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."


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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 4:58pm
I pretty much figured that's not what you'd say to a client, it's just what you said here. I get it. :)
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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 5:01pm

I was bullied relentlessly in 6th-8th grade. My parents asked my 6th grade teacher what I was doing wrong, and she said she could not see anything wrong with my behavior. She also said that was the worst class she ever had.

She just didn't see it, and neither did my parents. That year, they created a special class at my school in that grade, that you had to test into and kids from all over the district came to attend it. They had all their classes with one teacher. I was offered a place in it, but my parents declined, thinking it would make me act superior. So I was left with the kids of average skills, and I was literally at least two grades ahead of them in nearly every subject. Add in an extremely good memory and a voice that carries and voilà, you have a kid who REALLY sticks out from the rest.

My parents told me to ignore them, stand up to them, avoid them, and none of it worked. They would climb under my desk so they could continue to insult me as I hung my head in shame. The next year, middle school, only got worse. The kids in that class I didn't get to attend were in all my classes, but since I hadn't had classes with them, most of them didn't know me. All they knew was that all the other kids in the grade hated my guts, so they hated me too. I couldn't make eye contact with any.kid.in.any.of.my.classes. Not a single person. Sometimes, in this period, I had one friend. Usually not, though, because being my friend (or even sitting next to me) meant that you would get picked on too.

So it's understandable that I might get a bit miffed when someone infers that this is just the natural order of things and it doesn't really matter (or even that it's a good thing) if children get bullied for being different. At 11 years old, I often thought of suicide as a way to get out of my problems. They only went away when I hit puberty, late (of course it was), and I suddenly became taller than most of my bullies.

When I was 16, one of my most relentless bullies was injured very seriously in a car accident. Actually I think he was hit by a car. Lots of broken bones, burns on the face. People used to laugh at him because he used to be pretty handsome and then just looked gruesome. I wanted to have a grim sense of satisfaction and the understanding of karma, but when I saw his face, I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it. I smiled at him, and he smiled back. I do believe that you get back twice what you give, which is why I could never step up to the cruelty dished out to me. In the end, that's probably why I ended up being bullied for so long- because I couldn't fight fire with fire.




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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 5:01pm

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All kinds of things.***


Too vague. I am not bickering, i thought YOU were.........oh well.

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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 5:02pm
I think it's a mixture of parents who can't tell their child no for whatever reason and not having fed the child before they went out. Parents who bottle feed can do that. I wonder why parents who breastfeed seem to have more trouble doing that.




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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 5:02pm
Oh my! That's good!
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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 5:02pm

One of my co-workers has that sign on her desk!


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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 5:04pm

***So we should automatically be expected to protect our children from the bullies of others? It seems BSM certainly isn't going to stop them from beating up other children if she sees it.***


Who said I wouldn't stop it? I can't help some boys are bullies in my anecdotes,

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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 5:07pm
when someones opinions don't match.>>>

And are those things untrue, or somehow personally offensive to you? I can't see why they would be, but please RAV them and let the mods decide for you.***


likewise, you have that option if you are so offended.


No I would not RAV you for saying my salon is in an alternate universe, just tell you it's not nice to say.

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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 5:07pm

Is this pertinent information in a debate? I think not. Would you appreciate everything you say being turned and mocked to its full extent? Children are fond of expressing their brutal honesty and some children are bullies (gasp! Obviously some of you didn't know that) and for some children who feel that being boobie fed is for babies, they will pick on those who are breastfed if that information is presented to them.

The situation is a possibility and unless you have factual evidence showing no children are picked on by others for being breastfed, then feel free to not reply because these mockings and sarcastic posts are not useful in this debate.





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Fri, 07-24-2009 - 5:08pm
OT, but there's a kid at E's daycare who always calls "Mama!" when any woman walks in the door to pick up her child (myself included). The DCP always says, "That's not your Mama." One day, the kid (probably almost two years old) replied, when I walked in the door, "Not Mama, but Mama!"




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