Discussion re "How do I delay vaxes?" - Page 2

[pumpkinsmama]

: I put it on the sticky.

[MCsMom]

As someone who is a relative newbie to the forum, but had been lurking for months, I think it would be useful to at least address the issue of what happens if the parent started researching after baby already had the first round on the CDC schedule. That it took actually seeing 4 needles going into your baby to realize that maybe this (vaxing on CDC schedule) is not what you want to do. For instance, can you just stop cold turkey? Or are they like antibiotics, where you need to finish the course once you start them? Is there anything I as parent can do now that the toxins have already been injected to help the baby get rid of them? That type of thing.

[mamakay]

Originally Posted by MCsMom

As someone who is a relative newbie to the forum, but had been lurking for months, I think it would be useful to at least address the issue of what happens if the parent started researching after baby already had the first round on the CDC schedule. That it took actually seeing 4 needles going into your baby to realize that maybe this (vaxing on CDC schedule) is not what you want to do. For instance, can you just stop cold turkey? Or are they like antibiotics, where you need to finish the course once you start them? Is there anything I as parent can do now that the toxins have already been injected to help the baby get rid of them? That type of thing.

Several of us here stopped after the first round. Yes, you can and should stop cold turky (assuming that's what you want to do). It is in no way like antibiotics like that.
Stopping after the 2 mo.round doesn't encourage vax resistant bacteria or viruses like antibiotics do with bacteria. (To my knowledge...and I've read quite a bit).
If you just stop after the first round, you just eat your losses and gains....maybe your baby has suffered neurological or genetic damage....maybe not. Maybe your baby is a little immune to pertussis...maybe not.

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

bump

THIS should be stickied IMO

[Momtezuma Tuatara]

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[SneakyPie]

As someone who came into this forum once to discuss delay, I have another suggestion: those who hang around here a lot but get frustrated answering a new poster's general questions don't have to post if they don't feel like it! I did not look at the Vacc. forum as a place where a group of posters hung out and were available for answers if I would phrase my question correctly. I was just looking for some discussion. I don't get upset if just a few people respond to posts I make, nor do I assume there are "experts" hanging around in any forum waiting to give me "the answers." I am getting the feeling that there is a core group here that is feeling overworked -- is that the case? And if so, truly, can't that be remedied by just not responding to the threads you find repetitive? (Or do you find that then people get p.o.'d for not getting "expert" responses?)

Hand to god I'm not trying to stir things up. It just seems like an obvious option to me.

[LongIsland]

Originally Posted by SneakyPie

I did not look at the Vacc. forum as a place where a group of posters hung out and were available for answers if I would phrase my question correctly.

The decision to selectively/delay vaxing is an important one wouldn't you agree? I think it would be a "disservice" to give cookie cutter responses when a selective/delayed schedule should be tailored to the individual's needs, lifestyle, fears, minimum state dose requirements, etc.

I've seen many of these sorts of threads die a quick death b/c the poster asked this sort of question: "What schedule do you use?" Yeah, they got some posters' "sample schedules," but these are not the appropriate answers in order to make an informed decision.

Therefore, we need to start asking the poster more questions and the poster needs to be more specific in order to get the appropriate information in order to make an informed decision.

[LongIsland]

Continuation of post above:

Suppose a poster wishes to selectively/delay DTaP (among others) for example. Some posters may selectively vax, but do so according to the CDC schedule of five doses and post their sample schedules. However, is the OP aware her state may require only three or four doses? Will state dosage minimums then affect her proposed selective schedule?

Is Hib a concern? Why? On what do you base your fear or why is it not a concern to you? Again, let's also look at the poster's state law. If the child will not be attending daycare, but will be attending preschool, the child only legally needs one dose of Hib. Maybe she resides in a state wherein no Hib dose is required at all. Will this knowledge (among other reasons) affect her proposed selective schedule?

What about pneumoccocal (Prevnar)? Is this a concern? Why? On what do you base your fear or why is it not a concern? Most states do not require this . . . yet. So again, will this (among other reasons) affect her proposed selective schedule?

These questions should be asked for every vaccine/disease.

Also, does the poster need support in terms of dealing with their pediatrician. Does the poster know their state exemption statutes in case they need to use an exemption in order to enroll their child in school while continuing to selectively vaccinate.

A selective schedule should be tailored to and based upon the individual's needs, child's medical/family history, lifestyle, fears, and minimum state dose requirements. It shouldn't be "photocopied."

[HeatherHeather]

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Great post LI

[SneakyPie]

Wait, I didn't make myself clear. I just thought that I heard, in the OP, frustration with "having" to answer the same questions over and over. I was just offering the idea that no one is obligated to wade into a discussion they seem to find irritating. I mean I know that's obvious but you know how people get used to being called upon and then start to feel an obligation . . .