Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 PLEASE CIRCULATE Healthy breastfed 14m.o. removed from parents' care for vegan lifestyle: I have known this man through internet and telephone contacts for years (going through parenting and nutrition research papers with him -- he's very research oriented) who now has had his child taken away because the doctors were very freaked out that a 14m.o. recieves human milk still (instead of cow's milk as they recommend), is parented by attachment parenting methods and is fed raw vegetables, nuts, yeast and such with no meat or eggs. They brought him in for a fever and the doctors found slight anemia (which is known in medical literature to be common in an ill child) and has no other test studies to support a diagnosis of " failure to thrive " (the baby is in the lower 25percentile for weight and has reached all his developmental milestones and according to the grandmother in the newspaper story was " always happy " before being removed from his parents' care). The family is in New York and needs good legal counsel (i.e. understands breastfeeding and nutrition and natural parenting practices) in that state, for starters. I was asked to circulate the below. Regards, Linda Folden Palmer, DC, author Baby Matters, infant nutrition consultant ----------------------- ATTENTION ALL VEGANS and VEGETARIANS -- Would you want your child taken from you because you refused to feed him/her meat, dairy or other animal products? As a mother, would you feel comfortable knowing that your nursing child had been taken from you and placed in a foster home where he/she would be fed commercial baby food and milk-based baby formula? That his/her social and emotional needs were being ignored, even though you and your spouse adhered to tenets of Attachment Parenting and the Continuum Concept (both proven to optimize child development)? There's a witch hunt in our midst: http://www.nydailynews.com/09-07-2004/news/crime_file/story/229622p- 197218c.html http://www.nypost.com/seven/09062004/news/regionalnews/29978.htm WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? If you are a lawyer, a medical professional, a holistic practitioner, or a parenting expert, please respond ASAP. This family needs advocates from the vegan and vegetarian communities DESPERATELY, before their family is torn apart again. If you are a nursing vegan or vegetarian mother, or a practicing vegan/vegetarian (parent or not), GET THE WORD OUT! Feel free to cross-post this message to other vegan/vegetarian groups, tell your friends about this injustice, spread the word. Write to the Editors of the Daily News and the New York Post. Tell them that this sort of slanted journalism is unacceptable. letters and voicers WHY DO I CARE? This concerns my godson's future, his parents' rights, and the rights of all vegan/vegetarian parents to raise their children as they choose, without unwanted interventoin. I was raised vegan and vegetarian, and have been healthier and freer of childhood illness, infection and disease because of my mother and father's wise choices. Because New York City's medical " professionals " are uninformed about the benefits of a vegan/vegetarian diet, *especially* for children, they have mounted an attack on my godson's well-being. He was a healthy, happy, breast-fed, vegan/organic, well- adjusted baby before he was taken from his parents (after an emergency hospital visit for a high fever) and placed in foster care. The cause? Iron-deficiency anemia (9.1), which -- as most medical professionals should know -- is common in all children, even those who eat meat or dairy. From Medline, " Drinking too much cow's milk is a classic cause of iron deficiency in young children. " (Full article, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007134.htm#Definition) Thank you for your time, and please help if you can.... -Arien Muzacz bklynvixen2004 Note from linda palmer: -- Now that's a skinny baby if I ever saw one (?? below). He's in the 25 percentile for breastfed babies and has met all of his milestones of walking, babbling, coordination... and grandmother said (in the newspaper article) that the boy was always happy before this occurred. A malnourished child is not " always happy, " i guarantee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Is it not normal in USA to breastfeed a baby until they are 14 months old? Jo - " Anouk Sickler " <zurumato Thursday, September 30, 2004 6:38 PM Vegan Baby > > PLEASE CIRCULATE > > > > Healthy breastfed 14m.o. removed from parents' care for vegan > lifestyle: > > > > I have known this man through