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NervousNell
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by maymama
as a PP mentioned, I am not scared about my child being "off" for a few days (which he was around days 10/11 - mild rash and fever). I am worried about his exposure to all those who DO NOT vaccinate or vaccinate late in the game. To me, 1-2 days of being "off" trumps the possibility of contracting life threatening diseases because others chose not to vaccinate.
Yup and you know what? ANYTHING can make them be a little bit off.
Teething makes them VERY off.
Growth spurts make them off
Being tired makes them off
Being hungry makes them off
Hot weather, cold weather, gas, you name it- it makes them off.
Off isn't anything new with babies.
Getting a deadly disease- that's a bit more worrisome to me.
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Delaying the MMR shot
For those of you that delay to 3 and beyond do you still go to malls and go on vacations? I'm not being nasty when I ask this, I just find myself on the fence about this shot also. I am afraid that god forbid my child comes into contact with someone who has, let's say measles, and catches it I'd be devastated. On the other hand I've heard countless horror stories about giving the shot at such a young age.
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allIwant
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
I delayed it a few months because my kids were not 100% healthy. Everytime we went one of them was getting over a cold, ear infection etc. The doctor said because they tend to be "reactors" lets wait it out a bit. I think they had it around 17 mo...separate from the chicken pox
DD was fine
DS had a low grade fever for 2 days.
but they both acted like "themselves"
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| Posted 8/28/12 11:53 AM |
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by allIwant
I delayed it a few months because my kids were not 100% healthy. Everytime we went one of them was getting over a cold, ear infection etc. The doctor said because they tend to be "reactors" lets wait it out a bit. I think they had it around 17 mo...separate from the chicken pox
DD was fine
DS had a low grade fever for 2 days.
but they both acted like "themselves"
if a child is not 100%, a ped show never give a vaccine anyway 
jack was getting over an ear infection at one appt where he was supposed to get vaccines and they put the vaccines off without me even having to ask.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by MeowMeow2
For those of you that delay to 3 and beyond do you still go to malls and go on vacations? I'm not being nasty when I ask this, I just find myself on the fence about this shot also. I am afraid that god forbid my child comes into contact with someone who has, let's say measles, and catches it I'd be devastated. On the other hand I've heard countless horror stories about giving the shot at such a young age.
No offense taken. To answer your question, yes we still went to malls and on vacations. As nervous as I can be, I was not going to be a prisoner in my home over a disease where, realistically, you only hear about small localized outbreaks once or twice a year. The truth is, there are many other far more commonplace diseases that can make a child sick enough to be hospitalized. Just as an example, my son ended up hospitalized when he was 5 yrs old, by a vicious stomach virus that went through his preschool classroom.
I think the one precaution I have taken as a delayer of vaccines is that I would NOT travel abroad with my kids. Measles might be only a couple of localized outbreaks a year HERE, but they are much more commonplace in other countries. I know England, Ireland, and Israel all have a faiirly high rate of measles (just from various friends who have relatives in those countries).
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by Twins2013
Posted by maymama
am I the only one who never doubted or questioned the timeline with this vaccine?
i showed up and he got it. never a doubt in my mind. my ped is the one who incurred serious debts from all those years in med school - I chose them and I trust them. i follow their lead.
agreed. my daughter gets the shots when the ped tells us its time.
i trust them. and i would not be able to live with myself if she came down with one of these illnesses (that seem to be popping up more and more now)
Agreed. I do not have a medical degree. My Ped does. Further, this is my first child and he's been treating children for ages. I trust him.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
I do trust my ped. What I don't trust is the makers of these vaccines and the CDC who recommends the schedule.
My ped does not follow the CDC schedule to a T. He has so far spread out the shots with DS never receiving more than 2 at a time. So, he obviously has some reservations about pumping little bodies full of chemicals and whatnot.
