Spring Fever

"Oooo..." You know it is your fourth when you get the camera and not the kid

I am just about ready for the nut house, lol because if I didn't laugh I would cry. The kids have been crazy with a capital "C". We have even had them outside multiple times a day. I think that is backfiring on us, it seems like the more fresh air they get, the more energy they get. I am not one to wish winter away, but a good warm-up would be nice. With it being so loud, my brain doesn't think well enough for a "really good post", you know, with a recipe or something like that. This is the best I have, great blogs to share with you, so really, what can be better than that? Dionna at Code Name: Mama is writing an awesome series on circumcision, if you are going to be having a boy soon you really need to go and check it out. She also has lots of fun ideas to help encourage your toddler or even preschooler to explore. Peaceful Parenting (brought to my attention by Dionna) is an awesome resource for all things. Every time I am there I learn so much new info, that is solid info, not just a bunch of huey. Dr. Joseph Mercola is an ND and his site has invaluable info. I watch a great video the other day on what a hoax the H1N1 scare was and the profit that pharmaceutical companies receive from your US tax dollars. You can basically search his site for anything you are looking for info on and find an answer, or so my experience has so far proven. Happy info hunting, the more you know, the more you are in charge of your health, which is always the best place to be.

H1N1 Hoax

I just got done listen to a great video on Dr.Mercola's site. You may have subscribe to his free newsletter to listen to the whole thing, but he has so much great info that if will be worth it. It is about a half hour long, but totally worth listen to. Here is some of what the video highlights. There is an investigation being done on whether or not the big pharmaceutical companies pressured the WHO into declaring a worldwide pandemic so they could manufacture vaccines. 80% of the US population did not want a H1N1 vaccine leaving 130 million doses unused, a huge waste of US tax dollars. European countries also have huge surpluses of vaccine left and the pharmaceutical companies are refusing to refund the money these countries spent on them, countries that bought them only because the WHO declared a worldwide pandemic. Some scary stats:

• In the '80's autism spectrum disorders were 1 in 10,000
• In the '90's they were 1 in 2,500
• Today they are 1 in 100

Vaccines given have tripled since the '80's, children now receive 69 doses from birth to eighteen years of age of 16 different vaccines, some receiving up to 8 vaccines in one day.

Scarier yet there are 200 new vaccines in the works with over 2,000 clinical trials worldwide. It is hard to believe that there is no correlation between vaccines and autism. In 1986 when legislation was past to compensate families who's children had been injured by vaccine the pharmaceutical companies told the US government that if they were not allowed liability protection they would leave the US without any vaccines. If the pharmaceutical companies have no liability for what they produce they have no reason to make vaccines safer or improve what they manufacture. Bottom line, before you get your kids or yourself vaccinated, educate yourself, beyond your doctor, who basically knows only what the CDC is telling them. Very few doctors do any research on their own, especially if they belong to a large practice.

This is what Paul had to say in Romans about The Jews and the Law regarding circumcision. Circumcision has value if you observe the law, but of you break the law, you have become as though you had not been circumcised. If those who are not circumcised keep the law's requirements, will they not be regarded as though they were circumcised? The one who is not circumcised physically and yet obeys the law will condemn you who, even though you have the written code and circumcision, are a lawbreaker. A man is not a Jew if he is only one outwardly, nor is a circumcision merely outward and physical. No, a man is a Jew if he is one inwardly; and a circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a man's praise is not from men, but from God. Romans 2:25-29 It is also interesting to learn that the traditional circumcision had nothing to do with removing the entire foreskin. A tiny slit was many for a few drops of blood to enter into a covenant with God. In paintings of baby Jesus, he was INTACT. Here is a great link that goes into more detail. As far as thinking that circumcision is a Christian thing, it is not. By following the old covenant, we are denying the new covenant in Christ and renouncing that he came to save us. It has been clearly stated that there is no medical reason for circumcision and there is no religious reason either, point blank, this does not need to be done. As far as someone saying that they like the look of a circumcise penis, get over yourself. It is your son that has to live with the choice, not you. If he decides that he wants it done after he is 18, that's his choice to make. It is a severe violation of human rights to do this to an innocent baby that has no say in the matter. There is a bill being brought forward in Mass. to make it illegal to practice genital mutilation, lets make our voices heard and make sure that this legislation is brought about in every state. Here is the web site, this is current legislation, their will be a public meeting on March 2, 2010 at 1:00 pm.