internet and telephone contacts for > years (going through parenting and nutrition research papers with > him -- he's very research oriented) who now has had his child taken > away because the doctors were very freaked out that a 14m.o. recieves > human milk still (instead of cow's milk as they recommend), is > parented by attachment parenting methods and is fed raw vegetables, > nuts, yeast and such with no meat or eggs. They brought him in for a > fever and the doctors found slight anemia (which is known in medical > literature to be common in an ill child) and has no other test > studies to support a diagnosis of " failure to thrive " (the baby is in > the lower 25percentile for weight and has reached all his > developmental milestones and according to the grandmother in the > newspaper story was " always happy " before being removed from his > parents' care). The family is in New York and needs good legal > counsel (i.e. understands breastfeeding and nutrition and natural > parenting practices) in that state, for starters. I was asked to > circulate the below. Regards, Linda Folden Palmer, DC, author Baby > Matters, infant nutrition consultant > > ----------------------- > > > > ATTENTION ALL VEGANS and VEGETARIANS -- > > Would you want your child taken from you because you refused to feed > him/her meat, dairy or other animal products? As a mother, would you > feel comfortable knowing that your nursing child had been taken from > you and placed in a foster home where he/she would be fed commercial > baby food and milk-based baby formula? That his/her social and > emotional needs were being ignored, even though you and your spouse > adhered to tenets of Attachment Parenting and the Continuum Concept > (both proven to optimize child development)? > > > > There's a witch hunt in our midst: > > http://www.nydailynews.com/09-07-2004/news/crime_file/story/229622p- > 197218c.html > > http://www.nypost.com/seven/09062004/news/regionalnews/29978.htm > > > > WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP? > > If you are a lawyer, a medical professional, a holistic practitioner, > or a parenting expert, please respond ASAP. This family needs > advocates from the vegan and vegetarian communities DESPERATELY, > before their family is torn apart again. > > > > If you are a nursing vegan or vegetarian mother, or a practicing > vegan/vegetarian (parent or not), GET THE WORD OUT! Feel free to > cross-post this message to other vegan/vegetarian groups, tell your > friends about this injustice, spread the word. > > > > Write to the Editors of the Daily News and the New York Post. Tell > them that this sort of slanted journalism is unacceptable. > > letters and voicers > > > > WHY DO I CARE? > > This concerns my godson's future, his parents' rights, and the rights > of all vegan/vegetarian parents to raise their children as they > choose, without unwanted interventoin. I was raised vegan and > vegetarian, and have been healthier and freer of childhood illness, > infection and disease because of my mother and father's wise > choices. Because New York City's medical " professionals " are > uninformed about the benefits of a vegan/vegetarian diet, > *especially* for children, they have mounted an attack on my godson's > well-being. He was a healthy, happy, breast-fed, vegan/organic, well- > adjusted baby before he was taken from his parents (after an > emergency hospital visit for a high fever) and placed in foster > care. The cause? Iron-deficiency anemia (9.1), which -- as most > medical professionals should know -- is common in all children, even > those who eat meat or dairy. From Medline, " Drinking too much cow's > milk is a classic cause of iron deficiency in young children. " (Full > article, > > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007134.htm#Definition) > > > > Thank you for your time, and please help if you can.... > > -Arien Muzacz > > bklynvixen2004 > > > > Note from linda palmer: -- Now that's a skinny baby if I ever saw one > (?? below). He's in the 25 percentile for breastfed babies and has > met all of his milestones of walking, babbling, coordination... and > grandmother said (in the newspaper article) that the boy was always > happy before this occurred. A malnourished child is not " always > happy, " i guarantee. > > > > > > To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 umm its not normal to breastfeed at all lotsa times on the other paw..these stories are from the post and ny daily news..not exactly papers of high journalistic style Jo bb Sep 30, 2004 11:34 AM Re: Vegan Baby Is it not normal in USA to breastfeed