Do FFers know this risk?

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Do FFers know this risk?
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Sat, 07-18-2009 - 4:15pm

Do most FFing parents know powdered infant formulas are not commercially sterile products? How much of a risk is a E. sakazakii infection? Is it only a risk to premature and low-weight babies? According to the WHO article below, "infants under 2 months of age are at greatest risk."


According to the FDA, "a



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Tue, 07-28-2009 - 4:43am
...and I'm saying I'm willing to bet that pretty much *anyone* who is not supplementing and just exposing "some of their body and using sunscreen mostly" will be deficient if tested. It's just rare that doctors think to test for this.
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Tue, 07-28-2009 - 7:15am

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Bullying has led to suicide and attempted suicide at times. That is a documented fact.

If you will google bullying and suicide, you will find loads of stuff - some personal stories but also some studies from reputable institutions.

Here in Australia, last weekend, there was a 14 year old girl who suicided after a cyber bullying episode on the weekend. And her mother knew she had been upset and spent a long time with her that night, until she thought her 14 year old daughter would be OK to leave. But she wasn't.

Whether you believe it or not is one thing, but it is true, it can lead to this.

Teresa

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Tue, 07-28-2009 - 7:25am

I thought you disliked it from a feminist standpoint, I get what you are saying now and I am sorry if I exacerbated any negative feelings. I wasn't trying to say you shouldn't feel that way, and again I'm very sorry.>>>>>>>>>>


Thanks.

                      

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Registered: 01-08-2008
Tue, 07-28-2009 - 7:38am

Thanks for all that info on D.

                      

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Tue, 07-28-2009 - 7:44am

That's why I get the D drops. Not made by a formula company, and they don't require an entire dropperful of an icky stinky stain-causing substance. ;-)>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


I should've read ahead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


                      

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Registered: 06-24-2008
Tue, 07-28-2009 - 8:03am
Fio - so who makes the D drops and what are they next to in the pharmacy? Will it tell me the proper dose for a 2 yo? Also if my calcium pills provide 1,200 I.U. daily of vitamin D is that enough?

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Tue, 07-28-2009 - 8:31am

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Has it occurred to you that the fetish may be because there has been sexualisation of breast, and that this could possibly, just possibly be due to the fact that we as a society view breast this way rather than for breastfeeding?

That many people including men as babies were either not BF or prematurely weaned before they were ready and therefore continue to seek what they missed out on?

Not that people are not free to enjoy breast within a sexual relationship - some enjoy this, some do not.

But isn't it strange that in other countries where BF is more the norm, that women and men would be amazed to hear that men see breasts as a sexual part of the body.

Have you ever questioned, really questioned, why our society, where BF is less common, is so different?

Teresa

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Tue, 07-28-2009 - 9:17am
I think it bears mentioning that being able to see and understand both sides of a debate is not the same as arguing both sides in a debate. I am sometimes able to do the former but I don't argue one side then turn around and argue against myself, my beliefs and opinions are not "wishy washy".

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Tue, 07-28-2009 - 9:29am

>>I think it bears mentioning that being able to see and understand both sides of a debate is not the same as arguing both sides in a debate<<

Well, that's certainly true. Most of us here understand both sides of the debate, but few of us argue both sides.

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Tue, 07-28-2009 - 9:41am
Well, that's certainly true. Most of us here understand both sides of the debate, but few of us argue both sides.



Few of us though? I can't think of anyone who argues both sides of a given topic.

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