Reasons to not delay your child's vaccinations

Parent's have a right to decide for their kids whether they get get vaccinated or not, which is great. But it's a decision that's not going to affect their life, it's going to affect their kids lives. It's the daughter who catches polio at 30 year that has to stand by her parent's decision. It's the 17 year old who dies from meningitis that has to suffer because of his parent's decision. I have read both sides of the debate. Some vaccines, like MMR, I would delay until school if not forever. But the face is this world is a lot smaller than we imagine and as long as these disease exist anywhere in the world, they exist in our world. They're only one plane ride away.

"Since travel makes the world a much smaller place, a recurrence of polio is merely a plane ride away. For example, polio virus was recently brought into a Canadian province by a child traveling back from India. Because Canada has a high rate of immunization against polio, no one caught polio from this child, but the potential was there. Because IPV has no serious side effects, the benefits of the vaccine clearly outweigh its risks."

I have 2 wonderful children. My son is 8. He was an early devopler. Walking by 10 mos, potty trained by 18mos, 3 word sentences by 21 mos. At his 2yr appt he was 2yr and 1month. He ended up with a very high fever after his MMR. He started throwing up and having diaherra and of course we brought him in doc said "Nothings wrong just a virus". Well the sickness lasted about 4 1/2 weeks. The doc kept saying "Everything is fine". Well he had stopped going potty, stopped walking and was barely saying 2-3 words a day. And was falling over everything. The doc said "regression is completely normal". This continued he was barely potty trained by 4, stuttering but restarted speaking 1-2 word sentences, and started walking again about 3. The doc was still saying completely normal. Finally at school they strated saying he had ADD or ADHD, then it was high sensory threshold a bunch of other stuff. Finally his doctor retired and we mentioned things to new one still no response. A therapist then pointed out at the school he should be tested for Autism. Well finally after he turned 7 they decided to test him we found out he has Aspergers. I am not saying that every child that gets vaccinted will end up Autistic or other, some children are just more sensitive to medicine and react to things differently. Maybe the way their body responds to the extra stuff they put in vaccines. You can also get your child tested to see if they are immune to the dieases before the shots. SOme children after the first shot or some without the first shots have a chance of being immune. Also think about the fact that at the hospitals they give newborns "before they leave the hospital" a shot for an STD. Also they have reduced the "perservatives" in many of the shots not completely eliminating them. The flu shots still have Mercury in them. And to get a child their first flu shot under 2 they get one shot and then a month later they have to have a second. My son is now a pretty much normal child. Still has a few accidents at night maybe 1 a month or so. His vocabulary is far beyond his age "gifted and talented" program, he still has problems with running, and he is not very good with social interactions with children. There are other points of problems but I am not writing a book. I say get the children vaccinated but not more than one at a time. Leave a few weeks to months between shots. Give their systems a chance to have one work into their systems. Kat

First of all I find it very funny when people have to get UGLY about other people's post. I am not an ignorant person. Just a person with an opinion just like you and every other person that post things on here. My post may not be of any value to anyone on here and that is ok with me. Dont get so offended when another person post their opinions that shows ignorance.

I have a four year old child that lost his ability to speak, lost eye contact and was ultimately diagnosed with autism right after his MMR. My child used to tell me. "I love you" as he looked into my eyes. It's been more than two year now and still no "I love you" The doctors say my son received a virus, more than likely the measles virus, that infected his brain and damaged the temporal lobe causing his developmental regression. $86,000 later paid out in medical bills and no one can prove what caused it. Within weeks of my son's MMR he regressed. Coincidence? FACT The government does not have long-term, scientific studies proving that the combination MMR vaccine is safe. So what do you do? Parents should consider these four things: 1. Vaccinate only when your child is healthy (Not battling a cold, fever or diarrhea) 2. Take a closer look at your health problems and talk to your pediatrician about your child's immune system. 3. If you have a health concern, Dr. Berger says talk to your doctor to see if it makes sense to give one vaccine per visit. 4. Some kids may not need the MMR booster shot before kindergarten. Dr. Berger says a simple blood test can see if your child still has immunity. 5. Pray.

I think that as a parent we reserve the right to choose whats right and wrong for our kids until they are capable of doing so for theirselves. However there are health and safety guidelines put in place to protect everyone. We start with our children when they are young to give their immune systems a boost. FYI if you were vaccinated when you were young which is highly likely your child was concieved and born exposed to the vaccine's anyway. You can belive what you want to but it has to help in some small way. Its better to get it all over with before they are schoolagers anyway. Im pretty sure most schools require your child to be vaccinated anyway in order to attend their facility. Stop trying to get attention for being the odd man out. Get your kids the reccomended healthcare, do the right thing. You have every right to research it and ask questions but you have no right to put others at risk because of your "cockamamee" issues!!!

What happens if you do not get your children vaccinated and they get sick from something that shot could have prevented? My guess is DSS paying you a visit........

Sorry, but you couldn't be more wrong in regards to children and vaccines. All of these boosters are C-R-A-Z-Y. You should read more studies than just the one's published by the FDA. Wake up people...PHARMA is BIG BUSINESS for our government. You need to take control of your children's health, educate yourself to the risks of these vaccinations by reading non-bias studies. You will be very surprised by the FACTS. I waited until my son was TWO before I began his vaccination schedule, and then only gave SINGLE DOSE vaccines when my son was completely healthy. Can you believe that my pediatrician tried to start my son's vaccinations when he was at a non-well check because of a fever?? Know your child before you start loading there little bodies with all of the preservatives that are not naturally absorbed by the body. Also, ask yourself this question...why do children and adults receive the same amount of flu vaccine? READ, READ, READ, and then READ SOME MORE!