As Leo was a baby going through getting all his vaccinations, I opted not to get quite a few of them. I was picky, and selective about what I allowed to be put into my baby's body. I had some very personal reasons for my decision. I took a lot of grief over this decision and even changed Pediatricians over it.
I always said, I wasn't saying I would never vaccinate him, I was only saying not right now. I did a lot of reading on the subject and found that there is evidence that shows waiting until at least 2 years of age to vaccinate significantly lowers the risk of Autism and SIDS.
Today, was Leo's 2 year check up and because I was finally willing to vaccinate him...they did. Oh, my poor baby. It broke my heart. They stuck him so many times. He received 5 vaccines today and still needs to go back in 6 weeks for the ones that are remaining. He did very well though, and only cried at the last 2 shots. We did a blood check, his TB testing, MMR, DPaT, Hep A and a booster shot for Hep B and a flu shot.
I sat there wondering how could all these shots be any better for him then having had them spread out over the course of the past 2 years. It is too late to second guess my decision, I only hope I made the right one. I hate seeing him being pricked that way. He's my baby, and not a pin cushion.
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I just want to reach over and prick the nurse, who is sticking needles into the babies. I hate it too.
That sucks. But at least he got it over with all at once. I can't imagine what it's like to drag your child back to the doctor over and over again for shots.
Think of it as ripping off a Band-Aid. Painful now, over in a day. At least he has his Disney swag to make him smile!
That kid leads a crazy life. One day he's at Disney and the next thing he knows he gets 6 shots?!! I always thought they put them into one shot, but I'm out of the loop on vaccines.
THe word pin cushion....that's what Jasmine's body looked like getting shots every day for 6 months. Now...that sucked.
You do what you feel is right and I'm sure you did the right thing! Being a mom is hard...there's no doubt about that! I miss you Lizzie! Hope to see you soon!
He'll be fine :) That's actually close to how he would've been when he was younger. Sometimes Jonathan got 5 shots at a time. We waited on Pertussis, and we're going to start at 2. I think they have to order a special shot for us :/
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