Info on Vacinations

Hi R.,

There is a lot of information about this growing concern regarding vaccinations and, what it will come down to is using your Mama-intuition.
I learned through this very forum that a child's blood-brain barrier is not fully developed until around 2 1/2 y/o.
This means that toxins are free to pass into the brain.
The chemicals used to preserve vaccinations are made of heavy metals and are known neuro-toxins.
Making an informed decision mixed with your Mama-intuition is not becoming a "victim of ignorance". It is quite the opposite actually.
Much luck and many blessings!
s

I would rather have a few days of side effects than whooping cough. It is Hype, and the news reports of children getting whooping cough last year is just proof that a vaccination is working, and when people dont vaccinate they are just playing with a timebomb. Think about it, people were scared to use penacillin too. Don't be a victim of ignorance, almost all of the people who protest vaccinations are without children, or have their children vaccinated and are hypoctites. If you want your child in school, they need their vaccinations to walk through the door anyways. PLEASE, it IS for the benefit of the child, and we all turned out absolutely fine.

well if you want her to enter any school when she gets older they are required shots that you need to show proff they had the shots for them to enter school.. i know to get my kids in school they needed shot records up to date

I can only pass on from personal experience. I have one son, and he went through the exact same thing with his shots. Minor fever, and crankiness after almost all of his vaccinations. His brothers and sisters (from his father) have also gone through it as well. As a matter of fact, most of the young children I have dealt with have, so I think it was more of a lucky break that your son didn't have any side effects. :) If it goes beyond a few days, then I would at least make a call to the doctor. I know that I'm not a professional, but it has been my experience. :)

I wasn't going to respond since other moms gave such good information but I thought it was important to note something.

Another mom pointed out that we used to be afraid of penicillan and we aren't anymore. Well Penicillan is quite a dangerous drug to those who are allergic. In addition, over use of penicillan can create super resistant germs and also may cause serious gastric problems in children that have had early exposure to it. Penicillan and other antibiotics are wonder drugs that save many lives each year, but they aren't meant to be used casually, are not the correct response to every infection and are not without their own dangers even when used appropriately. We might be better off if we retained not fear, but a little more appropriate respect for these strong drugs.

Vaccines are the same way, there are some vaccines that are true life savers. They are not without their risks though, and some of the vaccines out there are used inappropriately or in uneccessary situations. The companies that make vaccines are in the business of selling vaccines, not protecting your child's health.

I'm generally pro-vaccine for my own child, however he is on a slowed down schedule for some due to early reactions he had, and there are some vaccines we won't be giving since it seems to me that the risks of the disease are less than the risks of the vaccine.

R., is it possible to figure out what vaccine your baby reacted to? Some vaccines are given in groups and often seperating them out into single vaccines reduces the chance of reactions. That way also you can just give the ones you feel are necessary.

As far as outbreaks of various diseases...very often these are a result of new strains of a disease that hits vaccinated and unvaccinated populations equally. Or often these outbreaks occur with older children who were vaccinated long ago and immunity has worn off. While having a disease usually confers life long immunity, vaccines do not always.

Hi, I have a 10 month baby girl and every time I took her to the doctor for vaccinations she had gotten a fever and extremely cranky which isn't normal for her but my doctor (in Wisconsin)said that that is a normal response and some doctors even say positive because it lets you know that your child's body is responding to the shots. She said that crankiness and fever for about 2-4 days is totally normal and I check with a few other doctors including some friends and they said the same thing. The only thing I was really told to watch is for a rash or if the fever got extrememly high. Hope this helps. T.

Andy already gave you some great info.
Just wanted to add one bit, it's about the blood brain barrier. It isn't developed till around 6 mths old. This barrier helps prevent toxins from entering the brain, so therefore before 6 mths toxins could easily penetrate the brain. Now vaccines have some toxins in it and if you give them before 6 mths, it's quite possible the toxins could enter the brain. This isn't saying that vaccines are necessarily safe after 6 mths either.
Best thing you should do is research, research and research. pick some books up from the library, if you can look up some medical journals. Take a look at the ingredients in the vaccines and then look closer at those ingredients. You can always hold off for now till you decide what is best. You can never undo a vaccine.

Goodmorning R.,
Vaccinations are a tough issue for many little ones. Mine both had fevers and were cranky for days after thier shots untill they got a little bit older. I always gave them Tylenol right before leaving for the office, and it made a HUGE difference on thier discomfort. It was recommended by my oldests pediatrician, so it is safe and effective. You don't have to use tylenol, it could be any fever/pain reliever. It cuts down on the initial shock pain and then the fever to come. I do however suggest keeping current with all vaccinations these days. You never know what illnesses can come back or hit your child hard. Such as the whooping cough that is making rounds now. Not only does not vaccinating your child put your child at risk for such illnesses, it put you, other family members and other children and thier families in danger of contracting the illnesses as well. Vaccinations are a pain in the butt, however I personally see them as necessary. I would go on a few sites to check it out like you said, to be more comfortable to make your own more informed dicission. I think I would google search childhood vacinations and you should come up with many different sites with all points of views. I just wanted to give you my opinion and let you knwo what helped my children make it through all of thier shots with a little less pain and discomfort, for all of us. Good luck and good searching.

Well this is what I know... My older daughter had a tough time with the DPT and did not take the final dose until she was almost 19. so with my now 2 year old I went to the CDC web site looking for information ... and found out that even though vaccines claim to not have Thimerisol(20 years ago they has a lot) they still have a trace of it.. (flu shots have a lot)... primarily a lot of times issues are related to the preservative. (although fever is an immune response that is appropriate to a foreign disease it is just rough when it is 105 or greater). however why bother going through any of that... For the DPT there is Daptacel that does not have Thimerisol, not even trace amounts.

Here is the web site. Hope it helps

http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/thimerosal/thimer...

Jenna