Non-vaxers! How "crunchy" was your upbringing? - Page 4

[Jona]

Oh pretty darn crunchy, we lived on farms and boats and in caravans, went traveling, homeschooling and all that stuff.

I had most of the childhood diseases going, measles, mumps, rubella etc. None of them were pleasant but I agree with my parents decision not to give me any vaccinations early on. I did however have the ones they give at school in the UK, Rubella and TB. Also had quite a few so we could travel to the far east.

My sister who was born 14 years after me hasn't had a single vax in her life and has never been ill. Barely gets a cold, never even had chicken pox.

I won't be vaccinating when I have children.

[savienu]

If you can think of the exact opposite of anything AP- that was and is my family. I questioned vax because, well, I question everything. Thank God I do, too!

[Joyful Mama]

i answered "not at all," but now that i'm reading other people's posts and remembering things, i guess my parents were AP in some areas. my mom nursed me, the oldest, until 8 months, and i was the one she nursed the longest. sister was nursed until about 7 months, little brother until 4-5 months. she used CDs on my sister and i. by the time my brother was born, sposies were more popular, and she used them. they would wear us in a snugli on hikes, etc.
we were spanked occasionally, but it was not a frequent occurence. i think they let us CIO at bedtime, but would get us if we cried in the middle of the night, and bring us in to their bed, even as babies. we slept in our own rooms in cribs. when older, we were allowed to come in and sleep in their bed if we had a bad dream or something.
we were all fully vaxed, though i had half-doses of the dpt because i reacted to the first shot.
we ate a pretty typical diet. mom tried to make it healthy, but things were different then, and we definitely had our share of junk.
oh, yeah...my brother wasn't circed, either.

i started off pretty mainstream in my parenting. i even read "babywise," as recommended by friends. then i had DS, and couldn't imagine doing horrible things like letting him CIO. he was vaxed up until 6 months, which i hate. and now, my whole perspective on parenting is changed from what i thought it would be before i became a mom. i've become pretty darn crunchy in the past three years.

[milansmommy]

I voted choice B.

My siblings and I were all breastfed and I was the youngest so I was breastfed until almost 2. My mom would not let us CIO, but we were spanked and we were vaccinated. We grew up in Europe so we were vaccinated far less, there was no MMR or chicken pox vaccine. I had measles, mumps and chicken pox growing up but I'm not sure about rubella. My mom wishes she had the knowledge back than that she has now, she would not have vaccinated us! My parents co-slept with my brother (the first born) for a long time, my sister slept in her crib and I remember climbing into their bed in the middle of the night every night for a long time. I know how nice that was so I would never deprive my kids of that! We ate fairly well, always had a nice garden. I became a really unhealthy vegetarian at 10 years old and in high school worked at a health food store where I learned so much about nutrition and became really health conscious. I research everything to death now. I wouldn't vaccinate my dog so questioning vaccines for a baby came as a no brainer. We were also cd'd and natural birthed but in a hospital.

[Magali]

My mom and dad are super cool , super supportive and super laid back. I hope I can be as good a mommy to my kids as my mom was to me. She bf, cd'd and although I hate labels, she unknowingly was Ap. I picked mild to moderate crunchy. My family rocks!

[BusyBee]

I voted "other" because although my upbringing was not at all mainstream, it was not really AP either, or with a few AP values. WE were health-food, alternative education, living off the land types, BUT parents were very authoritarian and punitive. I ended up getting vaxed as an adult, One of my brothers got vaxed in the military. The other two siblings are the most "mainstream" of us all and are still completely unvaxed.

[mom2tig99Nroo03]

Originally Posted by CCChanel

Oh yes thanks for asking! I'd like this poll to include the "no longer vaxing" crowd too...even if you've vaxed in the past.

If you are almost 100% sure that you will never vax yourself or your kids ever again please vote!

okay, voted

[Fyrestorm]

Mom was a Peds and public health nurse...so mainstream, that looking back, I can hardly believe I turned out okay!

I got every vax available either on the schedual or not. They were no longer giving Smallpox but I got it. I even got some things early like the MMR. I think my mother even had me in an early DTP trail.

As a public health nurse, she was responsible (and proud) of getting the grants and funding for a vaccination program in our city.

I purposely waited until after her death to have a child, as I can't imagine what life would have been like were she to have any idea how I am raising my DD. I believe she is not only rolling over in her grave..I think she is spinning like a top.

[JaneSmith1010]

We were very mainstream until 5 years ago. Didn't have the money for vaxes when I was a kid so I'm not even fully vaxed in terms of the standards then.