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Click on blue "HD" to watch in High Definition, 16:9 aspect ratio
We have a new activity center near us that has an indoor pool with some cool features for kids. The water is not heavliy chlorinated and is at 84deg, which for toddlers is cool. They will last less than 10mins at that temperature if the air temperature is cooler than the water so they also heat the air to about 90deg.
Even with these temperatures, water wicks heat out of the body 25 times faster than air, so I used the wetsuits and kept them from remaining submersed for long periods of time.
This pool has a "beach" which allows the little ones to enter easily. It provides an extended shallow end for them to get comfortable and the gradual slope to the deeper water is so intuitive to them that no "teaching" is required.
I am a big fan of letting them figure out how they want to relate to a space and an activity. Only when they "ask" do I help them with taking a step in their learning. I remember the best thing about my swimming lessons was the 10 minutes of play time at the end. I think learning should be as unstructured and fun as possible.
The facility was recently completed and very well designed. The family room changing provided warm common area and large shower rooms that allowed changing in a warm room. The towles are provided and we had lots of fun with those.
This video was shot in 16:9 aspect ratio, yet despite reading for 2hours about how to get youtube to support this format, all I managed was a hi-def 4:3 vesrion. When I get a chance I will try Vimeo (youtube competitor) since the word s they do support this aspect ratio in hi-def.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Recent Videos
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I have recently moved into a house 4mins from Barbara.
Videos:
New House Oct
Floor surfing Oct31
Nico First Dive Sept20
Nico Second Dive Sept20
Nico&Luca Bike
Luca Bike
Nico Bike
Toddler Class Sept 30
Singing Class
Play Structure
Hat
Ana Nuevo overnight
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Wet Suits
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Video:
Nico First Dive
Nico Second Dive
After a summer of confusion, we finally have begun swimming lessons at the local pool. it is an indoor pool and heated to 90deg F. This seems to be just about warm enough for the little ones to be able to enjoy the water without getting cold within 5 minutes.
We went to a local health club the other evening. They only have open time from 6.30pm to 8pm. This makes no sense in the fall but their pool was supposedly 86deg. it felt more like 80 and the babies started shivering within 5 mins so we had to leave.
This week we are having an Indian summer, so even thought the HOA has stopped heating the pool (not that really heat it in the first place) we decided to buy some wetsuits and try again.
The wetsuits are a little large so they get some flushing, which prevents a layer of warm water staying next to the skin, but they were still able to enjoy the pool for about 25mins before Nico's lips turned a little blue.
It was 96deg today, so we let them walk around in the sunshine for 10mins and then they were ready for another splash.
The wet suits provide bouyancy and warmth. They also have some the latest in coast guard approved kids fun life vests which keeps them from drinking too much water!
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Ana Nuevo
I took the boys on a short road trip the other weekend. We had all kinds of fun
Video:
Boo Road Trip
They did everything naughty at the hotel except throw the TV in the swimming pool.
Video:
Boo Road Trip
They did everything naughty at the hotel except throw the TV in the swimming pool.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Summer
Summer came with a heat wave and then vanished for a week leaving everyone with a cold. Now it has returned. Nico got the cold first and a few days later all of us had it. It has been two weeks this weekend and they are doing better, but in rubbing their eyes, everyone except me got pink eye.
The Kaiser Doctor said this was no big deal and did not want to see them (it was friday) and so just prescribed antibiotic drops. Barbara initially was hesitant to use them because like all antibiotics, they need to be given for 5 days consecutivly.
We both feel prefer not to use oral antibiotics because of the whole body immunity issues, but once I explained that topical antibiotics affect just that area of contact she felt ok with using them.
Getting drops in an 18mo old eye is no easy task. I brought a tiny wind up robot toy from a tech show I was at recently and I hoped this would be enough to distract him. I held him on my lap and wound up the toy while barbara put a drop in each eye.
The next four days are not goint obe so easy i suspect. They learn and adapt really fast!
The Kaiser Doctor said this was no big deal and did not want to see them (it was friday) and so just prescribed antibiotic drops. Barbara initially was hesitant to use them because like all antibiotics, they need to be given for 5 days consecutivly.