a baby until they are 14 months old?Jo- "Anouk Sickler" <zurumatoThursday, September 30, 2004 6:38 PM Vegan Baby> > PLEASE CIRCULATE> > > > Healthy breastfed 14m.o. removed from parents' care for vegan > lifestyle: > > > > I have known this man through internet and telephone contacts for > years (going through parenting and nutrition research papers with > him -- he's very research oriented) who now has had his child taken > away because the doctors were very freaked out that a 14m.o. recieves > human milk still (instead of cow's milk as they recommend), is > parented by attachment parenting methods and is fed raw vegetables, > nuts, yeast and such with no meat or eggs. They brought him in for a > fever and the doctors found slight anemia (which is known in medical > literature to be common in an ill child) and has no other test > studies to support a diagnosis of "failure to thrive" (the baby is in > the lower 25percentile for weight and has reached all his > developmental milestones and according to the grandmother in the > newspaper story was "always happy" before being removed from his > parents' care). The family is in New York and needs good legal > counsel (i.e. understands breastfeeding and nutrition and natural> parenting practices) in that state, for starters. I was asked to > circulate the below. Regards, Linda Folden Palmer, DC, author Baby > Matters, infant nutrition consultant> > -----------------------> > > > ATTENTION ALL VEGANS and VEGETARIANS --> > Would you want your child taken from you because you refused to feed > him/her meat, dairy or other animal products? As a mother, would you > feel comfortable knowing that your nursing child had been taken from > you and placed in a foster home where he/she would be fed commercial > baby food and milk-based baby formula? That his/her social and > emotional needs were being ignored, even though you and your spouse > adhered to tenets of Attachment Parenting and the Continuum Concept > (both proven to optimize child development)?> > > > There's a witch hunt in our midst:> > http://www.nydailynews.com/09-07-2004/news/crime_file/story/229622p-> 197218c.html> > http://www.nypost.com/seven/09062004/news/regionalnews/29978.htm> > > > WHAT CAN YOU DO TO HELP?> > If you are a lawyer, a medical professional, a holistic practitioner, > or a parenting expert, please respond ASAP. This family needs > advocates from the vegan and vegetarian communities DESPERATELY, > before their family is torn apart again.> > > > If you are a nursing vegan or vegetarian mother, or a practicing > vegan/vegetarian (parent or not), GET THE WORD OUT! Feel free to > cross-post this message to other vegan/vegetarian groups, tell your > friends about this injustice, spread the word.> > > > Write to the Editors of the Daily News and the New York Post. Tell > them that this sort of slanted journalism is unacceptable.> > letters and voicers > > > > WHY DO I CARE?> > This concerns my godson's future, his parents' rights, and the rights > of all vegan/vegetarian parents to raise their children as they > choose, without unwanted interventoin. I was raised vegan and > vegetarian, and have been healthier and freer of childhood illness, > infection and disease because of my mother and father's wise > choices. Because New York City's medical "professionals" are > uninformed about the benefits of a vegan/vegetarian diet, > *especially* for children, they have mounted an attack on my godson's > well-being. He was a healthy, happy, breast-fed, vegan/organic, well-> adjusted baby before he was taken from his parents (after an > emergency hospital visit for a high fever) and placed in foster > care. The cause? Iron-deficiency anemia (9.1), which -- as most > medical professionals should know -- is common in all children, even > those who eat meat or dairy. From Medline, "Drinking too much cow's > milk is a classic cause of iron deficiency in young children." (Full > article,> > http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007134.htm#Definition)> > > > Thank you for your time, and please help if you can....> > -Arien Muzacz> > bklynvixen2004 > > > Note from linda palmer: -- Now that's a skinny baby if I ever saw one > (?? below). He's in the 25 percentile for breastfed babies and has > met all of his milestones of walking, babbling, coordination... and > grandmother said (in the newspaper article) that the boy was always > happy before this occurred. A malnourished child is not "always > happy," i guarantee. > > > > > > To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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