https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:26:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221590 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 01:40:04 +0000 Grace 221590@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: I've heard that there have been outbreaks of measles and whooping cough because of lower vaccination rates here in Canada too. Kind of scary. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221568 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:41:21 +0000 skibobrown 221568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: We're following the normal prescribed vaccination schedule, but I wanted to chime in b/c we do know someone who has experienced one of the very scary side effects of a vaccine. DH's cousin had Gullain-Barre syndrome, that was almost definitely caused by his flu shot. Apparently it's a 1 in a million chance of having this complication, but it's a very scary one. He's fully recovered now, but there were a few months when things were really scary... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221563 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:17:56 +0000 mediagirl 221563@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are going with our pediatrician's recommendation, which is to follow the CDC's guidelines for vaccinations. We go to a very large practice who have been doing things this way for years and years. We feel they are the experts and we will do things to their recommendation. If we ever found reason to question their ways, we would mention it. When it comes to vaccinations, I am very much for them. This is reason #1 why I chose our ped, they will not see your child if you decline vaccinations so you know every child in that waiting room is vaccinated when you're there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221562 Sun, 15 Jul 2012 00:16:31 +0000 loveisstrange 221562@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am firmly in the camp that correlation does not equal causation. Yes, someone's child had a personality change a few days after receiving shots.... okay? There is no solid proof those shots caused that. Anything could have happened in those few days. The only people I have heard of who have solid evidence that the vaccinations caused a problem are those that have children allergic to them.</p> <p>I think that children need to be vaccinated. Whether it's on the regular schedule or delayed, they need them. A lot of childhood illnesses are on the rise again because of people not vaccinating children. Children are DYING of preventable diseases like whooping cough. It is a very personal decision, I agree. C will be vaccinated, fully and on time. No questions asked. She has already had her 2 month shots and didn't even bat an eye and she will get her 4 month ones in August, </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221554 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:53:44 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 221554@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: a close family friend of my parents has a LO who is now 8 months old. After either his 2 or 4 month shots (I am not sure which ones) he turned into an entirely different baby. He started losing muscle tone and started having loud and violent crying spells which he didn't suffer from before. Before he was a normal, happy, very healthy baby. Now, at 8 months, he is having a hard time and he is seeing lots of specialists. none of this came on until 3 days after he got a BUNCH of shots. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221546 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:23:22 +0000 Kemma 221546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Interesting thread!</p> <p>I have a genuine question for those Momma's who are doing a delayed vaccination schedule or not vaccinating at all, does anybody actually know anybody IRL who has had a negative effect / issue from a vaccine?</p> <p>One of the reasons I ask is because although I've read about negative effects etc, I don't personally know anybody that has had a bad experience with vaccination (other than the usual effects of course).</p> <p>The other reason I ask is because over here in New Zealand we're starting to see diseases like Measles and Whooping Cough become more prevalent because the herd immunity is reducing due to less people vaccinating. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221530 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:52:45 +0000 Mrs. Pen 221530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I do think that an alternative/delayed schedule is best if you do decide to get them, just because a baby's immune system is SO immature until about two years of age. With the amount of vaccines that they recommend/push within the first year - there is no way we should expect a child's immune system to handle that many "dead viruses" and other potentially dangerous additives in the vaccines. Especially if you are allowing your child to get more than one shot per visit. Of course this is purely my opinion only :)</p> <p>One article that I found particularly helpful as I was researching my decision on if or when to vaccinate was one from Mothering Magazine. However, the link I had bookmarked said it doesn't exist, but they do have a bunch of vaccine-related articles still available on their website: <a href="http://mothering.com/vaccines" rel="nofollow">http://mothering.com/vaccines</a> However they DO tend to be more on the traditional, conservative and "AP" style side of parenting.</p> <p>For us personally, we decided to not vaccinate for now, and will revisit the topic when DS is around 2 yo. I want to continue researching each individual vaccine and weighing the risks of the disease with the risks of the vaccine itself. I am also looking into many alternative or more natural ways to prevent certain illnesses. For example: I am completely against the flu shot, as it's one of the only shots that still uses thimerasol as a preservative (a form of mercury). I did a lot of research on it and mercury has been linked to onset of alzheimers later in life, especially if one is to get the flu shot every year for 5 consecutive years. I decided that wasn't worth it to me. I found a study that said that taking a vitamin D supplement is 800% MORE effective than a flu shot! And that low vit. D levels in the winter months is generally the culprit for a host of colds/flus and winter illnesses. I found that information very intriguing and that's what lead me to start reading the ingredients in each individual vaccine and also research any potential alternatives.