I tried searching and couldn't really find what I was looking for, sorry if this has been asked a million times.


I have vaccinated both of my children without educating myself on what I was doing. About 3 years ago I woke up and decided to take my family's health very seriously, unfortunately that was after I had given both kids all of the recommended vaccines up through the ones required for K. I can only take comfort in the fact that I was very lazy about taking them to the docs as infants when they weren't sick, so their baby vaccines were delayed.

I've avoided this subject for the past three years because there just weren't any required vaccines that I had to deal with....until now. DD is starting 7th grade next year and the school wants the final round of vaccines. (she's been homeschooled for the past few years) I did get the states religious exemption for both kids, and that will be fine for the school.

However...am I really making a difference this late in the game?

DD developed tics at around 5 shortly after her vaccines for k. (at 11 she still has some) I can't say that the tics are related because she is also very gifted and the tics could also be from that. (or from anything, the doc says stress)

I don't plan to give her any vaccines, I'll let her do that on her own when she's older; I just don't know if it really matters at this point.

Any insight?

People can have a reaction at any age.

There are many moms on here who said they reacted negatively in their 20’s or 30’s.

If you aren’t planning on vaxing anymore and you suspect a possible vaccine reaction, then I would get the waiver and not give the 7th grade shots.