Vaccinations - Hoboken,NJ

i was and still am a little bit of a vaccine neurotic! my brother is autistic so when we were interviewing pediatricians I asked about vaccines immediately. My son had gotten all the vaccines he needs so far but not more than 2 at a time. His MMR was also given @ 18 months as opposed to I believe a year. He's 2 1/2 half now and knock on wood all looks good! I would be honest about your feelings with you pediatrican and see where to take it from there! good luck 2 u!

I love the Vaccine Book by Dr. Sears. It reviews each of the vaccines objectivly.
I a mother of a two and 1/2 month old. He has had two vaccines so far, DTAP and HIB. I am spreading the shots out over time. I am trying to push off the HEP B for as long as possible. Dr. Sears' book highlighted too many side effects from HEP B for my comfort level.

I hope this is helpful.

A lot of these decisions depend on what makes sense for you and your baby. I do believe in vaccination...but not giving tiny babies tons of shots all at the same time. My son had a serious birth complication and was stuck in the hospital for 10 weeks but now at 2.5 years is big and healthy. So for us it made sense to start slow and give one or 2 vaccinations at a time (he was over 3 months before he had any shots). He is still a little behind the "official" recommended schedule but has had no complications. I looked at the information on all the vaccinations and picked what to do as recommended and what to wait on. For example we waited on hepatitus because it is a blood borne illness and my son is home with me but I plan on getting the vaccination in time for him to go to preschool. I am still undecided on some of the vaccinations like Varicella (when I was a kid everyone got chicken pox and it was not a huge deal) but I did the ones for serious and/or very common things. Also it depends on your child. My son is not overly sensative--no allergies, not a picky eater, and not real allergies run in the family. If my next child is different I might make different decisions. I would probably vaccinate sooner if my older child is on preschool bringing home lots of germs. I am not sure if this is helpful but you will figure it out. It is also important to have a doctor who will take your questions and concerns seriously and give you enough information to make your best decisions as a parent.

I'm waiting on all vaccinations until my child is 2 years old because I don't think their immune system can handle it, their immune systems don't turn on until around 9 months. If you are getting the suggested ones, I would definitely put off the elective in order to decrease the amount of vaccinations, also since the vaccines don't protect you against all strains. All-in-all infants nowadays are getting up to 38 shots, when we got only around 10 when we were infants. And the substances are inserted directly into their blood bypassing all of their other natural mechanisms to fight them. Normally, it is not recommended to vaccinate when sick, so why do we give infants 4-6 different strains at a time?

D.:

Follow your pediatrician's advice as he is the expert on the subject matter but do read and find alternate sources of information so that you can also ask the right questions on weigh in on his recommendation. Like you I was very concerned about vaccinations specifically b/c of all the negative press around autism plus I also figured many of the deseases we vaccinate for you never hear abuot them meaning that someone has them. Then just before I gave birth a friend of my mother's took her 2 mo old to a children's b-day party and got meningitis she was in a relly bad shape. Luckily enough she is fine now but it was quite the scare and it could've ended up pretty badly. So from where I stand based on what I have read there is a lot of talk around the possible side effects of vaccines but not a lot conclusive supporting data behind it so the risk of not vaccinating your child is a lot greater than the risks of doin so. The one thing you can do to minimize those risks is ask your dr to administer ea vaccine separately instead of using the combination shots. Also you can read the Vaccine Book from Dr Sears as it is very good and contains a lot of good information to help you make the best decision for your family. Hope this helps.

O.

i've followed my pedi's advice on all vaccinations, except i insisted on splitting up the MMR, which she said was completely safe.

Hi D.,

Wow, this is big.
No vaccinations for me, sorry.
Not another child of mine will be vaccinated.