Sickness/detoxification is a normal part of life

I have a younger cousin who has a son that is 5-years-old he is usually a very sweet young man. His father took him to get a flu shot. He was not happy at all. He left out of the office before his father and let the door slam in his face. Children sometimes instinctually know what is and what is not good for them.

Sickness/detoxification is a normal part of life that we cannot always avoid. But, we can be prepared for it. Just, because you get the flu or any illness, does not mean it has to be very harsh or fatal.

I have seen that my son has a little cough and sometimes his nose is running. He has been taking elderberry syrup during the day, compounds in elderberry bind with viruses before they can penetrate the walls of cells.

He also takes a multivitamin, Vitamin C, and astragulus daily. Good hygiene and proper hand washing is a must. Eating healthy meals and foods that are in season are also key. A strong immunes system fights against ill conditions. If your kids eat a lot of white sugar, white flour, white rice, artificial dyes, etc. they are at risk. Giving your kids halloween candy and eating unhealthy foods on Thansgiving can cause illness.

When my son goes to whole foods that have samples of green drinks in juice, http://www.amazinggrass.com/chocolate-green-superfood-powder.html . He loves to drink these samples. So, this morning he had peach/cranberry juice with some green vibrance in it. Some of the ingredients, http://www.inspiredliving.com/health-wellness-center/index1.html . The supplements work for my family because kids don’t always eat complete meals.

Allow your kids to rest, they need routine scheduled early bedtimes.

If you are thinking about getting your family the swine flu shot think again, it is not safe. I am sure you have seen the young lady who made news that can now only walk backwards after receiving the swine flu shot, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mScGC7nFDxM.

Avoiding the flu naturally, http://www.ehow.com/how_4933940_avoid-swine-flu-naturally.html

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Heal With What You Already Have In The Home

Many people feel that they may not have access/money for natural remedies. But, we do. Our grandparents used the healing tools that we already had in the home.
Basic products you probably already have:

Raw Honey - Antiseptic

Apple Cider Vinegar - Antiseptic wash wounds (dilute ¼ cider, to 1 cup of water). Can be applied to fungus on the skin including thrush and ringworm.

Lemons – Can be added to raw honey to make a simple cough syrup. Lemon can also be added to garlic boiled in water to make garlic lemonade (helps to clear infections).

Cinnamon – Stomach aches, nausea, and vomiting.

Onions- My family’s remedy for high fever is sliced onions in the socks.

Garlic – Antimicrobial and antiviral

Recipes for Cinnamon Milk and Garlic Juice, http://afrikanparenting.blogspot.com/2008/12/herb-pantry.html


Los Angeles Afrikan Holistic Parenting Workshop

There are three sessions, same workshop. The idea is to provide everyone with a convenient time.$10.00

Saturday, September 19, 2009
First Cypher from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
OR
Second Cypher from 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
OR
Sunday, September 20, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The workshops will be held at the KRST UNITY CENTER OF AFRAKAN SPIRTUAL SCIENCE
7825 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90047
For more information, http://www.melodiccypher.org/Upcoming-Events.php

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Picky Eaters

Feeding toddlers can be frustrating, many are very picky. I am sure many parents get tired of dinner battles. Some studies show that children form their likes for certain foods in the womb. So, if you want a good well-round eater, eat healthy during pregnancy. The only meal that my son will eat everytime without complaint is Ethiopian food. I believe I ate Ethiopian food almost every other day when I was pregnant. As parents we create the outer environments in the womb. Be mindful of the emotional, spiritual, and physical energies, including food you expose your unborn too.

Julie Mennella, of the Monell Chemical Senses research institute in Philadelphia, said: "Flavours from the mother's diet are transmitted through amniotic fluid and mother's milk. A baby learns to like a food's taste when the mother eats that food on a regular basis."
http://www.wellsphere.com/raw-food-article/mother-s-diet-the-key-to-baby-s-taste-buds/224952

Advice for parents with picky eaters, http://vegkitchen.com/kid-friendly-recipes/picky-eater.htm .

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Essential Oils that calm and ground children

Fall is approaching, many changes are happening in my household, including my toddler’s behavior. He is sometimes having trouble adjusting to change and disappointment. Verbal warnings and physical punishments do not always resolve behavior issues. The essential oil vetiver has been studied and improves focus and learning among ADD and ADHD children, showing improvements in 100 percent of subjects.

Vetiver Benefits:

•Relaxing, grounding, calming, stabilizing
•Relieves Stress, tension, irritability,anger
•Prevents hysteria, neurotic behavior
•Relieves mental and physical exhaustion

Small children can simply smell it. It can be used in an oil burner. You can also have it rubbed on the big toe or feet of children. Teenagers and adults can apply the oil gently on the shoulders or neck. Always dilute essential oils with water or carrier oil when using essential oils with children.


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Afrikan Holistic Parenting Workshops coming to L.A.

Saturday, September 19, 2009
First Cypher from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Second Cypher from 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Sunday, September 20, 2009
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

The workshop will be held at the KRST UNITY CENTER OF AFRAKAN SPIRTUAL SCIENCE
7825 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90047


Iya Raet, lovingly called Raet, comes to us all the way from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. She is a phenomenal activist and motivator who promotes and supports the Pan-Afrikan way of parenting. Raet’s mission is to help our mothers connect/reconnect with our divine and natural ways of mothering by uplifting our community through education; in turn renewing our minds to promote a collective and positive vibration.

