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Old 01-12-2008   #11
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i'm really sorry to hear about all the torment you are going through. my baby is due in a few weeks and i am so eager. i just can't wait to have a baby and raise this child the way i wish i could have been raised: completely raw, no formula EVER, no vaccinations (YUCK....poison...ewwww) homeschooling...

i am even going to try the diaperless thing if you've heard of it, co-sleeping and basically like everything that the govt is against!

why does health insurance cover doctors and drugs but not massages and colonics? these will make us healthy. not drugs. the govt just doesn't want us to be healthy because then they aren't making any money from our sickness. but i'm not going to argue with society because that is how i will end up in jail and have my baby taken away from me. why it's illegal to raise a healthy baby is just insane! feeding a child candy and soda...now THAT is child abuse! not breastmilk and avocado puree!!!

okay, after reading all this, i gotta say, sadly, i don't have much advice. all i can do is say that i can definitely relate to you. you aren't alone. i'm in the same boat. even tho my baby isn't even born yet, friends are constantly bugging me. even my brother is saying i need to get the baby circumsized if it's a boy. i don't take anyone's advice unless they are into a natural lifestyle like me. i definately don't take advice from anyone who eats meat.

i don't go to doctors, but if i did, i would never ever say i was raw or even mention that i'm vegan....not even vegetarian because doctors will say it's unhealthy. i agree with what the other ppl said about trying NOT to tell ppl about how you raise your child when it comes to being different. ppl don't understand what's different. they freak out and think it's unhealthy when it's the exact opposite. i can't stand ppl constantly butchering me about my diet and because of this i have hardly any friends. that doesn't bother me at all tho because my family is my life. i also have you ppl online who i can relate with.

one of my friends thinks i'm such a natural freak that she said "i can just imagine you in the future living naked in the jungle with monkeys" she said it as a joke, but to me, it sounded fantastic. i'd need ppl tho, too, cuz with only monkeys i'd get pretty bored. it just shows you how natural i want to be tho!

i hope people start to leave you alone. maybe when they notice that your child is full of energy, a fast learner, and basically just better at everything than anyone else on the playground because of super magic food, then people will stop telling you to follow their unsuccessful methods.

you could try telling them about jinjee, storm, and their FIVE raw super healthy children, but i've learned that ppl only hear what they want to hear and i'm usually just wasting my time trying to tell them about my diet and way of life.
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Old 01-15-2008   #12
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I had a exceptionally healthy 80% raw pregnancy that all the health ppl commented on as I didn't blow up like a balloon n gain way too much weight. My daughter had massive problem during labor and wasn't expected to live when born. She went 30 mins with a third of normal oxegon and not only pulled thru has very little changes to her brain. I'm sure that her being a raw baby helped give her the strenght to fight to live.

I've just started solids and find she hates cooked food and loves fruit so have been giving her mostly fruit custards with some grains. If she enjoys raw I'm not in a hurry to give her cooked vege's.

I'm nursing and have a huge supply of milk and am currently 80-90% raw.

ppl don't understan how much better for u RAW is. Beats SAD everytime.
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I have a 7 month old son, we both eat only fruit, and he is still nursing. The concerns that I encountered were similar to yours. But, proving your child's health is unnecessary, unless it is you who is uncertain. Bloodtests and exams? I also have felt people's attempts to debate and argue, and am not interested. I have a mental list of resources that I point an interested skeptic to, but all the usual questions: "What about PROTEIN!?" or "Where does the B12 come from!?" .... on and on.. these can be answered in my mind by years of personal development and research, reading reading reading. Often I wanted to explain in detail why an argument is invalid or moot or just ridiculous.. But I feel that unless one finds it out of seeking, the truthful answer will remain untrue to them.

In my opinion,
-a woman ought to pay close attention to her own body's detoxification process while pregnant and breastfeeding
-a child will know what to eat and when to eat if he is allowed to develop this natural instinct. This is why I never puree food or spoon feed, or ask... just observe and provide
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