</p> <p>Still undecided which, if any, vaccines we will do later on. But for sure we are delaying it. Like you, he has little exposure to the outside world. I am a SAHM, and when we do go out, I am wearing him 90% of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221529 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:51:08 +0000 mrstilly 221529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrsdaredevil: I do think it is important to find a pediatrician that you like, trust and who respects your feelings/opinions on certain topics. I LOVE my pediatrician because he really took the time to talk us through many topics, including vaccines. I felt comfortable with what he said and we went from there. I switched to him from another office that I really disliked. </p> <p>I made the point about the increase in preservatives when you do single vaccines because sometimes that gets overlooked. A common thought is that it is not the vaccine itself, but the stuff in the vaccine that keeps it good, that causes issues. So by doing vaccines together, you reduce the amount of it being injected into your child. That is ultimately why we chose not to split up most of DS's vaccines. </p> <p>However if you have a LO with allergies, or if your family has a lot of allergies, it can be a good idea to do single vaccines spread out because then you can watch for reactions with each individual one, and if there is a reaction, make a plan from there. </p> <p>I don't see a problem using an alternative schedule if your LO has a low risk of exposure. You need to do what you are comfortable with, but I completely believe that the benefit of vaccines greatly outweighs the negatives. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221519 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:38:03 +0000 Minnie_Girl 221519@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personally, I'm planning on doing an alternate schedule to make it easier on baby's body. It just doesn't make sense to me to shoot up an infant with bacteria and viruses when their immune system is barely developed (not to mention the shot additives and preservatives). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221505 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 21:13:50 +0000 Weagle 221505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not everyone decides on an alternative schedule based on the autism argument. We've decided to do an alternate schedule following our ped's recommendations. LO will be fully vaccinated, but we're just doing fewer vaccines more often. Our pedi is very supportive of doing an alternate schedule if the parents so choose, and she's very picky about which vaccine brands she will use. If you think this is something that you want to do, definitely find a ped that is supportive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221379 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:32:03 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 221379@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrstilly: This is true and a very valid point. However, I feel that my baby has such low risk factors. She does not attend any sort of daycare and probably won't until kindergarten. We plan on keeping her with us in church until 6 months, so she won't even be around children in Sunday School. Both my husband and myself have the Pertussis shot, as well as all grandparents. I feel that in a risk-benefit perspective the risk of neurologic and autoimmune diseases from vaccinations outweigh the benefits of avoiding the childhood infections that they prevent. </p> <p>I am not fully decided on this subject. Still doing research and looking for others' input! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221367 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:14:35 +0000 mrstilly 221367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My pediatrician is Dr. Loehr, the one who wrote The Vaccine Answer Book. After talking with him, we decided to use the CDC vaccination schedule. His practice has a lot of parents who chose to spread out the vaccines, but they are all caught up by age 2. He also has parents that only have single vaccines (no combination vaccines). Although by giving single vaccines, there is an increase in the preservatives that keep the vaccine good.</p> <p>The most important thing is that you vaccinate your child. The study linking vaccines to autism was invalidated. By leaving your child unvaccinated, you are relying on everyone else to vaccinate their children so that your child is not exposed to any diseases. But there are more kids who are on delayed vaccination schedule or who aren't being vaccinated, which increases the chance that your child will be exposed to and possibly killed by a serious disease that could have been prevented. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221366 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:12:59 +0000 runsyellowlites 221366@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Deciding how to/not to vaccinate is an incredibly personal decision &amp; should be done with confidence. Dr. Sears has great breakdowns on each vaccine &amp; you can always review the vaccine inserts. </p> <p>My stance is always on the side informed decisions that you can be confident in. Until you're sure of what you want to do &amp; have done enough research to make you feel secure in that decision I would hold off. Thankfully our pedi is very much on the side of research &amp; informed decisions as well so he doesn't "push" anything. He gives his recommendation &amp; encourages us to read up on every treatment, vaccine, &amp; medication.</p> <p>I would say there isn't a rush to the point that you can't take some time to do research. If your pedi isn't supportive of you making an informed decision then it might be wise to look for another one. (we actually had to do that before even leaving the hospital :-/) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221361 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 17:00:06 +0000 mrs. bird 221361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>in dr oz's book, 'you having a baby', he has a section that goes over each side's arguments, i thought it was really interesting. it might be helpful to look over for those trying to make their decision. he has the excerpt on his website here:<br /> <a href="http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/book-excerpt-you-having-baby-vaccines" rel="nofollow">http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/book-excerpt-you-having-baby-vaccines</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/2-month-vaccinations#post-221357 Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:53:17 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 221357@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am at a loss as to what to do about my LO's two-month vaccinations. Of course, the doctors and nurses are pushing it like none other and acting as if not getting the shots/only getting some of them/spreading them out over a longer period of time is not even an option. However, I keep reading about possible complications such as aluminum toxicity, and the fact that maybe it isn't best for our LO's to get those large combo shots (such as the two-month shots). I feel that immunizations and vaccinations afre really driven by the pharmaceutical industry, and most moms are told the "benefits" of the shots and not so much the "risks."</p> <p>My girlfriend's LO has a naturalpath and he recommended an alternate vaccination schedule and doesn't seem to think the baby needs vaccinations until 2 years of age. He isn't against vaccinations, but suggests that mom chooses to alter the schedule.</p> <p>Anyway, I know this is a hot topic but I just don't know what to do. I want to do what is right for my baby, and I am not sure getting those huge combo shots is best for her (especially now that I read she could be exposed to a whopping 1225 micrograms of aluminum in that one session).</p> <p>What are your opinions on this topic? What are you deciding/did you decide for your LO? Did anyone decide to go with an alternate schedule or opt out entirely? </p>