Arranging a playdate right after receiving a round of vaxes

[Ivanhoe]

Hi!

This Friday ny co-worker will take his 20 months son to the ped office to have him vaccinated with his last round of vaccines before school age (i guess it'll be Polio/difteria/tetanus/a-pertussis/hib and maybe something else :eek -prevnar or junior flu-) She is planning to bring him to the office after the ped visit and suggested I bring my 27 months ds as well, so they can play. My first thought was "what a great idea"... However, what do you think? Could her boy pass some of the nice things he will be injected into my child? If there's any possibility of that I can politely say I'm full of pendings and don't have time to spare caring for ds...(which, OTOH, it's sadly true !)

Thanks for your input.

Ivanhoe

[Sara29]

Only the live virus vaccines are an issue and at 20mo who knows what she did at 12 or 15 months.MMR and Varivax are the live ones. I don't think even then it is an issue hours after the shot,maybe a few days/week later he would be spreading the virus around a little. Poor kid.If I vaxed I wouldn't take my kids out afterwards to play.I mean what if he has a reaction? I would want then home to rest.
sara

[Ivanhoe]

thanks for your reply, Sara. I agree with you, poor kid. Hope everything goes smooth for him.

[Tracy]

ivanhoe, there might be some stuff in this thread that could be helpful:

http://216.92.20.151/discussions/showthread.php?s=&threadid=61132

[Ivanhoe]

Thanks Trabot, I'll read that thread as well as the others link you've posted. Moreover, i've been thinking about my question, and came back to me as a quite stupid one. After all, it's impossible and a bit arrogant to try to control with whom our childern hung out with...

Warm regards and thanks again,
I

[Tracy]

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