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I am speechless at the sheer stupidity of this post (LIP)
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It is one thing to not give a vacine but another to expose your child to it on purpose is another thing. The baby is only a year old for goodness sake!
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Re: I am speechless at the sheer stupidity of this post (LIP)
I wouldn't do it as I think its ridiculous, especially for a one year old.
My mom had me playing with every kid with the chicken pox around and I still never got them. Neither did my husband. I apparently have natural immunity (as determined by the Dr when I had titers drawn).
She is choosing to take a one year old (1 year, 1 week old) to play with someone who has chicken pox. She could do this when he is a little older if it is really that important to her for him to be exposed naturally. A one year old is just irresponsible IMO.
I got the chicken pox when I was 5 years old. Actually, we all got it. Both my brothers, sister, and 6 cousins all got it all at once. I think my parents wanted to pull thier own hair out.
I don't think she should knowingly expose him either just so he can have them early. I would wait till he's older and can tell you if it bothers him, but if she wants to deal with it go ahead I hope they are mild.
Hiiii....that's me you're talking about. Maybe 1 year is a bit too young. Honestly, it's just not a big deal to me or DH so we're going to do what we think is best. Done deal. I am out of steam arguing about this. Me and everyone else I know was exposed as a young child. What is a parent supposed to do if their 3 year old comes home with CP and they have a 1 year old at home? They are bound to get it. Anyway I knew I would probably get flamed for this so I'm glad to have provided entertainment for everyone.
BFP(4) DD2 born 2.14.13 @ 35w5d due to pPROM
Most parents I know would not go out of thier way to expose thier one year old. Obviously thier are some things you cannot control however your case is NOT one of them. I get that you want to expose your child at a young age however I think it is beyond irresponsible to do it to a 1 year old.
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Oh I would have freaked out! Good thing it was a heat rash and not chicken pox.
So what. I'm sure you knowingly do things that are not necessarily conventional. You can all beat this dead horse all you want. I'm not changing my mind. Nor will I GBCB because of this. It's stupid that I get flamed to high heavens for this while someone else purposly drives their kid across a busy mall parking lot and does not strap them into the seat just because it is inconvienient for them. THAT, in my opinion is way worse.
BTW, there is a chance that DS may not even get it because the child who has it got it after having the vaccine. The chances are less, though she could still be contagious. Just thought I would throw that out there.
Life isn't fair.. and she was flamed by numerous users. People called her out and told her just because she's popular doesn't mean she will get away with it. You are being flamed because you think you're making an educated choice and you aren't. Please go back over to that post and read the NUMEROUS links people have posted for you with proof that healthy children die from CP every year before you make a decision to intentionally expose your 1 year old to it.
What? I have no idea why you would even bring up GBCB. What does that have to do with anything? And what does another bumpie (no idea who you are taling about) have to do with your post? Seriously, that is a childish way to react.
You posted your opinion and everyone else is allowed to respond and post thier own. BTW - if you think my responses to you are "flaming" you are obviously very confused.
I said why in the original post.
I did read all the links provided. The stats are not harsh or bad enough to persuade me otherwise. Sorry. DS's pedi knows that I am doing this. I am pretty sure that if she thought it was a life or death decision she would have said so.
What would you call it then? I bring up other posts because it seems that, at times, people contradict themselves on what the deem "safe", "healthy" or "appropriate". I don't care that most of you disagree with me.
oh yeah, so he couldn't scratch his spots. I forgot kids a year old can't use their fingers and scratch themselves. How silly!
OP I get your point about the vaccine, but 1 year is really early. Seriously, he could die from this, you realize that right?
Just b/c you don't know anyone who has died from it, doesn't mean it hasn't happened.
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Why are you apologizing? I'm not attacking you for your decision, while I don't agree you don't have to apologize for the decisions you make. I was just telling you why you were flamed when you whined about it and tried to bring up the past of a previous bumpie. In the other post, I posted links and facts to the posters who were making comments out of their bum.
