OT/Vaccines? (sp?)

thanks!!

I have 3 boys and one more on the way.  My two older sons were vaccinated on a regular schedule.  My oldest son is very typical a little adhd but who isn't these days.  My second son will be 6 in a few days and had moderate Autism.  My 3rd son has not had any vaccines and will begin getting them at 2, he will get 1 every six months until age 4 and then we will pick up the pace.  He is very typical.  This was mine and DH's decision and no one else had a right to decide what was best for our child.

Dh and I have never took the stance that vaccines caused autism, but the problem is they don't know what does.  You have a child, everything seems typical and OK, then wow he's just not quite right.  You take your child to the DR and they say oh well he has autism, we don't know how to cure it, we don't know what causes it, but we do know what it is.....OH your pregnant, good do everything you did with this baby and cross your fingers, good luck!  

That wasn't good enough for us.  So there was many things we changed.  We looked at vaccines DH and I started school the same year, we had to have 4 shots, our oldest son had to have 24 to start school.  We strictly breast fed, when Noah had a bottle of breast milk it was in a BPA free bottle.  When he began food it was all organic. 

Do I think not vaccinating is for everyone, sure don't.  Do I think it was the right decision for us, you bet.  We had one autistic child and until you have walked that road you have no idea how hard physically and emotionally it can be.

If it helps your BF let him know your feelings.  Is there a family history of mental disorders?  Also if you are having a girl, 4 out of 5 diagnosed are male. 

I hope you and your BF can come to a compromise that will make you both happy.  As long as it is a decision that you both make TOGETHER for your child it is no one Else's business.  You are the parents and must decide what is right for your family.

Good luck

see thats the feed back i was looking for.  I get really annoyed when people just jump on a post and start saying blah blah blah, but have no experience in the issue.  Thanks for your input and your story, it gave me a lot to think about. and Your right...it is OUR baby and we get to make the decision. 

Yes, it is YOUR baby.  BUT, it is also MY baby that I am concerned about...and my family, my friends, my neighbors, my community.  Unless you plan on never taking your child ANYWHERE.. you still expose other people to your baby.  Then the potential for these types of diseases taking flight again are real.  Yes, the babies that are vaccinated are mostly protected, but just like with the Varicella (chicken pox) there is still a chance that they can get them.  Not to mention people in the community with weakened immune systems that are suseptible to diseases and illness and will have a much harder time recovering from them.... or worse case scenario, dying. 

You are very right it is YOUR baby.... but don't be annoyed when you ask for opinions and people give you theirs and you DON'T like them. Don't assume that we have no experience... we are all mothers...and we are giving you insight into our experiences.   You asked for opinions... everyone gave you well thought out responses... I personally didn't see any Blah, blah, blah responses.

B

i hope you've read this enough times now, but just in case you need to see it one more time: not vaccinating your child is both naive and dangerous for your child, for children around him/her, and for any immunocompromised people around him/her.

No one on here is advocating not vaccinating a child.  She was simply asking about a delayed schedule.  There are many pediatricians that agree to do a delayed schedule for parents that are uncomfortable with so many vaccines so close together.  With my last child they actually wanted me to sign a waiver while I was in labor so that they could vaccinate him against HEP B when he was 5 minutes old.  That for me is just a little too quick. 

As far a never vaccinating a child yes I agree that can be risky, but to put your child on a delayed schedule that you are comfortable with is not dangerous or naive.  It is doing what you think is best for your child and your cir****tance. 

Actually, I plan on immunizing my child, obviously from the very beginning I was all for a slower schedule.  But I am in no way going to do 4-6 vaccines all at one time.  Once again it is MY child.  I get to choose that, if people decide to come up and touch my child (i hate when people do that) without asking first talking about how sweet or how cute, i will then inform them of the possible risks... "be careful, i dont believe in immunizing against the chicken pox...so if you havent had them, you may be at risk!!!"  why dont you immunize against dirt, dust, and air too?  

I dont know why some people feel the need to have an attitude when answering a question.  I said from the very beginning that i want a SLOWER schedule, i dont think its ok to forget them all together, i was trying to get feedback that is BACKED UP with medical info to show the BF.  So if someone does answer MY post and says something that I think is good info for ME to pass on...if you dont like what your reading, instead of being negative, how about just getting off my post, obviously you have nothing nice to say...so say nothing.

Thanks.

and another thing, if i decide not to immunize until my child is two, he wont be coming out of my womb with scarlet fever....he would have contracted it from some person that came into this country that wasnt immunized. 

children arent just born, so not only would it be my child that would "spread" this but there are other people out there that believe in a slower schedule.  I am considering my child, i could care less about others in comparison...just as you care about your child over mine.  you have every right to.. if that is your concern there are children out there who you have no idea about...when you take your kids to the playground do you poll the surrounding parents..."has your child had a vaccine against the chicken pox?"  NO. ok i rest my case.

I'm normally a lurker, but I thought I would post my opinion.  I am a mother of two autistic children (out of my four) and cannot explain what a heartbreaking and difficult disease it is and of course they still don't know what causes it exactly.  Now I completely agree that every child should be vaccinated for their safety and the safety of the community, but I think that a slower schedule is very prudent given the latest data.  It is definite that vaccines do not cause autism directly, but what is being discovered is that sometimes children with an underlying condition such as a mitochondrial disorder have an increased potential for neurotoxicity from the vaccines and it causes autistic symptoms.  Just recently several autistic students in my children's classroom were tested for this mitochondrial disorder and were positive.  Now I'm not saying that my children's autism was caused by their vaccines, but they were preemies and I do remember feeling very uncomfortable with the quick schedule they were on.  Even before they weighed 5lbs they had received numerous vaccinations and if I had to do it over again I would have slowed down.

Like I said..vaccines aren't the enemy and they are definitely safer today than they even were a few years ago, but as long as it don't pose a risk to child or the community and until they definitively prove what causes autism,  I think it is the mother's decision and I personally will be doing the schedule slower.

-Jennifer

I've never heard of that study or test could you PM me the details I would love see if that is a possible test for Logan.