| It is powerful, usually right on the mark and if we | | | | homeopathy for everything from ear infections to |
| deny its existence, we're always sorry later. Yes, | | | | head injuries. I urge families to own a few choice |
| mother's intuition is real. | | | | homeopathy books and a homeopathy kit. Once |
| Today, many have lost the confidence our strong | | | | this little system is in place, everything a family |
| ancestors had built into them. Drugs are handed | | | | needs is readily available. |
| out like candy. In fact, if refused, we are often | | | | It can be difficult to resist the temptation to give |
| met with angry words and condescension. There | | | | our children drugs. After all, we only want what is |
| is a better way that many mothers instinctively | | | | best for them. And we certainly don't want them |
| understand; a way that is safer, non invasive and | | | | to suffer the pain of an ear infection or a sore |
| yields stronger and often better adjusted children. | | | | throat. But, if we understand that the medications |
| It is the way of nature, of homeopathy, of | | | | of commerce will often cause further suffering in |
| intelligent mothering. | | | | the future, the choice becomes an easy one. |
| There was a time when mother's instincts were | | | | Homeopathy forces us to really know and |
| accepted and respected as the norm. My Sicilian | | | | observe our children to make the correct remedy |
| grandmothers birthed their babies at home, | | | | choice and keeps us focused on what |
| treated colds and infectious diseases with a good | | | | matters...our family. In a world that encourages |
| dose of sweat, sleep and garlic and nursed their | | | | moms to leave the home early in lieu of |
| big families through many ills without the aid of | | | | careerism, homeopathy, instead, celebrates the |
| doctors, clinics and hospitals. Were they better | | | | home, the cuddle and the right dose of discipline. |
| off? I believe they were, for their offspring were | | | | Instead of dragging our children from specialist to |
| free of the scourge of modern society such as | | | | specialist, moms can treat children in the kitchen |
| allergies, autism, depression, ADD, sterility and a | | | | while making an old fashioned meal. Isn't that what |
| host of modern illness that only this generation is | | | | we were meant to do? |
| plagued with. | | | | We need to trust our innate ability to treat our |
| Homeopaths and other natural health care | | | | children without interference. To make choices |
| providers regard the use of drugs to be not only | | | | that are based on what is best for our family as |
| detrimental to our children's health, but also the | | | | a whole. Homeopathy is rational medicine that |
| cause of many, if not most, of the ills of today's | | | | supports mother's intuition and family to the |
| society. Each of the above illness can be | | | | fullest. Time honored traditions, time honored care. |
| attributed to the use of drugs and their kin. | | | | It just feels right. |
| Yet, we can hold on to the old ways. The ways | | | | The information provided in this article is for |
| of knowing deeply how to care for our children | | | | educational purposes only and may not be |
| and to trust our children's bodies to be able to do | | | | construed as medical advice. The reader is |
| what is intended. That is, to grow up without a | | | | encouraged to make independent inquires and to |
| medicament for every little ill. | | | | seek the advice of a licensed healthcare provider. |
| Women throughout history have relied on | | | | |