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Nicholas had an amazing Halloween - we are so thrilled with his progress and the changes in him - every day he blows us away. Every single day.

Friday, he had his school Halloween parade and party. We went to watch the parade and this year, we could tell Nicholas was looking for us in the crowd. The past 2 years, he never looked for us and if he saw us, he’d not want to continue walking. This year, his face lit up as soon as he saw us and he finished the parade rather excitedly. We followed his class inside for the party and Nicholas was very excited to show us things in his classroom like his tree that he’s taking care of. When it was time for the class to sing their song, Five Little Pumpkins, Nicholas joined in, sang along with everyone else (he knew the words!) and did all the hand movements! In the past, for holiday parties, Nicholas was never really interested in participating in things like this. Nicholas seems to be friends with all of the kids in his class - and there are two girls in his class which it’s not hard to see really adore him. Nicholas stood really well to have his picture taken with his class, teacher and classmates.

Today, as soon as the first child rang the doorbell, Nicholas wanted to go Trick or Treating. So we threw on part of his costume (it was very warm out today) and we were off. We met up with some other neighborhood kids and all went around together. Nicholas was one of the pack and was having the time of his life running from house to house with the other kids. He was thoughtful about the 2 year old who was lagging behind and wanted to make sure he was included with the rest. Nicholas always said “trick or treat” and made sure to say “thank you” when they gave him candy. When we got home, he was excited to show everyone his loot - and spent the rest of the afternoon handing out candy everytime the doorbell rang. He wished everyone a Happy Halloween and was very cute handing out the candy.

This was much, much different from last year. We didn’t trick or treat by ourselves. We walked for quite some time before he got bored and wanted to go home - and if his feet didn’t start hurting (that’s how far we walked), then I am sure we would have gone farther. He didn’t have to be coached on what to do - he just followed all the other kids. He actually wanted to go, no asking him, no coercing him, the kids were doing it and he wanted to go with the kids too. It started to rain and he didn’t care. He didn’t even care about the candy (he’s not a big candy kid) - he just wanted to go out and have fun with the other kids.

Attention all friends from New Jersey…. Candidate Chris Christie supports vaccination choice! Corzine has got to go! Let’s send the message loud and clear that we want a choice!

Read about it here from LifeHealthChoices.com:
http://www.lifehealthchoices.com/103009-get-out-the-vote-chris-christie-supports-parental-choice

Cause of SIDS discovered?

I really thought this was sooo interesting. New Zealand has not had a single case of SIDS since their research found out what causes it. I’ve highlighted important points in blue for those who don’t have time to read all of it right now. Update: I also want to share this article that opposes it.

Click to read more… Cause of SIDS discovered?

PS - I posted instructions on how to wrap your mattress here:
http://recoveringnicholas.com/2009/02/03/wrapping-your-childs-mattress/

Check out this TACA link for doing GFCF on a budget - and yes, even for those using food stamps:

http://gfcf-diet.talkaboutcuringautism.org/gfcfsf-diet-on-food-stamps.htm

Dr. Paul Offit, The Autism Expert. Doesn’t See Patients with Autism?
http://www.ageofautism.com/2009/10/dr-paul-offit-the-autism-expert-doesnt-see-patients-with-autism.html

By J.B. Handley

Paul Offit wrote a book, Autism’s False Prophets, with the overt goal of repudiating the biomedical treatment movement for autism. Of course, the real goal of the book, and how it’s being used today, is to convince parents to keep on vaccinating.

As an inventor of the Rotateq (HERE) vaccine, a man who voted his own vaccine (HERE) onto the childhood schedule, and a multi-millionaire after his vaccine was sold to Merck, Offit has plenty of time on his hands to protect his legacy and the legacy of his peers.

The AAP has done a great job of getting Offit’s book out to their pediatric base, many of whom give the book to parents when they express concerns about vaccination. I have personal friends who have come home from their doctor with a copy of his book in hand.