Also, for those worried about measles "outbreaks" there were only 225 reported cases of measles in the US in 2011. The majority of those were people that either travelled abroad and contracted it there, or were in contact with people who travelled abroad. Also 14% of those cases were contracted by people who had the vaccine.
So, yes, measles is scary, but the chances of getting it are still extremely slim. And just b/c you were vaccinated it does not make you safe.
I'm trying to figure out if it's worth it to wait a few years when DS's body will hopefully be able to handle it better. I am NOT against the vaccine entirely. I just feel that it may be given too early considering what is in it.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by Deeluvsvinny
Posted by Twins2013
Posted by maymama
am I the only one who never doubted or questioned the timeline with this vaccine?
i showed up and he got it. never a doubt in my mind. my ped is the one who incurred serious debts from all those years in med school - I chose them and I trust them. i follow their lead.
agreed. my daughter gets the shots when the ped tells us its time.
i trust them. and i would not be able to live with myself if she came down with one of these illnesses (that seem to be popping up more and more now)
Agreed. I do not have a medical degree. My Ped does. Further, this is my first child and he's been treating children for ages. I trust him.
I just followed the schedule when we went for our appointments. I trust my Dr and voiced my concerns about so many shots at such a young age.
He told me I had every right to feel this way, but the reason so many of these old diseases are back is because so parents are choosing to not vaccinate or delay (which I think is better then nothing at all) them.
The only thing I asked to be seperated was the MMR and Chicken Pox. DS needed to get his 2nd Flu shot that visit as well and I just felt it was all too much at once. So I came back every 10 days for each shot.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by maymama
Posted by allIwant
I delayed it a few months because my kids were not 100% healthy. Everytime we went one of them was getting over a cold, ear infection etc. The doctor said because they tend to be "reactors" lets wait it out a bit. I think they had it around 17 mo...separate from the chicken pox
DD was fine
DS had a low grade fever for 2 days.
but they both acted like "themselves"
if a child is not 100%, a ped show never give a vaccine anyway
jack was getting over an ear infection at one appt where he was supposed to get vaccines and they put the vaccines off without me even having to ask.
Oh I know
What I really meant to say was one would be healthy and one would be sick...It took months before I got them both healthy at the same time!
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by maymama
as a PP mentioned, I am not scared about my child being "off" for a few days (which he was around days 10/11 - mild rash and fever). I am worried about his exposure to all those who DO NOT vaccinate or vaccinate late in the game. To me, 1-2 days of being "off" trumps the possibility of contracting life threatening diseases because others chose not to vaccinate.
I understand this completely which is why I DO vaccinate on schedule, however seeing your baby's personality change literally overnight for a few WEEKS is beyond terrifying. Every day I woke up praying she was back to normal again and thankfully eventually she was. It just makes me think twice about next time.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by computergirl
Posted by MeowMeow2
For those of you that delay to 3 and beyond do you still go to malls and go on vacations? I'm not being nasty when I ask this, I just find myself on the fence about this shot also. I am afraid that god forbid my child comes into contact with someone who has, let's say measles, and catches it I'd be devastated. On the other hand I've heard countless horror stories about giving the shot at such a young age.
No offense taken. To answer your question, yes we still went to malls and on vacations. As nervous as I can be, I was not going to be a prisoner in my home over a disease where, realistically, you only hear about small localized outbreaks once or twice a year. The truth is, there are many other far more commonplace diseases that can make a child sick enough to be hospitalized. Just as an example, my son ended up hospitalized when he was 5 yrs old, by a vicious stomach virus that went through his preschool classroom.
I think the one precaution I have taken as a delayer of vaccines is that I would NOT travel abroad with my kids. Measles might be only a couple of localized outbreaks a year HERE, but they are much more commonplace in other countries. I know England, Ireland, and Israel all have a faiirly high rate of measles (just from various friends who have relatives in those countries).
Thank you
This makes a lot of sense to me. Like you, I would never bring my child out of the country without vaccines such as mmr. I am not against vaccinations at all, but I'm not very comfortable or confident in the recommended schedule. Like some others have said I feel it's too many too fast. Babies and toddlers little bodies can only handle so much.