We both feel prefer not to use oral antibiotics because of the whole body immunity issues, but once I explained that topical antibiotics affect just that area of contact she felt ok with using them.
Getting drops in an 18mo old eye is no easy task. I brought a tiny wind up robot toy from a tech show I was at recently and I hoped this would be enough to distract him. I held him on my lap and wound up the toy while barbara put a drop in each eye.
The next four days are not goint obe so easy i suspect. They learn and adapt really fast!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Luca head contusion
Pictures
This is for my good friend, a doctor, to find the pics of Luca's head contusion. He was ejected out of the stroller while Barbara was pushing the stroller home onto the concrete sidewalk because his safety belt had not been fastened.
This is for my good friend, a doctor, to find the pics of Luca's head contusion. He was ejected out of the stroller while Barbara was pushing the stroller home onto the concrete sidewalk because his safety belt had not been fastened.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Fever
This week, the fourth week of Nico's six week healing process, he developed a fever of 101. We rushed him to Kaiser who provided us with their finest intern as a doctor. she was very nice and Nico sat patiently through the examination. Then she annouced that she was only the intern and the doctor would be in next to do the same examination again!
Nico was very brave and did not kick and scream his way through it thank goodness, but the list of surprises at Kaiser grows with each visit.
The final word was, he has no ear infection or obvious throat infection, but if it lasts more than three days come back (and pay again of course).
Luckily the surgery seems to have healed, but it would have been nice to have one week where he was not fighting some nasty virus.
The "co-pay" alone is more than most salaried doctors make per hour when you consider the doctor is with us for 10 or 15 minutes, but this is what you get with "managed" care. About the only thing that is managed is the amount the collect.
The opportunity was not wasted by them to promote the usual battery of vaccinations. I remineded them that vaccinations are not proven to be either safe or effective. The Doctor immediatly respected this, the intern began to push back so I explained the history of Whooping cough whole cell vaccine as related in Dr Tenpenny's book "saying no to vaccines"
This began in 1948 as a vaccine for pertussis (whoping cough). This "whole Cell" vaccine varied from batch to batch and contained 1.7 times more bacteria than reccomended by the WHO in 1990.
By the late 1960's problems had started to come to light. Papers were published reporting barin inflamation in infants within hours of vaccination. By the 1970's, the vaccine was implicated in causing PEMANENT BRAIN INJURY.
In 1982, Dr John Cameron from the insititue Armande Frappier in Quebecc warned scientists that the vaccine had not been tested adequately and the risk of side effects like oh say PEMANENT BRAIN INJURY had not been discussed.
This, among other evidence prompted a feverish series of studies, meanwhile the vaccine was still given routinely to children. They determined that:
1. The release of islet activating factor from the pancreas increased insulin and thus blood sugar plummeted (hypoglycemia). In infants this causes brain damage.
2. An elevated white blood cell count copled with a low grade fever was misinterpreted by general doctors as a sign of infection prompting extensive hospital evaluations like blood tests, spinal taps.
3. The vaccine can punch holes in the protective coating of the brain (blood brain barrier) allowing toxins to enter the brain causing encephalopathy (infllamation ofhte brain) and siezures.
4. Porduces the production of a molecule called adenyl cyclase, which can alter the function of the neurotransmitters in the brain leadign to brain damage.
5. The vaccine only produced antibodies in <85% of children, and even these waned quickly to completely dissapear in 24months.
These findings supported an opinion made in the UK by Dr G. T. Stewart in 1977 that Whooping cough deaths had declined since the turn of the century (due to better living conditions like food/sanitation/shelter) and could not be attributed to the small scale vaccination program that began in 1948 or the ntaionwide campaign begun in 1957. He stated unequivocally that "No protection by this vaccine can be demonstrated in infants"
If he made that statement today, he would be ostracized by the medical community. His own studies found that more than half of the children vaccinated had convulsions and 10% had severe reactions. The claim by healt official that "the risk of whooping cough exceeds the risk of vaccination" was questiobale at best, yet this was the predominat thinking for another 20 years.
