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Aga
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Mommies of infants?
are you getting a flu shot? my ped. recommended that we do at the last visit...
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krwm
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Re: Mommies of infants?
mine did too, but I don't feel comfortable with him getting it...
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heidla
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Re: Mommies of infants?
I got this off another chat site. Food for thought.
"According to the FDA web site, there is 'flu vaccine being produced with only trace amounts of thimerosal (see below for what to speak to your pediatrician about).
And I do need to remind people that a few days of discomfort is not the biggest risk if your child gets 'flu. 'Flu can and does kill otherwise healthy children, as it did our first son Max, whom many of you knew as a robust, happy, energetic child . Those who write that the shot only protects from some strains are correct -- Max had a 'flu shot in fall 2004 that did not contain the strain that lilled him in April '05. Still, all my conversations with pediatricians and with other families who have dealt with such deaths has led me to conclude it's better to be protected against some strains than against none. A good resource for info is: http://www.families fightingflu. org/
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| Posted 10/3/07 5:11 PM |
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Aga
hello baby Albert
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Re: Mommies of infants?
Posted by krwm
mine did too, but I don't feel comfortable with him getting it...
I am talking about parents getting the flu shot, sorry for confusing you... she said that ds is too small to get it and that we should...
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chelle
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Re: Mommies of infants?
Posted by Aga
are you getting a flu shot? my ped. recommended that we do at the last visit...
Ours did too. I am choosing not to get it, but DH most likely will since he's involved in the schools.
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| Posted 10/3/07 5:30 PM |
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patti08
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Re: Mommies of infants?
I am talking about parents getting the flu shot, sorry for confusing you... she said that ds is too small to get it and that we should...
I saw the pediatrician today and they strongly recommended DH and I get flu shots since DD is too young. We will get the shots.
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Aga
hello baby Albert
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Re: Mommies of infants?
Posted by chelle
Posted by Aga
are you getting a flu shot? my ped. recommended that we do at the last visit...
Ours did too. I am choosing not to get it, but DH most likely will since he's involved in the schools.
see I am starting to worry cause I think I have beginnings of runny nose... hopefully it is nothing too serious 
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InShock
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Re: Mommies of infants?
Posted by patti08
I saw the pediatrician today and they strongly recommended DH and I get flu shots since DD is too young. We will get the shots.
DH and I are going to do the same.
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| Posted 10/3/07 7:28 PM |
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I never got one, never will. I never had the flu. Cailen gets enough shots, I am not having him get one either.
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| Posted 10/3/07 7:34 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: Mommies of infants?
probably yeah.
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KPtoys
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Re: Mommies of infants?
No shots here.
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dee7772
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Re: Mommies of infants?
We will all get the flu shots here. With Jake just starting school and having a 5 month old I think it is a good idea.
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| Posted 10/3/07 9:06 PM |
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smdl
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Re: Mommies of infants?
Probably not. DH will probably do it since works n the City and take public transportation
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| Posted 10/3/07 9:08 PM |
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Eireann
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Re: Mommies of infants?
Honestly, I doubt it--we don't even have a primary care doctor 
Katherine will get hers in a couple of weeks and Abigail can get hers at 6 months (in Nov.), but I'm not going to give it to her because I'd need to start eggs with her before that and I don't want to--at 5 months she's not even up to fruits yet.
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| Posted 10/3/07 9:29 PM |
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Mommy2Boys
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Re: Mommies of infants?
I never got one, never will. I never had the flu. Cailen gets enough shots, I am not having him get one either.
Same for us!
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| Posted 10/3/07 10:57 PM |
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my3bugs
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Re: Mommies of infants?
Posted by smdl
Probably not. DH will probably do it since works n the City and take public transportation
Mostly likely the same here. Plus DH is always sick once the winterh its so I have to urge him to get it. I am on the fence since. I have never got it and I don't get sick that often (as I sit here with a horrible cold today). I will get it for my 2 year old though.
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GoldenRod
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Re: Mommies of infants?
DW and I will both be getting it. When the options are a shot, with a tiny bit of soreness for a day versus a potentially deadly, or, at best case, a temporarily debilitating disease, we are definitely getting it. For us, it's not worth the risk of *not* getting the shot.
And, heidla, I'm so sorry for your loss....  Hopefully, stories like yours can save other children's lives.
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