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 < We took our son, a first-grader, to see the
Anthroposophical doctor who consults at our Waldorf school several times a
month. This visit was on the strong recommendation of both the first grade
teacher and our son's kindergarten teacher who both thought he would benefit
from Curative Eurythmy. The only way to make an appointment with the
Curative
Eurythmist at the school is through a referral from the Anthroposophical
doctor.  We met with the doctor for a lengthy interview, much like a
"constitutional interview" with a homeopath.
I had my 2-1/2 year old daughter with me who became restless after an hour
of
listening to her parents talking. She climbed into my lap and asked to nurse
at which point the doctor gave me a horrified look at said rather curtly,
"Well, I certainly hope you're going to stop that very soon."  I was
somewhat
taken aback and asked why?  I was told that any benefit a baby gets from
nursing doesn't exist after 4 months of age. I was also told that humans
shouldn't ingest any dairy products after 1 yr. of age. When I protested
that
I was not a cow and that human breastmilk was not a "dairy product" I was
told that the human digestion system cannot "recognize" breastmilk because
it
is too similar in make-up to the human body, so that it is not digested and
can cause allergies and other problems - it also perpetuates "heredity" -
which I understood to mean traits, health problems, etc. brought into the
current incarnation - that need to be "shed" by the incarnating child. (High
fevers, during infancy and early childhood are supposed to help burn off
this
"heredity.")  I was also told that children should not sleep in the parent's
bed because (I'm paraphrasing here), we process lots of things during the
sleeping hours and there might be a kind of cross-contamination with too
many
people in the bed.  Needless to say, I left this consultation with a lot of
food for thought.  My daughter, who will be 3 in a few weeks, still nurses
at
bedtime and she still sleeps with us.  > ~snip~

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