my 3rd potty seat. My first was a gift, handmade from wood with a slide-in insert that was a huge pain to remove without smearing you know what everywhere. It was pretty, but not practical. The second was a cute little

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-88309337155648368572012-10-23T08:18:00.001-07:002012-10-23T08:21:35.876-07:00

Gabriel Joseph de Froment, Baron de Castille (1747 - 1826) and his wife Princess Hermine Aline Dorothée de Rohan (1785 - 1843) with their family - French School - 19th Century When it comes to formula feeding vs. breastfeeding, we moms tend to take a very divisive stance on the issue. As someone with IGT and someone who is a lactavist at heart I truly see both sides of this story. Last

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Recently a Nestle CEO said that Us and Canadian customers were demanding GMOs in their products. Someone on CARE2 took it upon themselves to have a petition signed to make the government label GMOs on our packaging, but I wanted to take a different approach. So I decided to contact the company. Searching the Nestle site I obediently clicked the "Contact Us" page which is where all good little

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-279496280031953452012-08-04T10:49:00.000-07:002013-02-04T09:14:11.672-08:00

Many of today's parents are horrified when they hear stories of mothers taking their children to "pox parties" which are designed to expose their children to chicken pox and gain immunity naturally. Many people are up in arms slinging around words like "child abuse" and "irresponsible." As a child in the 70s, I remember most mothers doing just that when one of the kids got sick with the

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-51020322259547227562012-08-03T19:30:00.000-07:002017-02-12T07:31:42.536-08:00

Many people express shock and sometimes even horror when they learn that I still breastfeed my 2 1/2 year old. However there are several important reasons why, despite their discomfort, I will continue until she is ready to wean. Here are just a few: She's not biologically ready to be weaned. At the age of two, a child has usually just gotten their 2 year molars and is just

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Everyone wants to do their best for their baby, but with so many conflicting opinions and social pressure to "get your life back," many moms find it hard to find the time, energy, and willpower to go the distance as far as breastfeeding is concerned.Change is Coming Things are changing. While the formula companies of the 40s and 50s were successful in getting women to think their boobs were

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-61384464562029816892012-07-09T12:31:00.000-07:002012-07-09T14:25:59.654-07:00

A recent news story by the New York Post covered a production company's plan to make breastfeeding moms the topic of a new reality television show. Collins Avenue, creators of "Dance Moms" and "American Stuffers," are basing the show on "extended" breastfeeding mothers, or mothers that breastfeed over the 12 month milestone. This inticed many comments on how long is "best" to breastfeed

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The following text is excerpted from the book Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. This book is about Todd's son Colton and his experiences in Heaven while being operated on a the age of three from a ruptured appendix. ...One evening in October, I was sitting at the kitchen table, working on a sermon. Sonja was around the corner in the living room, working on the business

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While the debate over abortion looms over this election, I stop to consider the effects of modern society on a woman's right to choose, and the responsibility that is to be born by the church. I stopped into a local convenience store to order some takeout for my family of 6. We were running around and there was some hungry monsters in the back ready to devour seat cushions if I didn't. Plus,

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In several posts thought the Internet, Pepsi, Kraft and Nestle have joined forces with Senomyx, an artificial flavor manufacturer who reportedly uses fetal tissue in their research. As a pro-life mama, I look for ways to encourage people to keep their babies. This includes helping to make fetal tissue research un-lucrative to the abortion industry. This way they will have less money to

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-613036637277295631.post-17693197448410561182011-06-07T05:01:00.000-07:002011-06-07T05:18:41.961-07:00

Congratulations to the Forest Park, GA council for changing the wording of their public decency law to not include breastfeeding as public nudity. To celebrate, here is a public service announcement about your "tatas" and what they are for. :)

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A timid question came through recently on our cyberschoolers Yahoo group list today. A woman named Sarah, who was in school part time, asked if cyberschooling a kindergartner could be done while, ... well basically while doing life. She had people telling her that it just wouldn't be possible... Here was my response: Hi Sarah!I'd be willing to bet most of the people who say it cannot be done

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Up in the sky There is birds Up in the sky There is planes Down on the ground There is grass Down on the ground There is bugs And bees and ME! Written for Daddy, 5/17/2011 Copyright 2011 H. Emmick My children never cease to amaze me. When my oldest was just four she wrote a fantastically intricate story about a sick mouse. Just yesterday we rescued a butterfly from almost certain death by

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