The Hardest Thing to Do Is "Nothing" by Dr. V. V. Vetrano "Poor baby, she's so sick. And look at her, she can barely lift her head!" "Yes, it is true, she is sick and has a high fever. But don't worry, she's fasting and the fever won't last too long." The first day went by without the in-laws saying too much, so I felt relieved. My husband thought I knew what I was doing and he didn't bother me too much about how I fed our baby. So I didn't have too much concern that he would stop me from fasting her. The second day went by. All the family came to visit the baby. They were a little concerned. But when the third and fourth days had passed and the baby still had a fever, I really had to calm their fears. It was an unheard of thing, to fast a two-year-old baby. Everybody knows when babies have fever they need penicillin to knock it out. To refuse to see a medical doctor when a baby is ill is a crime, they say, and to fast a baby i...