Instead of issuing a moratorium, the US continued to administeer whole cell vaccine. by 1985, 219 lawsuits had been filed with an average award of $26m when reported.
A clinical researcher brave enough to do the research, evaluated 20 children who received the whole cell vaccine and found 75% developed neurological complications within 12hrs. The vaccine continued to be promoted as "safe and effective"
The growing number of lawsuits in the 1980's forced the IOM to begin hearings in 1985. The hearings dragged on until 1990 when they finally concluded there was enough evidence that this vaccine could cause acute encephalopathy. There was still no change in reccomendations for use!
In 1991 a new safer pertusis vaccine was licensed for use and yet they still did not reccomend and changes to the use of whole cell vaccine.
in 1994 there was another study done the conclude whole cell vaccine causes braing damage. Still no change in reccomended use.
in 1995 they concluded whole cell vaccine is "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" (medical speak for dead certainty) responsible for encephalitis like reactions up to 7 days after vaccination leading to brain damage. STILL NO CHANGE IN RECCOMENDATIONS FOR USE!!!!
Finally in 2001, the whole cell vaccine was removed from the US market.
It should be noted that the safer acellular vaccine was advised for use back in 1937 due to the inability to test vaccines. Dr. Tenpenny asserts that an unsafe vaccine was givein to US children for 64 years.
A study called "The true story of pertussis vaccination - a sordid legacy" authored by the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences in oxford
(Started in 1946 and internationally recognized as one of the top publications in its field) concluded:
"In the US most children received 5 doses, so millions of children may be suffering from some degree of permanent brain injury"
Even though the acellular vaccine is safer (less injuries) 50% experience fever, vomiting, reduced appetite, excess sleeping and soreness. 1% experience serious side effects including 105 fever, seizures, High pitched screaming, Hypotensive episode (turnign pale and becoming limp). Interestingly, when questioned, pediatricians and nurses describe these kinds of reactions aa a "normal side effect".
Since 4m+ children receive the pertusis vaccine per year, statisically 40,000 children per year will have these reactions.
According to the National Immunization Network, about 4 out of 50,000 pertusis vaccinations will result in a serious reaction including breathing difficulty, shock or brain innflamation, long seizure, coma or lowered consciousness.
After a difficult and extensive examination of the reports filed to VAERS (the voluntary reporting system for vaccine injuries) in 1998, a researcher identified 57 DEATHS that were reported following a DTaP vaccination. Of those 23 children were dead within 24 hours. Interestingly that is TEN TIMES more than the number of deaths (5) reported that same year from Pertusis infection.
Given a history of dangerous practices by the very people and governing bodies that are charged with providing "health care" coupled with the vast amounts of money involved in this industry ($20b by 2012) and the alarming increase in Autism with absolutly no explanation from the medical community, it would seem to make sense to err on the side of caution when considering vaccination.
I would not be at all surprised to see a report from the CDC in the next 10 years linking certain risk factors and vaccines with Autism and brain injury.
Since every physicians office in the US is REQUIRED to buy $100k worth of vaccines to set up shop, providing some incentive to move that inventory. Obviously the drug companies have more that a small incentive to influence the licensing of these vaccines and the promotion of "public health".
In the US there is now a vaacine injury court who's job it is to compensate for vaccine related injuries. Despite the implementation of many hhurdles to filing a claim, this court pays out $100m per year. By 1999 the average claim took two years to resolve, and 42% of resolved claims were awarded compensation.
In 2008 the federal government agreed to award damages to the family of Hannah Poling, a girl who developed autistic-like symptoms after receiving a series of vaccines in a single day. The vaccines given were DTaP, Hib, MMR, varicella, and inactivated polio.
The irony is that growing up, children were regularly deliberatly exposed to mumps, measels, chicken pox etc and most children had very mild cases of these diseases if their immune systems are not compromised. This exposure produces a LIFETIME IMMUNITY to the disease, not just a few months from a questionable vaccine.