The book is filled with factual errors and/or completely made-up information about a wide variety of our community’s most important players, including Dr. Andrew Wakefield, David Kirby, RFK JR., and Jenny McCarthy, to name just a few.

Keep reading…. click here.

If you’re following Andy Cutler’s Chelation Protocol and would like to talk to other parents who are as well, join us on yahoo:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AndyCutlerChelationForAutism/

Here is a collection of recent articles on Supplements that I thought would be helpful:

Here are ten questions vaccine-pushing doctors and health authorities absolutely refuse to answer:

#1) Where are the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies proving flu vaccines are both safe and effective?

Answer: There aren’t any. (http://www.naturalnews.com/027239_v…)… Read More

#2) Where, then, is the so-called “science” backing the idea that flu vaccines work at all?

Answer: Other than “cohort studies,” there isn’t any. And the cohort studies have been thoroughly debunked. Scientifically speaking, there isn’t a scrap of honest evidence showing flu vaccines work at all.

#3) How can methyl mercury (Thimerosal, a preservative used in flu vaccines) be safe for injecting into the human body when mercury is an extremely toxic heavy metal?

Answer: It isn’t safe at all. Methyl mercury is a poison. Along with vaccine adjuvants, it explains why so many people suffer autism or other debilitating neurological side effects after being vaccinated.

#4) Why do reports keep surfacing of children and teens suffering debilitating neurological disorders, brain swelling, seizures and even death following flu vaccines or HPV vaccines?

Answer: Because vaccines are dangerous. The vaccine industry routinely dismisses all such accounts — no matter how many are reported — as “coincidence.”

#5) Why don’t doctors recommend vitamin D for flu protection, especially when vitamin D activates the immune response far better than a vaccine? (http://www.naturalnews.com/027231_V…)

Answer: Because vitamin D can’t be patented and sold as “medicine.” You can make it yourself. If you want more vitamin D, you don’t even need a doctor, and doctors tend not to recommend things that put them out of business.

#6) If human beings need flu vaccines to survive, then how did humans survive through all of Earth’s history?

Answer: Human genetic code is already wired to automatically defend you against invading microorganisms (as long as you have vitamin D). (http://www.naturalnews.com/027231_V…)

#7) If the flu vaccine offers protection against the flu, then why are the people who often catch the flu the very same people who were vaccinated against it?

Answer: Because those most vulnerable to influenza infections are the very same people who have a poor adaptive response to the vaccines and don’t build antibodies. In other words flu vaccines only “work” on people who don’t need them. (And even building antibodies doesn’t equate to real-world protection from the flu, by the way.)

#8) If the flu vaccine really works, then why was there no huge increase in flu death rates in 2004, the year when flu vaccines were in short supply and vaccination rates dropped by 40%? (http://www.naturalnews.com/027239_v…)

Answer: There was no change in the death rate. You could drop vaccination rates to zero percent and you’d still see no change in the number of people dying from the flu. That’s because flu vaccines simply don’t work.

#9) How can flu vaccines reduce mortality by 50% (as is claimed) when only about 10% of winter deaths are related to the flu in the first place?

They can’t. The 50% statistic is an example of quack medical marketing. If I have a room full of 100 people, then I take the 50 healthiest people and hand them a candy bar, I can’t then scientifically claim that “candy bars make people healthy.” That’s essentially the same logic behind the “50% reduction in mortality” claim of flu vaccines. (http://www.naturalnews.com/027239_v…).

#10) If flu vaccines work so well, then why are drug makers and health authorities so reluctant to subject them to scientific scrutiny with randomized, placebo-controlled studies?

Answer: Although they claim such studies would be “unethical,” what’s far more unethical is to keep injecting hundreds of millions of people every year with useless, harmful vaccines that aren’t backed by a shred of honest evidence.

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/What-You-Didnt-Know-About-Fiji-Water.aspx