Smells

Yesterday we picked up a used treadmill and someone gave me some clothes for Joshua. The smell in our home and car has been overwhelming. To most it's a "nice" smell - that of laundry detergent and dryer sheets - even the treadmill has this smell - i'm guessing it was kept in a laundry room. But to sensitive people it's a bombardment. For me I get a headache and feel nauseous. Could you imagine how a baby with such pure senses feels when this is all around them? No wonder so many people shut down at such a young age.

Think about the life of a typical American baby. They are conceived and if the mom eats a "normal" diet, they are eating processed chemical filled foods. Since birth is considered an emergency in the western medical, babies are often born to a very stressed mother in very hostile environments. Bright lights, loud noises, strangers, poked, prodded, cut off from there life force of 10 months - umbilical cord, and so much more in just the first few moments of birth. In the first days they are given shots and being fed formula - some never even get breast milk - food that is made naturally for them! They have gone from 10 months of being inside there mom - warm comfortable and free, to being wrapped up tightly, cold and often alone in a bassinet with pacifier stuck in there mouths.

Then they go home to a nursery that is FULL of chemical outgasing - paint, furniture, clothes washed in chemical smelling soap (unless it's fragrance free) & cleaners. Parents and visitors who wear these clothes and perfumes.

Let me give you a personal experience to help you understand. My husband and I stayed over someones house (we are both sensitive to chemicals and strong smells since we don't use them 0 I also have heightened smell and hearing). This person decided to clean the floors of the kitchen first thing in the morning, with bleach. I was rooms away behind a closed door & woke up gasping for breath and had to run out of the house. My lungs felt on fire. It took about 10 minutes of deep breathing to finally start to feel better and we couldn't go back into the house for hours. Now imagine what is happening to that newborn baby when the house is being cleaned when they are sleeping. or when they are brought into a just cleaned out. Since a child can't run away they can only cry for help, or fall asleep because they are so bombarded. over-time they will become desensitized in most cases, but some do not. And those children are classified as abnormal? Take a good look and watch what it is we are doing to ourselves and our children and it will be very evident as to why children are autistic or why people get the diseases they do. We overwhelm ourselves and then numb ourselves all day long.

Now people are starting to "go green" and learn about the benefits of having a natural (chemical free) home. I am so grateful! And so are the children.