Don't shout at me, but....

[cat2116]

both my kids are fully vaccinated...(well apart from Chicken Pox which is not standard in the UK and they have both had anyway)...but I am seriously considering not giving them anymore...my son is 4 and is fully vaxed till he is 15, but my DD is only two....she is still due her MMR booster, as well as polio, dtap, hib, tetanus, pneumococcal etc but he more I read about vaccines the more I feel I don't want her to have them.

I was reluctant to give my son his MMR booster (he has always been very healthy, and has never been on antibiotics)...but was talked into it from family, doctors etc.....he does not seem to have suffered any adverse effects (although I wouldn't even know what symptoms to look for)...

but my DD well thats a different story, she has been on countless courses of antibiotics, including IV antibiotics last Christmas when she had pneumonia, is underweight for her age and has mild asthma. She had Chicken pox a few months ago and was VERY ill....she had hundreds of spots, everywhere you could imagine...some of them got infected and this set up a massive whole body infection which needed yet more antibiotics....

I was told at Christmas when she pneumonia that it was a good job she was vaccinated against pneumococcal as she could have got that and that it can be FATAL!

So...obviously I don't want to put her at risk...but I don't really want her to vaccinated either.....

WWYD???

[Katerz2u]

Im not really sure what I would do, to be honest. My gut reaction is to stop vaccinating, as we dont vax anyways. The vaccines arent tested on children who are chronically ill. However, Im not in your shoes, havent been in the situation you are..so my reaction is not really thought out, yk?
I vaccinated my first son on schedule, to 1 year. I do regret it, but its the past. I can only work on the current and future now. Please dont beat yourself up for the choices you made. We all love our children and do the best we can. GL on your journey to a decision.

[chaoticzenmom]

It sounds like your daughter's immune system is weak and it's not great either way, vax or no vax. Since you're saying that you don't want to vax her even though your children are fully vaxed, I wonder why? What's telling you not to vax her? You might want to listen to that little voice.

I know that in England, you have access to homeopaths, osteopaths and naturapaths. It might be good to get some local recommendations and work on your daughter's underlying immune system issues and heal the damage that has been done from vaccines and antibiotics before making your decision.

I don't know about the U.K., but here in the U.S.A., kids are given 36 shots before school. I think in France, it's more like 12, so I wonder how it is where you are. So, when you say they're fully vaxed, I think that even fully vaxed where you are is much much less than fully vaxed here.

I went and looked it up. There are 18 vaccines given there before school age if you separate that 3 in one vaccine out. So, half of what's given here.

[runes]

Vaccinating aside, it sounds like your daughter may have issues with her immune system. I would look into that first and foremost.