Posts by Mama2Kayla

 Our choices and reasons are the same as Turquesas except for HIB and pneumococcus  I've moved those vaccines into our top spot, but only for my baby. She is around a lot of kids and will be attending daycare...

Quote: Originally Posted by Turquesa  To be fair, in the homebirth safety context, we need to consider neonatal mortality instead of infant mortality.  Exactly. Infant mortality is a measure of deaths...

Quote: Originally Posted by joycnm  Oh, and for those that are dubious that babies still die in hospitals should know that the US ranks something like 27 in the entire world for neonatal mortaility--that means 26 other...

Quote: Originally Posted by fridgeart  We did not vax either of our kids, and this decision was based on our lifestyle at the time (I was at home with the kids, we live in a smallish community). DD also had...

I am a former anti vax/delayed mom who is now more or less fully vaccinating my kids.   I don't have much time to type out all my reasons for the change, but much of them are similar to those described by the pp. I had...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bokonon  This has been discussed in other threads recently, and is off-topic to this discussion. Well I guess I haven't seen those other threads....care to link them...

Quote: Originally Posted by Super~Single~Mama    Even in the case of Smallpox?  I can see that when it comes to certain diseases, but smallpox has been completely eradicated from the globe...

I too have a 30lb 4yr old and am looking for ways to help him gain. He doesnt seem to have any food sensitivities and his father and I are both on the small side(dh is 5'9" 145lbs) Doc seems to think he's fine and it's just...

I believe as long as you haven't received any vaccines after you submitted the exemption, then it's ok. Technically the "all or nothing" only applys after you claim religious exemption because you can "find" religion at any point in...

  Quote: Originally Posted by Kanna  Since I don't actually remember my mom, it's not that bad. And my dad remarried and the lady he married did become my "new" mom. Still, I sometimes wonder what...