WE went to great lengths during the first 11 months to protect them from older children because it is well known that dieases like Pertusis are more often than not transmitted to infants this way.
Despite the comprehensive use of hand sanitizer, we managed 11 months without any nasty viral infections. Begging at christmas, the last 5 months have seen one infection after another. The current fever may in fact be pertusis as they came into contact with shildren that had just had the pertusis vaccine amongst others.
It turns out that recently vaccinated children can infect healthy children with the very disease they were vaccinated against by a process called vaccine shedding. Since it is virtually impossible to tell what Nico has had, it is hard to say if this has occured. One thing is certain though, no one is going to be doing a study any time soon to determine what that risk might be.
Nico was very brave and did not kick and scream his way through it thank goodness, but the list of surprises at Kaiser grows with each visit.
The final word was, he has no ear infection or obvious throat infection, but if it lasts more than three days come back (and pay again of course).
Luckily the surgery seems to have healed, but it would have been nice to have one week where he was not fighting some nasty virus.
The "co-pay" alone is more than most salaried doctors make per hour when you consider the doctor is with us for 10 or 15 minutes, but this is what you get with "managed" care. About the only thing that is managed is the amount the collect.
The opportunity was not wasted by them to promote the usual battery of vaccinations. I remineded them that vaccinations are not proven to be either safe or effective. The Doctor immediatly respected this, the intern began to push back so I explained the history of Whooping cough whole cell vaccine as related in Dr Tenpenny's book "saying no to vaccines"
This began in 1948 as a vaccine for pertussis (whoping cough). This "whole Cell" vaccine varied from batch to batch and contained 1.7 times more bacteria than reccomended by the WHO in 1990.
By the late 1960's problems had started to come to light. Papers were published reporting barin inflamation in infants within hours of vaccination. By the 1970's, the vaccine was implicated in causing PEMANENT BRAIN INJURY.
In 1982, Dr John Cameron from the insititue Armande Frappier in Quebecc warned scientists that the vaccine had not been tested adequately and the risk of side effects like oh say PEMANENT BRAIN INJURY had not been discussed.
This, among other evidence prompted a feverish series of studies, meanwhile the vaccine was still given routinely to children. They determined that:
1. The release of islet activating factor from the pancreas increased insulin and thus blood sugar plummeted (hypoglycemia). In infants this causes brain damage.
2. An elevated white blood cell count copled with a low grade fever was misinterpreted by general doctors as a sign of infection prompting extensive hospital evaluations like blood tests, spinal taps.
3. The vaccine can punch holes in the protective coating of the brain (blood brain barrier) allowing toxins to enter the brain causing encephalopathy (infllamation ofhte brain) and siezures.
4. Porduces the production of a molecule called adenyl cyclase, which can alter the function of the neurotransmitters in the brain leadign to brain damage.
5. The vaccine only produced antibodies in <85% of children, and even these waned quickly to completely dissapear in 24months.
These findings supported an opinion made in the UK by Dr G. T. Stewart in 1977 that Whooping cough deaths had declined since the turn of the century (due to better living conditions like food/sanitation/shelter) and could not be attributed to the small scale vaccination program that began in 1948 or the ntaionwide campaign begun in 1957. He stated unequivocally that "No protection by this vaccine can be demonstrated in infants"
If he made that statement today, he would be ostracized by the medical community. His own studies found that more than half of the children vaccinated had convulsions and 10% had severe reactions. The claim by healt official that "the risk of whooping cough exceeds the risk of vaccination" was questiobale at best, yet this was the predominat thinking for another 20 years.
Instead of issuing a moratorium, the US continued to administeer whole cell vaccine. by 1985, 219 lawsuits had been filed with an average award of $26m when reported.
A clinical researcher brave enough to do the research, evaluated 20 children who received the whole cell vaccine and found 75% developed neurological complications within 12hrs. The vaccine continued to be promoted as "safe and effective"
The growing number of lawsuits in the 1980's forced the IOM to begin hearings in 1985. The hearings dragged on until 1990 when they finally concluded there was enough evidence that this vaccine could cause acute encephalopathy. There was still no change in reccomendations for use!
