Jonas, with the kick ass immune system, sniffled for a day and that was about it. He's been a happy boy, playing out on the deck with water and frozen raspberries, watching mum pick strawberries (we have had buckets and buckets since June and they are still coming strong!!).
I don't know if its from being sick or lack of sleep but I've given off some neg vibes lately and I am not sure if anyone has noticed - namely my sister, mom, Jord and mum in law...sorry guys, I've been a grump!
Tonight I found some peace, well, really I did. At the Tidemark Theatre in CR, The Island Centre For Positive Living hosted a really cool event where all faiths in the area were invited to come and celebrate peace and diversity. It was an interfaith celebration called 'A Season For Peace and Non Violence'. I enjoyed myself because I felt that these different faiths that came together were truly supportive of peace; the fact that they put aside differences and came together proves that. I am wondering where the Catholics were?? Haha. I grew up in a sort of Catholic family, but really, just a family that is very spiritual and we would go hiking or skiing on Sundays - not church. I did go to Catholic school and was Baptised by renowned radical Jesuit Jim Roberts - but I would say that at this point I can take bits and pieces from many religions and make it my own spirituality. Some of the groups that came forth in this celebration tonight were the Baha'i, Tibetan Buddhist, United Church, Stolo Nation, Wicca, Sikh, and The Centre For Positive Living. Very eclectic. I think that how Jonas will be brought up spiritually will be several posts down the road..but I am sure I will give it great thought..not that I haven't already...
Now, for my little poll up top about immunisations, I am truly interested to find out where people are at with this. Maybe most people don't care, but its something that is important to me. There is so much misinformation out there, so much controversy. Even before Jonas was born I was reading as much as I could on the topic. I found each side really interesting because its almost like a trend. Some people seem to read a book and make their decision on that, they always believe in conspiracy. Then on the other side of the immunisation spectrum there are those that believe all that the nurse/doctor have to say without any question.
And after so much thought and research by both Jordan and I, we decided to do most of them. I could go on and on but after looking at where we are headed as a family I couldn't imagine not getting them. After being in India and seeing so many people ravaged by something like polio I knew I had to think long and hard about my immunisation standpoint. If we were to stay secluded on our Island or in our country, then, hey, maybe I wouldn't immunize. But our plans include alot of travel and work abroad. If little Jonas contracted something like Polio we probably would not be able to get help in time. We look forward to immersing ourselves wherever we go and I can't wait for the day that Jonas is running around with a bunch of kids in some foreign faraway place...
And I know that ours is a culture of fear; but it is my job to protect my son in the ways that I feel important.
And I know that I may be an idealist in raising my first (and perhaps only??) child, but I want to know that I have always done my best.
okokokok, its late and time for bed.
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We read a lot about immunizations and still are on the fence about it all. So far we haven't given any immunizations to either of our children and we feel just fine about it. We figure that if we go traveling to far away lands one day then we'll get the immunizations needed for that particular place at that time. I think it's important that we are allowed to make our own decisions about whether to immunize or not and to be confident and strong in whatever decisions we make. Many doctor's will try to bully you into getting them and it's your choice to make. If you feel that you need to get them, then that's what you should do. It's better than stressing and worrying that you didn't get them. But I hear what you said about wanting to know that you have always done your best for your child. Even though we are okay with our decision, I sometimes do hope that has been the absolute best choice for them. But I think I would feel the same way even if we had immunized, so...
Thanks for the comments Reesh. I am interested in entering into a health profession eventually and I always find it interesting to hear other peoples viewpoints on health. We need to have some serious changes happen in our healthcare system...many docs/nurses are so authoritarian; wouldn't it be wonderful if they were like the midwives who gently presented information and then encouraged personal decision making? And then on top of that, they respected that??? Another problem I see is that people are too passive and they LET these docs/nurses tell them what to do. I have even had doctor friends who are from our generation who say that people actually go to them, totally lost and ask for guidance, which is ok I guess, but what about taking control of our own bodies? haha, like I said I can go on and on and I don't know many people who I can get into all this with...
We were hoping to go somewhere this winter, maybe South America...but not too sure now - hence the shots now. I think that both Jord and I feel as if we are on the fence as well, but for our situation I feel good about our decisions.
I'm glad to know another mom who puts so much thought into these things that others might think silly....
Sounds like you've had an eventful...if not so happy couple of weeks! I'm glad to hear that you're feeling better though because there really just something crappy about being sick when it's beautiful outside. At least Jonas wasn't miserable the whole time. I was interested to read your comments on immunizations. We haven't really discussed it much ourselves yet and although I would say that we're probably very likely to have the "typical" immunizations done, I must admit that I get a little bit leary with all the new vaccines. For example, I wonder why when all of us managed to survive having chicken pox as children we need to immunize against it? I'd be interested if you have any recommended resources - books, websites, etc - because it's definitely something I'd like to look into a little further over the next few months.
P.S. I LOVE Jonas' little rainbow cap! I had one just like it when I was at University and it made me so happy to wear it every day :-)
Yes, I know what you mean about the chicken pox vaccine...and the flu vaccine. They are really new, haven't had over 4o years of existence and well, I mean...chicken pox isn't exactly life threatening. I will get back to you with some of the books I looked at...most were from the library, so I don't have them anymore...but make sure the books are up to date and recently published. The polio vaccine is no longer the active live one like what were given out to our parents and there is no thimerosol (mercury) in any vaccines except the flu vaccine - (mercury as of yet, has not been proven to give children autism.) I did hear the other day on CBC that food additives and food coloring have now been linked to childhood attention disorders. They are not the cause but they have been found to exacerbate (sp?) the problems.
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