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  1. Care
    Actually, what she said was: I had a vaccination appointment this morning for my youngest son with a public health nurse at the local hospital. This, therefore, leads to the conclusion that it was a gov't run clinic - the hospital's.
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    I would be more concerned about the boundary issue if the nurses were coming to me in a private setting - my home, for example. However, a hospital run clinic is a public setting - the government runs that facility. If you don't like it, you have the option to take the child to a pediatrician, or to a walk-in clinic, neither of which is government run, and neither has ever even attempted to ask these kinds of questions (at least of me, others' mileage may vary).
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    There actually IS good reason. The hospital is a government facility. Bringing your child to the hospital, even for vaccinations, opens you up to this sort of questioning. They ask because they HAVE TO. Because it helps identify the kids that are truly at risk. And honestly, if they want to ask, more power to them. If I'm not doing anything wrong, then there's no reason for concern.
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    It appears to be the Supreme Court interpretation on first glance. Knowing that CAS will come into a home even on ridiculous pretenses if a call is placed, it is fairly safe to assume they'll be calling. Rightfully or wrongfully is less the question than will they or won't they - and if the nurse looked disturbed about hitting with a spoon, I'd assume she'd make the call.
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    In the above posted Section of the Criminal code: The words “reasonable under the circumstances†in s. 43 mean that the force must be transitory and trifling, must not harm or degrade the child, and must not be based on the gravity of the wrongdoing. Reasonableness further implies that force may not be administered to teenagers, as it can induce aggressive or antisocial behaviour, may not involve objects such as rulers or belts, and may not be applied to the head. While corporal punishment itself is not reasonable in the school context, a majority of the Supreme Court concluded that teachers may use force to remove children from classrooms or secure compliance with instructions. Admitting to hitting your kids with a spoon probably just called Children's Aid on your house.
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    Two things that may have already been addressed... 1) FuzziBunz are cared for just like prefolds and covers. Knocking solid poops into the toilet is pretty essential with CDs, though a breastmilk-only baby's poop will dissolve in the washer, so there's no need to worry about knocking poops off. 2) We used Bummis covers, and they work, but I don't care for the sizing. We used both the velcor and the snaps, and while the velcro is better for the sizes, it's a pain in the washer, and my son learned how to pull the cover off rather quickly. The snaps, while easier to keep on the baby, are no good if your baby is long and lean. They're designed with chubby waists adn thighs in mind, so we had major leak issues. 3) What we have found, and love, are fleece diaper covers. They're just like wool, except you can throw them in the wash with the rest of your diaper laundry. I make my own from store-bought fleece, using the pattern at http://katrinassqs.blogspot.com/2007/10/free-soaker-pattern.html It takes maybe 5 minutes per plain cover. Enchanted Dandelions has cute Halloween covers up, and takes customs for not only diapers and wipes, but covers as well. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5153692
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    One pregnancy, one child, one section. Given my experience with my section, I will *never* have another. The only time this might waver is if lives are *actively* on the line. Maybe.
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    This is also very true. But where I was in the thread at the point of posting, there was a lot of back-and-forth about whether or not people can/do/should take sugar sensitivities as seriously as they do nut allergies. My personal preference is if there is something my little can't have, I give him something he can. I have a bunch of snacks in my bag for him for exactly this reason. But some folks were taking a very nonchalant stance toward non-anaphylactic allergies simply because they're not immediately, physiologically life-threatening, so I kinda felt the need to point out that given a true choice in the matter, I'd love to let my little eat whatever he wanted, whatever was offered, with the rest of the kids. But I don't have that option due to allergy - and while it's not as severe as a nut allergy, that doesn't give other parents (be they here or elsewhere!) the right to knowingly give my allergic child a butter cookie and a big glass of milk. Does that make sense, or did I just talk myself in a circle? :blink:
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    Okay, I'm only through half this thread, so please do ignore me if I'm beating a dead horse or otherwise completely missing the direction the thread has gone, but: This right here seems to be the crux of the issue. The implication being that if children are reactive to sugar, their parents are "choosing" to not let them have it. My son has an allergy to milk proteins. This is not a "choice." I do not "choose" to remove dairy from him in the same way that I choose to limit his junk food, choose to put him in blue socks, or otherwise make simple choices. This is something that HAS to be done. If not, no, the consequences are not as severe as death. However, they are serious and far reaching. To have someone decide to give him a cupcake or scoop of ice cream because "he's a kid, he *deserves* to have some junk" is equally disrespectful as it is to give a nut allergic child a peanut butter cookie. Do they have the same effect? No. Are they both disrespectful, dishonest, and underhanded? Absolutely.
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    I'd imagine it's called family cloth because it's cloths that are, as a set, used by the entire family - not just mama or baby. I keep meaning to try cloth wipes for the grown ups. However, the rest of my family would likely throw me, and the cloths, out the back door were I to try it. :)
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    May as well jump in somewhere I know... ;) I come up as 135 - Super Nutty, Ultra-Crunchy Granola Earth Mama Math tells me that if I counted for intentions (not limited by money, and not deducting points for having to transfer in birth), I'd come out at 150. I'm not sure how this is possible when the quiz lists highest score at 140, but hey. :D
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