Keeping Our Boys Intact

I am the proud mama of three beautiful boys and if I could go back and not circumcise them I would in a heart beat. The main reason given to me was that everyone should look the same, that if dad was circumcise, then baby should too! What idiocy! And I can't believe I fell for such a line, but when you are a new mom you want to do the best for your baby and you think that your doctor is giving you the best information when in reality they know that there is no medical reason to circumcise a baby and yet they do it anyway, in fact, the US is the only country that regularly practices the barbaric procedure. I read this yesterday and sobbed for about twenty minutes after, not believing what I had done to my boys. I was angry that I had been told such lies, like "it is a quick and painless procedure". My last son was a home birth and he had his done in the clinic, his dad was with him and they still do the procedure the same way, strapping baby down and most clinics use no pain medicines. Even if they do numb the area, it is physically impossible to numb the area where the foreskin is attached to the penis. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about it. We, as mom's of boys need to stop this barbaric practice that has no medical value and no biblical one either. Even a Jewish baby boy doesn't need to be circumcised. Here is a very moving letter from a Jewish father to his son explaining his decision not to circumcise his son. Here is the first part of a three part series on circumcision, it is a well written, factual article, that everyone needs to read and past on to all of their friends, whether they have kids or not, we need to stop this practice in the US once and for all. If you are informed, you will never allow this to be done to your son. Again, please pass this on to everyone you know, we have to stop this, it is a brutal assault on a helpless baby that changes something in them forever, I know that I will never be the same now that I know the truth.

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Scones

Whole Wheat Pumpkin Scones 2 cups organic whole wheat pastry flour 2 tsp aluminum free baking powder 1/2 tsp sea salt 1/3 cup organic rapadura 1 tbsp organic cinnamon 1/2 tsp organic nutmeg 1/2 tsp organic ginger 1/4 tsp organic cloves 2 organic free range eggs 1/2 tbsp organic vanilla extract 1/2 cup organic pumpkin puree 1 tbsp organic raw heavy cream 1/2 cup cold organic butter or coconut oil Preheat oven to 375 and grease a cookie sheet or line with parchment paper. Mix together the pumpkin, cream, vanilla, and one egg and place in the refrigerator while getting the dry stuff ready. Combine flour, salt, baking powder and sugar, stir in the spices. Using a pastry blender work in the cold butter or coconut oil until crumbly and sandy looking. Mix the cold wet ingredients into the dry just until combined. Dough will be sticky but roll out onto a lightly floured surface and make a 7 inch square, quarter with a large knife and then cut each quarter into fours. Beat remaining egg and brush tops of scones, bake until lightly brown on bottom, about 16 minutes, don't over cook or they will become dry. Place on wire rack to cool, these are really yummy and I can't wait to make some more. *I did get the original recipe from somewhere else in cyberspace but couldn't find were. My adjustments where only with the types of ingredient used, not the amount of ingredient*

I have started to work on my seed order for this year, my first year really. I am ordering all heirloom seeds, GMO's are poison to our earth and if we are not careful we are going to be in serious trouble. GMO's are man made invasive species, the are no different than sea lampreys in the Great Lakes or milfoil here in Minnesota. I don't like hybrids that are man made because they do not reliably produce offspring that will have all the same qualities as the parent plant. Plants with cross pollinate in nature and create a hybrid but most of the time the new seeds don't germinate the next year. So many of our heirloom plants will be lost if we don't take care and preserve the seeds for generations so come. This picture is of a Scarlet Runners Pole Bean, a climbing bean with bright red flowers on it, a perfect species for someone with limited garden space, gorgeous flowers with food producing capabilities.

