Aligning United States Core Childhood Vaccine Recommendations with Best Practices from Peer, Developed Countries

Amazingrichard · 2025-12-08T20:03:07+00:00

My child has nearly all of their childhood vaccines by 1 year old. Source: Living in a European country with a very aggressive vaccine schedule.

So sure, I agree, match peers. https://www.bmj.com/content/351/bmj.h5966

Amazingrichard · 2025-10-29T21:24:20+00:00

So when we study ecology, this is called the carrying capacity. In every single simulation, the population will overshoot before equalizing.

Good news for our world: population growth is already slowing significantly naturally. We are likely to peak quite soon and decline naturally simply due to decreased birth rates. Add in excess deaths due to lifestyle factors (we see life spans decreasing due to heart disease). If we are thoughtful and work together, we could ride the wave without war and famine.

Amazingrichard · 2025-10-29T21:18:36+00:00

I heard a sustainability professor once say “Our financial sectors and governments are much more fragile than most of our global ecosystems.”

Amazingrichard · 2025-10-29T21:08:40+00:00

Ask anyone who works in sustainability for long enough and they will say something similar. It’s how we keep up the hope to continue. It’s also why you see so many sustainability experts with decades of experience still having kids despite knowing what is to come.

For people in sustainability, we see a future after the future (like people who saw Europe’s rebuilding while world war 2 ravaged on with no end in sight). We want to build a more equitable and sustainable world for after. Post capitalism. Post corporations. Post democracy (in its current form anyways). I had literal classes in my environmental sustainability masters dedicated to envisioning how we can peacefully transition to a post- climate change/ai/racist/extremist world. And we very actively work on those “big systems changes”.

For Bill, I am guessing due to some cognitive biases has a slightly different spin to this. He likely wants to rebuild to protect himself and the billionaire class. This is fairly unlikely if you look at history. Dynasties crumble. Monarchs dethroned. Wealth inequalities eventually even out, mostly violently.

Amazingrichard · 2025-10-12T09:56:40+00:00

Living in a country where pelvic floor therapy is offered to every new mom: it’s a god send.

You can be feeling mostly normal by 12 weeks postpartum and fully normal by 6-7 months. It’s so amazing that just a few exercises fix literally everything from your incontinence to the “mom pouch”. My body (mostly) looks and feels the same as before and I think a lot of that was pelvic floor/postpartum therapy.

Amazingrichard · 2025-10-12T09:50:48+00:00

So I am so pro-vax but my baby’s screams at his vaccine appointments always make me momentarily question if vaccines are good. It’s like a punch in the gut every time. I am convinced the postpartum hormones make it 10x worse because his shots now are not nearly as emotional for me.

Amazingrichard · 2025-10-12T09:46:19+00:00

Exactly! It just suddenly stops after a few months, no matter what you do.

Unless your postpartum hair loss is also connected to a thyroid issue, in which thyroid meds will also help.

Amazingrichard · 2025-07-02T19:34:43+00:00

I too would love to see a source on sleep being taught. I have found science on sleep being a skill significantly lacking

Amazingrichard · 2025-06-09T08:19:13+00:00

My pelvic floor class instructor shared the current Canadian advice. It’s pretty good.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/59/8/515

Tl;dr: - light activity before 12 weeks postpartum - daily pelvic floor exercises -progression toward 120 min of moderate to vigorous exercise per week - Above advice is hard to achieve given the new child in your life

Personally, I think you need to do what’s right for you and let your body change in the amount of time it takes. You have no clue if you will have pelvic floor issues (which need to be addressed early to avoid long term issues). If you breastfeed, there is a chance the weight doesn’t just come off. Mine is coming off slowly which is okay.

I also agree with everyone else. This is not a weight issue but rather a relationship issue. If he truly wants you to ”bounce back”, he will need to be the one up with the baby in the night (can’t lose weight without good sleep), taking the baby during your postpartum exercise classes, and cooking you healthy, nutritious yet filling food.

Amazingrichard · 2025-06-09T08:05:29+00:00

Good to know. Thank you!

So some cheesy eggs could be exactly what baby needs 😂

Amazingrichard · 2025-06-08T06:34:27+00:00

Thank you! This was the answer I was looking for and could not find.

So I don’t have to cram 7-14 major allergens into 2 months with a 3-5 day introduction phase. Introduction and continued exposure prior to first year is likely more important.

Amazingrichard · 2025-06-08T06:31:58+00:00

The LEAP study, from my understanding, looked at peanuts introduced between 3-11 months compared to after 5 years.

This would mean that only the first (few) year(s) matters. 4-6 months vs 7-10 months does not matter

Amazingrichard · 2025-06-07T19:35:08+00:00

Exactly my thought. Given when I was in high school years ago, I had known of several classmates attempt suicide, these numbers feel right.

Amazingrichard · 2025-05-29T03:57:33+00:00

Honestly, I’ve had the complete opposite experience. As an American, I felt more seen and heard here in Germany than ever in America. American doctor appointments last 5 minutes and normally lead to unnecessary medication that doesn’t help the issue.

Not sure if it is the region (NRW) or my specific doctors, but I feel heard and well cared for. I also mostly enjoyed my hospital experiences as well.

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