In 1991 a new safer pertusis vaccine was licensed for use and yet they still did not reccomend and changes to the use of whole cell vaccine.
in 1994 there was another study done the conclude whole cell vaccine causes braing damage. Still no change in reccomended use.
in 1995 they concluded whole cell vaccine is "MORE LIKELY THAN NOT" (medical speak for dead certainty) responsible for encephalitis like reactions up to 7 days after vaccination leading to brain damage. STILL NO CHANGE IN RECCOMENDATIONS FOR USE!!!!
Finally in 2001, the whole cell vaccine was removed from the US market.
It should be noted that the safer acellular vaccine was advised for use back in 1937 due to the inability to test vaccines. Dr. Tenpenny asserts that an unsafe vaccine was givein to US children for 64 years.
A study called "The true story of pertussis vaccination - a sordid legacy" authored by the Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences in oxford
(Started in 1946 and internationally recognized as one of the top publications in its field) concluded:
"In the US most children received 5 doses, so millions of children may be suffering from some degree of permanent brain injury"
Even though the acellular vaccine is safer (less injuries) 50% experience fever, vomiting, reduced appetite, excess sleeping and soreness. 1% experience serious side effects including 105 fever, seizures, High pitched screaming, Hypotensive episode (turnign pale and becoming limp). Interestingly, when questioned, pediatricians and nurses describe these kinds of reactions aa a "normal side effect".
Since 4m+ children receive the pertusis vaccine per year, statisically 40,000 children per year will have these reactions.
According to the National Immunization Network, about 4 out of 50,000 pertusis vaccinations will result in a serious reaction including breathing difficulty, shock or brain innflamation, long seizure, coma or lowered consciousness.
After a difficult and extensive examination of the reports filed to VAERS (the voluntary reporting system for vaccine injuries) in 1998, a researcher identified 57 DEATHS that were reported following a DTaP vaccination. Of those 23 children were dead within 24 hours. Interestingly that is TEN TIMES more than the number of deaths (5) reported that same year from Pertusis infection.
Given a history of dangerous practices by the very people and governing bodies that are charged with providing "health care" coupled with the vast amounts of money involved in this industry ($20b by 2012) and the alarming increase in Autism with absolutly no explanation from the medical community, it would seem to make sense to err on the side of caution when considering vaccination.
I would not be at all surprised to see a report from the CDC in the next 10 years linking certain risk factors and vaccines with Autism and brain injury.
Since every physicians office in the US is REQUIRED to buy $100k worth of vaccines to set up shop, providing some incentive to move that inventory. Obviously the drug companies have more that a small incentive to influence the licensing of these vaccines and the promotion of "public health".
In the US there is now a vaacine injury court who's job it is to compensate for vaccine related injuries. Despite the implementation of many hhurdles to filing a claim, this court pays out $100m per year. By 1999 the average claim took two years to resolve, and 42% of resolved claims were awarded compensation.
In 2008 the federal government agreed to award damages to the family of Hannah Poling, a girl who developed autistic-like symptoms after receiving a series of vaccines in a single day. The vaccines given were DTaP, Hib, MMR, varicella, and inactivated polio.
The irony is that growing up, children were regularly deliberatly exposed to mumps, measels, chicken pox etc and most children had very mild cases of these diseases if their immune systems are not compromised. This exposure produces a LIFETIME IMMUNITY to the disease, not just a few months from a questionable vaccine.
WE went to great lengths during the first 11 months to protect them from older children because it is well known that dieases like Pertusis are more often than not transmitted to infants this way.
Despite the comprehensive use of hand sanitizer, we managed 11 months without any nasty viral infections. Begging at christmas, the last 5 months have seen one infection after another. The current fever may in fact be pertusis as they came into contact with shildren that had just had the pertusis vaccine amongst others.
It turns out that recently vaccinated children can infect healthy children with the very disease they were vaccinated against by a process called vaccine shedding. Since it is virtually impossible to tell what Nico has had, it is hard to say if this has occured. One thing is certain though, no one is going to be doing a study any time soon to determine what that risk might be.
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