Baby Reflux

I am past this stage with my kiddos but found the very valuable site for moms with new babies. Pollywog Baby. They offer information and products for babies that deal with colic, spitting up, and fussiness due to what might be acid reflux. In today's culture we are a "magic pill" fixes everything kind of people. I abhor medications and money grubbing pharmaceutical companies, mostly because God's gave us self healing bodies and it is up to us to give our bodies what they need to heal themselves, not poison them with the latest and greatest drugs. With my last two babies I didn't eat any dairy, corn, or wheat for the first six months. It was a very limited diet but my babies were very happy and that is all that counts in my book. Breast milk is the best thing on earth that you can give your baby and no formula out there even comes close to it. Formula essentially is a dead food, it contains no live enzymes or antibodies. Here is a great article about breastmilk, the different stages and composition as it changes to meet the needs of your baby. If you are going to be nursing soon or are struggling to do so now, please reach out to friends that have been successful, to the LaLeche League, an ND specializing in infants and children, just don't give up. This is one of the most important decisions that you can make for your baby. I know doctors will tell you that formula is just as good but its not and it is helpful to keep in mind that they get payed by pharmaceutical companies to tell you that(maybe not with a direct paycheck, but the door goes 'round). The first part of this article talks about the negative health effects of soy formula on babies, please read, I can personally attest to this as my second son was put on soy formula by uniformed doctors and now we are dealing with most of these issue along with toxic vaccine effect. From Dr.Mecola's site, here are some great articles on formula if you have to use one, it's a long list but well worth reading. There are other options out there other than the commerical formulas on the secular market, I wish I had know about them six years ago, maybe life would have been better for my big guy today. I am still nursing my fifteen months old and it is a true joy, knowing that I am giving him the best start to life that there is.

The Dangers of Vaccines

I have linked some very good information about the dangers of vaccines on the bottom of my page. My second and fourth sons are victims of toxic vaccine autism or toxin vaccine effect, but we are well on our way to recovery. My second son got the full rounds of vaccines and my fourth son was to get a selective vaccination schedule but after only one shot as a two month old has had no more. The reason that boys are more likely to develop autism is that mercury binds to testosterone 5 times more than estrogen. "But", you say " they took all the mercury out of vaccines" No my friend, they didn't, there is still a full dose of mercury in the flu shot and the tetanus shot and they simply replaced mercury with other heavy metals. Here is a link with all the toxic additives that go into vaccines. About 25 years ago they took all of these additives out of animal vaccines because pet and livestock we experiencing brain damage and death after being vaccinated. It is sad to think that we would take more considerations for out animals than we do for our own kids. When the medical community says that vaccines have been extensively study, that is a lie. They have studied 2 out of the 36 vaccines and only 1 out of the 35 EPA noted toxins (like mercury), that doesn't seem to qualify as extensive to me. I hope to have the time to write our our full story soon.

I have about a million projects swirling in my head and no time to make/create them. In some ways it is frustrating, but at least I know I will always have something to do in my "free time", ha! I really wanted to sew last night, but couldn't refuse the sweet little cherub face that asked if we could read stories and snuggle. I love being a mom and though there are times that I feel like I need to check out, by being selfless and getting my mind off myself and on someone else creates a feeling of contentment and peacefulness that gets me through those times of frustration and anxiety when I feel like I need some time to myself when I am needed the most. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-9

Need Inspiration?

I have a few blogs that are great go-tos for crafty projects, new ideas, and all around great inspiration. I love to read the comments of other people because most of the time they also have great blogs with lots of crafty ideas. If you need a new project or some crafty inspiration or even a new recipe, take the time to read the comment section of your favorite blog and most likely you will pick up a couple of new favorites. One of my favorites is The Long Thread, she has great kid friendly projects and lots of other fun stuff, which this morning led me to My Zoe Bug, who had a great valentine wall hanging project and some awesome crocheted baby things.