Wolverine - You knew people were going to disagree when you posted it. There is no way you can sit there and say you thought everyone was going to agree with you. Take it like a grown up or don't post comments like that. By grown up I mean you don't try to deflect attention from yourself by mentioning someone elses bad choices. When did that behavior become acceptable? I would expect those kinds of comments from my pre-teen nieces and not from another adult. The only thing that comment did was make you sound like an immature child.
Just so we are clear - bringing up another bumpies poor parenting choices as a way to justify your choices is childish.
agreed
i had shingles on my left breast in college and it was the most painful thing i have ever experienced. Child birth wasn't even that bad.
The dad of one my students currently has it is in eyes and there is a chance he could lose his sight and he fighting for his life.
So knowing this....lets expose our 1 year olds to it! Fun!
A kiss he will never forget- Disney World 2014
That was my point.
He's not getting the vac because he has a very high risk of allergies and there is gelatin in it, as well as mercury and it being a live virus.
I think it is irresponsible. Children/infants still die from complications as a result of chicken pox. There is no way to tell whether your child will be one of those. My uncle is a family doc, and had a child have full flown seizures as a complication to a simple case of chicken pox.
My dad is an eye doctor who has had a patient contract the herpes virus in their eye, and lose central vision. There are risks. It is preventable just like polio, but I bet you don't know any people in an iron lung.
Me too! I didn't have chicken pox either, but had to have titers drawn before I could work as a nurse, and apparently I'm immune to it. My mom has never had it either, and four out of five of her kids did.
Also, I think this woman's plan to get her kid chicken pox is a really bad idea. Having chicken pox puts a person at risk for getting shingles later in life. I believe this can be avoided by taking the chicken pox vaccine.
I don't see what the big deal is. People used to do this all the time. My parents took me on a CP playdate when I was around a year old. It's much worse when adults get it. If she wants to introduce CP naturally this will probably be her best / only chance. Everyone now just gets the vaccine so there are very few cases of CP.
I wouldn't do it right around Ds' birthday (that's a tad too young imo) but I'm hoping to be able to get him CP naturally. Sure, it'll suck for a while but getting the vaccine doesn't mean you won't get CP. It just means you likely won't. Ds has huge issues with vaccines (allergies) so I'll put it off in hopes that he gets them. If he reaches the point where he's too old to safely get them then we'll try to do the vaccine.
I had chicken pox when I was 3 months old - my brother had them too. He was 9 and had them down his throat and on his eyes - it was horrible. I, however, just had a handful of pox and my mom says they didn't phase me one bit. Obviously, I don't remember that experience at all.
At age 3 I got Shingles. I don't remember anything about it either. I mean, I vaguely remember my mom administering my meds, but that is it. I don't remember it being painful or anything.
So, if you really are concerned about your DS having the vaccine, I can see why you are thinking of exposing him now so that the chances of him getting it bad are much more slim. However, as many girls have pointed it out, if you don't expose him, he may never get it at all. Another thing to consider is that, while I had Shingles at a very young age and did not have any complications, if your DS does in fact come down with the pox, he may come down with Shingles when he is much older and it would most likely not be very pleasant.I guess it's just a choice you and your DH have to pray over and make and I won't question it.
GL!
Okay so I'm defending myself. Maybe bringing up other mistakes bumpies have made is a bit childish, but really?? Is this really that big of a deal? That big of a PERSONAL decision to judge? Really?? Okay then...
If I had my choice, I would wait until he was older but it just so happens that our friend, another ONE YEAR OLD who is only 4 days older that my DS got it from the vac. His likelyhood of actually getting it is even less because she got it from the vac, though she is still contagious. No, she did not choose for her to get CP now, but being that the majority of people do get the vac, then I will take the opportunity to expose him while he is still young.
Every decision a person makes is a personal decision. Unless someone is forcing you to do something then you are making the choice. Do I think it is flame worthy? yes I do. I think it is irresponsible to do that to a one year old. Not because you aren't giving your LO the vaccine but because you are doing it at such a young age. What is the harm in waiting a few years and exposing him naturally then?
I would expect you to not GBCB over this. Everyone gets flamed at some point. It is part of being on here.
As for the highlighted part - I think that is part of your post cause I did not write that,