You will experience an exciting, informative and hands-on presentation covering numerous topics from her book including:

Womb and Environmental Health for Mother and Baby
Womb Communication and Rituals
Healthy Pregnancies and Labor
Welcoming and Blessing Ceremonies
Placenta Burial and Postpartum Rituals
40-day Rest after Birth
Baby Wearing
Cloth Diapering
Celebration of the New Family
Sacred Space in the home for the Family
Spiritually Cleansing your home for your Family
Toxic Free Home
Vaccine Exemptions
Rites of Passage for Children
Holistic Diet for Children
Medicinal Herb Use
Vibration Healing for Children


The workshop will be held at the KRST UNITY CENTER OF AFRAKAN SPIRTUAL SCIENCE
7825 South Western Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90047

Entry is only $15.00!

Refreshments will be served!

HOLISTIC PARENTING FROM THE PAN-AFRIKAN PERSPECTIVE will be available for purchase!

Tickets will also be available for purchase at the Melodic Cypher for a Wholistic Lifestyle table in the drumming circle area at Leimert Park on the following

Sundays:
August 30th, September 6th and September 13th from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

For more information,http://www.melodiccypher.org/Upcoming-Events.php

But tickets online , http://www.melodiccypher.org/Tickets.php

Breastfeeding, When Do You Stop?

August is breastfeeding awareness month. I came across an article, Breastfeeding My Jump-Roping Hula Hooper, http://www.mothering.com/breastfeeding-my-jump-roping-hula-hooper.

Excerpt:
Ally, my five-year-old daughter, greets me after school by burying her nose in my cotton shirt, between my breasts, and inhaling. "Smells like Mommy," she says. "Nursie?"
As she climbs into my lap, I stroke her silky hair and take in her scents of herbal shampoo and fruit spritzer. Sunshine spills into our kitchen from the skylight above us, warming the smooth skin on her bare arms. "When do you plan on weaning her?" my close friends like to ask. There's no judgment in their voices, only a question mark. I search for a response that conveys how I feel, but I don't know how to answer. When do I plan to stop preparing Ally peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches for lunch? Exactly when do I think I'll quit tying her shoelaces? Do I know which month and year I'll no longer jog along beside her while she's riding her bike? Ally shifts in my lap. "My tummy hurts," she says. "Nursie makes me feel better." She presses her nose against one of my breasts and breathes deeply. "Nursie has lots of vitamins. It's good for me when my tummy aches" she tells me.

Mothering magazine has sometimes disturbed me with its ultra liberal ways. When you see Black men in photos they are usually with white woman or interracial kids. You hardly ever see a black family. However, they do have a lot of other good info.

So what do yall think? I do think that in the US with so many food options, 5 years is a little extreme if the child has no health issues. I do not see much of a nutritional benefits, maybe its an emotional thing? But to each her own.

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CDC is now pushing circumcision for all American boys

The Center for Disease Control is now pushing circumcision for all American boys in order to prevent HIV, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,541970,00.html. Even though the American Academy of Pediatrics has said it is unnecessary. "The move comes after officials analyzed the results of several studies that show in African countries hit hard by HIV, men who were circumcised reduced their infection risk by half, the New York Times reported.” But most Africans are not even give n HIV test. If they exhibit signs of diarrhea, coughing, itchy hands, and other medical conditions they are diagnoses with having HIV. Many Africans are suffering from malaria, tuberculosis, measles, and malnutrition. These ailments alone create antibodies. HIV test do not look for the actual HIV virus, but reactive antibodies. So, these so-called HIV test are actually misleading. To use this as the basis to circumcise all newborns in the US is ludicrous.

I understand circumcision for people who are Jewish and Jewish rabbi performing the procedure. I understand it for people of certain African cultures who perform this rite on young men by a priest as a rite of passage. However, I don’t understand the procedure being performed on all boys of all cultures by a doctor for looks. Many argue against female circumcision when they mutilate boys just for looks, not spirituality or rites of passage. I respect all parents choices, just be clear on the practices you expose your newborn too.

Excerpt from my book:
Today, the circumcision rate in the United States has dropped to below 60 percent - and as low as 34 percent in Western states, according to the National Center for Health Statistics of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Circumcision will not decrease urinary tract infections, STDs, or penile cancers. An uncircumcised penis is clean and should not be considered as bad hygiene. As stated earlier the Afrikan man was especially targeted for circumcision. Western society has always had an obsession with the Afrikan penis. Superstitions and myths were created about the size of the Afrikan man's penis and his sex drive. Even today he is blamed for the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. White men believed and still believe he has to protect the White woman from this diseased and over sexed Black buck.

Dr. Eugene Hand wrote about the "promiscuous" Afrikan male: Circumcision is not common among Negroes. When done it often is later in life and frequently is due to recurrent venereal disease. The sex education of most Negroes is meager. They tend to accept venereal disease with less fear or social taboo than do most Jews and gentiles. Many Negroes are promiscuous. In Negroes there is little circumcision, little knowledge or fear of venereal disease and promiscuity in almost a hornet's nest of infection. Thus the venereal rate in Negroes has remained high.

In the late 1800s, Dr. Peter Charles Remondino was one of the vocal advocates of circumcision. Doctors such as himself wanted to enforce the circumcision of all Afrikan males to protect white women from rape. He believed circumcision would also be a means of keeping the Negro clean because he was too ignorant to understand hygiene. Remondino wanted to make it a law that all Afrikan males be circumcised.

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