Vac Poll

[Blessed7]

Having some questions about whether to vac or not. Could you please write if you have or haven't vaxed and if your LO ended up getting any diseases. Thanks for you help!

[Marnica]

DS is almost 2, unvaccinated. No VPD's

[2boyzmama]

DS1, partially vaxed, has had rotavirus illness and chicken pox illness. Had one chicken pox vaccine but still got the wild virus, and a pretty decent case. Did not have the rotavirus vaccine.

DS2, unvaxed, has had rotavirus, chicken pox, and possibly rubella. He also had a severe invasiv non-typeable haemophilus influenzae infection, I list this one because NTHi infections have increased since HiB vaccine was introduced (which protects again haemophilus influenzae type B only) So he was a victim of serotype replacement.

DS3, unvaxed, no illnesses yet.

Now, ask me about the illnesses they've got that there are NO vaccines for...strep, pneumonia, lots of pink eye, about a dozen run of the mill viral illnesses...no one wants to know about how many kids get illnesses until a vaccine is available for it. I find that interesting.

[Mirzam]

DD (12) and DS (10) completely unvaxed. Neither have so far contracted diphtheria, tetanus, polio, hepatitis A or B, haemophilus influenzae, measles, mumps or rubella. Both have had a mild case of chicken pox and possibly pertussis (nothing more than an annoying cough for a couple of months), DD had rotavirus at 18 months old, DS has not had it. They both had "regular" flu two years ago and most likely H1N1 last fall.

[Crazybean]

100% non vaxed 3 year old.. has not had any VPD's.. and is in PT childcare...

[Monkeygrrl]

7yo - unvaxed, had chicken pox and pertussis, has seasonal allergies
3yo - unvaxed, had severe ear infections until tubes were put in, pneumonia once

Neither in daycare or public school.

[RaRa7]

7 yo- fully vaxed except Hep B ntil 9 months--had chicken pox and what we think was H1N1

4 yo- no vaccinations. had chicken pox + seasonal flu

[listipton]

4.4 yo, partially vaxed until 6 mos, no VPD's
1.6 yo totally unvaxed, no VPD's

[mariposa77]

14 y.o. and 12 y.o. non-vaxed public school attending children, no illnesses

[just_lily]

21mo DD, no vaxes, no VADs. She has had a couple of minor colds, a very minor ear infection and one case of the pukes for about two hours and then she was done.

ETA: And I run a home daycare with 3 to 5 extra kids here every week day.

[ammiga]

Dd is 26 months, has had no vaxes, and has had no VPDs.

I can tell you that she had a suspected case of the mumps (turned out to be facial swelling with teething). Doctors were certain that she had mumps and nothing was done for her. I was told to bring her home and keep her away from other people until 10 days had passed. Other than that, no one warned me about symptoms, complications, or things to watch out for.

I only found out it was facial swelling the next time dd had a set of teeth coming in and she swelled up again. I saw a much more natural-minded doctor, who helped to identify what was happening. She ended up looking like that every time she teethed, other than with her very first teeth. I never even told the first set of doctors that dd didn't have the mumps.

For all the hoopla and horror stories you will hear to get you to vax, when actually presented with the disease, no one thought anything about it (and she saw 3 peds, 2 nurse practitioners, and many nurses).

[MountainMamaGC]

She got shots at 2 months and thats it. She has never had a VPD that I know of and she is super healthy. If she gets sick, she is usually better by morning and it never lasts more than 3 days.

[prothyraia]

3 year old and 20 month old, no vaxes, no serious illnesses. Occasional colds, one nasty stomach bug in my older son, croup in winters my older son was 1 year and 2 years old (we actually went to the hospital the first time and he got steriods because his oxygen levels were a bit low).

Edited to add: My husband thinks he got H1N1 last year, neither the boys nor I caught so much as a sniffle from him.

[~savah~]

DD is two. She hasn't had any vaxes or vpds. I know you only asked about children, but I am 31 unvaxed and have had measles and chicken pox. DP is 34, unvaxed and has had pertussis. He was exposed to both mumps and chicken pox when he was younger but didn't get either one. I was also exposed to pertussis on numerous occasions and never contracted it.

[mamakah]

2yr old ds unvaxed-no vaccine available illnesses yet. However, he was exposed to pertussis at about 9 months old ( he played all day with his 2 yr old cousin who was diagnosed the next day-2 yr old cousin is fully vaccinated). He never got it (or at least never had symptoms).

[LiLStar]

two kids, no vax at all. I suspect my oldest had rotavirus around 10 months old but we never went to a dr or anything to confirm. At worst, it was a laundry problem. We just nursed nursed nursed and she stayed hydrated and was just fine!

[PuppyFluffer]

Three kids: all faccine free. Ages 7.5, 3.5 and 22 months.

Middle child has been seen twice for cough symptoms, just to have her lungs listened to. No other sick doctor visits with any of the others.
Aside from an occasional homeopathic remedy, my children have never had a medication - either over the counter or prescription.
Homeschooled but we are very active in the community and in the presence of other children in group settings at least 3 times a week (library storytimes, gymnastics and ballet at our local park and recreation center.)
All breastfed until they self wean. (Younger two are still nursing.)

[t2009]

So I see I'm in the minority ... we vax our LO (12 mo) though we spread out the shots. I will say I wish we had delayed a bit more at the beginning because his first shots hit him pretty hard (we didn't start delaying/spreading out until after he had the first round). Since then we have had no adverse reactions & no illnesses (aside from a cold and norovirus) even though he is exposed to a healthy dose of germs on a regular basis.

[mama2soren]

DS is 23 months, a former 31 weeker (so, supposedly more prone to be ill). He has had no vaccinations. The only illnesses he's ever had are 3-4 minor colds. He is not in daycare, and still nurses about 3 times a day.

[maxwill129]

DS#1 is partially vax'd- all vax's through age 2. He has gotten chicken pox, rotavirus, seasonal flu (confirmed) and H1N1 (confirmed) He's now 7 and has been in preschool and in public school for a total of 3 years.

DD is partially vax'd- all vax's through age 1. She has gotten chicken pox, seasonal flu and H1N1 (both confirmed). She's now 5 and has been in preschool for 2 years.

DS#2 had all of his 2 month shots and ended up with a reaction and has not gotten anymore vax's. He's only had chicken pox. He is 3.

DS#3 is not vax'd at all and has had no diseases. He's almost 10 months.