Vaccinations for Special Needs Baby (xposted in SNP)

[Lorette]

Hi,
My son is 11 weeks old and I would like to avoid/delay vax. We will be traveling by plane to a hospital in another state to get treatment for him within the month. He will most likely be having surgeries within the first couple years of his life.

His pediatrician is mostly understanding of a delayed schedule but suggests he gets three before he goes into airports/hospitals (which is kind of funny, because he's been going to a hospital every week since he was born).

The three she suggests (in order of importance) are:
1)Pneumococcal
2)hib
3)pertussis

She said these are the 3 illnesses that are airborne so they can be picked up in airports/hospitals.

I wanted to avoid putting my ds through anymore than he is already going through so I have seriously thought about avoiding vax. But of course I don't want him to get sick! The eternal vax dilemma.

Any advice/suggestions?

Thank you.

ETA: He has a condition called Arthrogyposis Multiplex Congenita. The type he has is Amyoplasia.
And I am nursing exclusively.

[Mirzam]

You don't say what special needs your baby has, but vaccines have only ever been tested on healthy babies, so you have no way of knowing how your child is going to react. I highly recommend you listen to the interview with Dr Andrew Moulden posted in this thread, on vaccines reactions and brain damage. Also, your doctor is being a little bit disingenuous regarding the pertussis vaccine because it isn't just pertussis, your baby will be receiving the dtap - which is three vaccines, and as you may know, this vaccine is implicated in a large number of adverse reactions (it is generally the pertussis component).

I can't tell you what to do, but I can tell you that I would not vaccinate my baby in your situation. I would concentrate of ensuring that I am healthy with an optimal nutrient dense diet, so that I am giving my baby the very best start I can (assuming you are nursing - however, even if I wasn't nursing I would still not vaccinate).

If you believe vaccines have some value (which I do not), they I would research the incidence of the diseases that your doctor has recommended vaccinating against vs adverse reactions in apparently healthy babies.

Here is a great place to start: Inside Vaccines .

[Pariah]

Originally Posted by uccomama

You don't say what special needs your baby has, but vaccines have only ever been tested on healthy babies, so you have no way of knowing how your child is going to react.

This. I don't have experience with a special needs child, but my line of thought is that if I feel that vaxes are not safe for children who are without SNs, I feel that they're especially dangerous if we were to have a child who DOES have SNs. The DTaP is especially scary, IMO.

Good luck to you and your DS! :

[Gitti]

I would not vaccinate under any condition. When a person gets vaccinated, the first thing the body does is try to rid itself of the vaccine and get back to pre-vaccine condition. That causes fever and all sort of other stress and at best it can only get rid of the virus or bacteria injected. The aluminum, antibiotic, residue mercury, and all the other crap will remain in the body maybe indefinitely.

I have no clue why doctors simple recommend shots they evidently know nothing about. I wish they would do a wee bit of research.

For every bacteria covered by a vaccine, others will take its place and do maybe even more damage.

Did you doctor take into account that you bf? If so, why would she recommend the Hib vax? And the pertussis vaccine (which is really 3 in 1) is the most reactive vaccine, linked to SIDS and life long allergies.

[momofmine]

My heart goes out to you, and I am sending your LO healing energy for what he has ahead! I totally agree with what everyone above wrote. I would be more scared of the vaxes when a body is already compromised. In the airports, I would take lots of extra care and keep him in a sling, close to you, wash your hands a lot, etc.

[Pariah]

^^^ Yep, even doctors say that frequent handwashing cuts infection down significantly.