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maymama
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
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Posted by maymama
as a PP mentioned, I am not scared about my child being "off" for a few days (which he was around days 10/11 - mild rash and fever). I am worried about his exposure to all those who DO NOT vaccinate or vaccinate late in the game. To me, 1-2 days of being "off" trumps the possibility of contracting life threatening diseases because others chose not to vaccinate.
I understand this completely which is why I DO vaccinate on schedule, however seeing your baby's personality change literally overnight for a few WEEKS is beyond terrifying. Every day I woke up praying she was back to normal again and thankfully eventually she was. It just makes me think twice about next time.
how did it change? "normal" repsonse to MMR would be rash or low grade fever, increased sleeping. Nothing else would really be normal for reaction to MMR. Certainly not a personality change for weeks.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
I had concerns but spoke to my doctor about them- because of an outbreak at that time in Long Island- I decided to go ahead and vaccinate my ds.
that shot had no reaction... he actually had varicella the same day- and to that one he had a reaction (just rash).
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by maymama
Posted by Katareen
Posted by maymama
as a PP mentioned, I am not scared about my child being "off" for a few days (which he was around days 10/11 - mild rash and fever). I am worried about his exposure to all those who DO NOT vaccinate or vaccinate late in the game. To me, 1-2 days of being "off" trumps the possibility of contracting life threatening diseases because others chose not to vaccinate.
I understand this completely which is why I DO vaccinate on schedule, however seeing your baby's personality change literally overnight for a few WEEKS is beyond terrifying. Every day I woke up praying she was back to normal again and thankfully eventually she was. It just makes me think twice about next time.
how did it change? "normal" repsonse to MMR would be rash or low grade fever, increased sleeping. Nothing else would really be normal for reaction to MMR. Certainly not a personality change for weeks.
I was also wondering this.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
This is my favorite question to ask MEDICAL DOCTOR friends of mine. Specifically, pediatrician MEDICAL DOCTOR friends of mine.
They all got the MMR on schedule for their own children. To me, this means more than anything.
My first did not have any kind of reaction.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
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Posted by maymama
as a PP mentioned, I am not scared about my child being "off" for a few days (which he was around days 10/11 - mild rash and fever). I am worried about his exposure to all those who DO NOT vaccinate or vaccinate late in the game. To me, 1-2 days of being "off" trumps the possibility of contracting life threatening diseases because others chose not to vaccinate.
I understand this completely which is why I DO vaccinate on schedule, however seeing your baby's personality change literally overnight for a few WEEKS is beyond terrifying. Every day I woke up praying she was back to normal again and thankfully eventually she was. It just makes me think twice about next time.
how did it change? "normal" repsonse to MMR would be rash or low grade fever, increased sleeping. Nothing else would really be normal for reaction to MMR. Certainly not a personality change for weeks.
On/off fever for 2 weeks, as high as 103 at at times
Lethargic
Clumsiness (Ped thinks may be due to joint swelling which is a known side effect)
Irritability (prob due to fever/joint pain)
Lack of enjoyment of anything
Again, I'm not debating vaccines just telling my experience and why I might wait to give to future DC until 2 or 3. We have no ideas what a 12 month old is experiencing bc they can't verbalize it.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
I would never delay any shots including the MMR but I did split it up. DS is almost five and everything is fine. I plan on doing the same for my little guy.
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Posted by Chai77
I am really trying not to start another vaccination debate and I know I'm not answering your question, but why are you automatically scared of the MMR and are now looking for reasons to justify not administering it?
Just feel the need to restate- There is absolutely NO evidence the MMR vaccine causes autism. 
 
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Posted by WannaBeAMom11
My sister who is a children's chiropractor recommends waiting till they are at least 3. She has treated many kids who've had it before then and swears it causes developmental issues in the brain if the child had a reaction to it. All of my nephews got it between 3-4 and she is very careful with spacing out their shots because kids today get many more shots than our generation ever did. Dh and I are already having this discussion and we are going to space the shots out too.
Chiropractors are typically anti vaccine, and usually anti doctor in general.
Cailen got very sick about 2 weeks after his mmr. Every vaccine gave him a reaction. He started daycare at 8 weeks though.... I had no choice.
I am an autism professional, and worked with well known researchers in the field. I am confident with what the research shows.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
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Posted by maymama
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Posted by maymama
as a PP mentioned, I am not scared about my child being "off" for a few days (which he was around days 10/11 - mild rash and fever). I am worried about his exposure to all those who DO NOT vaccinate or vaccinate late in the game. To me, 1-2 days of being "off" trumps the possibility of contracting life threatening diseases because others chose not to vaccinate.
I understand this completely which is why I DO vaccinate on schedule, however seeing your baby's personality change literally overnight for a few WEEKS is beyond terrifying. Every day I woke up praying she was back to normal again and thankfully eventually she was. It just makes me think twice about next time.
how did it change? "normal" repsonse to MMR would be rash or low grade fever, increased sleeping. Nothing else would really be normal for reaction to MMR. Certainly not a personality change for weeks.
On/off fever for 2 weeks, as high as 103 at at times
Lethargic
Clumsiness (Ped thinks may be due to joint swelling which is a known side effect)
Irritability (prob due to fever/joint pain)
Lack of enjoyment of anything
Again, I'm not debating vaccines just telling my experience and why I might wait to give to future DC until 2 or 3. We have no ideas what a 12 month old is experiencing bc they can't verbalize it.
my DD ABSOLUTELY experienced clumsiness for about 5 days directly following the MMR vaccine. it was so noticeable that i called my PED and she said it wasn't related, but there was no other reason she would have been acting like that. luckily it did go away and we had no other symptoms of anything and haven't had any other issues. for this reason i would consider delaying the MMR in a future child, maybe to 18m or 2 years. but i trust my ped and i will continue to vaccinate my DD and any future children.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
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I don't wanna get flamed for saying this, but this thread is scaring the bejeezus out of me.
that makes 2 of us!
This is what media can do.
Stories that are put out there and grab attention because it is provocative (especially when a celebrity is on board) are just less sexy than scientific proof.
Most people just take the stories at face value, without doing their own long, boring research themselves....
Internet searches will only yield more confusing sensational stories.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by maymama
am I the only one who never doubted or questioned the timeline with this vaccine?
i showed up and he got it. never a doubt in my mind. my ped is the one who incurred serious debts from all those years in med school - I chose them and I trust them. i follow their lead.
Nope you are NOT the only one.
She gets her shots on time, per the schedule my ped recommends.
I figure he knows a LITTLE bit more than I do about these things.
Med school trumps Google.
^ THIS!!!!
Important decisions should not be coming from google... Or word of mouth!!!!
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Delaying the MMR shot
i delayed the MMR for DD because at 1 she wasnt talking, at 15 months she still wasnt talking, at 18 months old her words started to emerge, and at 2 she started to talk in full sentences.
my DS is autistic, he got his at 18 months old AFTER he was officially diagnosed, but i wasnt going to chance it, and then always have the "was it the MMR" even though i knew DS was autistic at 6 months old.
so with DD i waited until she was talking, because i didnt want the "what ifs"
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by DRMom
My kids are 3.5 and will be getting the MMR soon. I have delayed most of their shots simply because I felt more comfortable without putting a ton of chemicals into their little bodies. They are very healthy and have shown little to no reactions with the shots they have gotten.
This exactly... I delayed all of her shots, and gave her the MMR at 2.5... I am still spacing all of her shots out.
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Re: Delaying the MMR shot
Posted by sourpatchkids
I don't wanna get flamed for saying this, but this thread is scaring the bejeezus out of me.
Me too
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