Family Vaccinated

brandilee7 · April 2014

Hello, I was wondering if family or friends who are going to visit the baby or be around him should also be vaccinated with the flu shot and Tdap. My husband and I were vaccinated but was not sure if our families should be.

brandilee7 · April 2014

That was what I was thinking. Thank you for your help!

dogsombrero · April 2014

Anyone staying in our home has gotten theirs. That's the rule DH and I came up with for houseguests since they will be all over the baby and our home.

ahjahbaba · April 2014

My Dr told me that the people who will be around the baby a lot should be vaccinated. So its me, SO, both sets of our parents and both sets of siblings. Ideally I would want everyone who touched the abby to be vaccinated but that's just not realistic

roo1oo · April 2014

I asked my parents and MIL to get Tdap. I did not ask anyone to get the flu shot. I let anyone who visited us in the hospital hold LO. As long as you are breastfeeding/giving pumped breastmilk your LO will have some antibodies to protect against pertussis and the flu.

hfooter · April 2014

MrsMuq said:
ahjahbaba said:

My Dr told me that the people who will be around the baby a lot should be vaccinated. So its me, SO, both sets of our parents and both sets of siblings. Ideally I would want everyone who touched the abby to be vaccinated but that's just not realistic

This seems a little..... extensive? I mean, really? Everyone in your immediate family needs to have all their vaccines up to date to even be around your kid? What will happen once you take LO to the store, or park, or a large gathering?

My husband and I are requiring the same thing. If they haven't gotten the shot within the last three years, then they can wait to see the baby after his first round of shots at 2 months. We asked our pediatrician what he would do and he said this, along with not take his baby out in public places till his first round of shots. So that's what I'm gonna do. After carrying this kid for 9 months, you bet I'm gonna do what I can to protect him from dying from something that is easily preventable (for the most part).

Qualera · April 2014

My mom and dad live with us and they happily got the vaccinations months ago when I asked them to. Hubby and I both got them as well and my sister-in-law volunteered in case we'd need any additional help with my mom now recovering from surgery. I wouldn't ask anyone else to unless they were going to be directly caring for LO.

And I probably won't be taking LO many places until s/he is 2 months old and can get vaccinated for pertussis, though my antibodies should have transferred to her/him. I don't consider it excessive when babies can die from pertussis and there have been regional outbreaks. I am not worried about flu vaccines now because we're pretty much out of flu season.

tbarker14 · April 2014

I live up in the north, the only way we can visit family is by flying down to the city. My DH and I are going to get shots. My mother would be too since she's flying up when our baby is due.
I spoke with my Dr. He said as long as you are breast feeding you can take your baby anywhere. We will be flying with the LO down south when the Baby is about a month old.
Again we got the go ahead from the Dr. It is actually good to have the baby exposed to public while breast feeding this way the baby can develop some immunity towards whatever bacteria floats around.

SGC29 · April 2014

When I was pregnant with my 2nd child I asked our parents if they would mind getting the the Tdap shot since at the time there was an outbreak in our area and it was a valid concern. They all declined to get the shot. This time I'm not going to even bother to ask. I just ask everyone to wash their hands before holding baby and stay away if they are sick.

jnnfrrose6 · April 2014

My SIL has declared that anyone who wants to go near her new baby must have a TDap shot AND provide her with proof of it. I won't be making similar requests. Isn't the point of us getting the shot now while pregnant to provide some protection until the kid can get the shot themselves?

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AKbadwolf · April 2014

DH and I are getting ours updated. My boys are up to date with theirs. My mom and dad will as well since my mom comes over very frequently and watches the kids when I work and stuff.

We mentioned it to my inlaws and they said they would check. I don't plan on asking them again. I put it in their mind and left it at that.

Everyone else will wash hands well and not come over when sick.

LucilleAustero · April 2014

Any pedi that advises keeping a baby inside for 2 months needs to have his license taken away. Some serious nutters in 3rd tri.

merc5411 · April 2014

I agree staying inside for 2 months is a bit crazy. I would have gone crazy if I'd stayed in that long. I told my parents and my ILs that they needed to get the shot if they wanted to visit in that time frame though. There's a huge difference between family holding and spending a lot of time with lo and just being in public. I wore lo when we went out so no one could come close to him or touch him.

beachbunni307 · April 2014

I think it's up to you whether you want to ask that of your family or not. We asked our parents and siblings (and their children) to either get Tdap, or make sure they were up to date (for the school age kids), but they are all local and would be spending time with the baby. We didn't ask our friends or extended family to do it (though many of them were having babies or grandchildren of their own and had gotten it anyway).

Cat&S · April 2014

DH will be getting the shot, along with my parents. My in-laws got it a couple of years ago when my niece was born. That's as far as I'm going with it, and baby will absolutely go out in public before 2 months. Use common sense.

Nekotaru · April 2014

Both my in-laws and parents already did this for us at our request, they had no issue with having it done.

I don't think I would ask my friends to do this, but I definitely wanted our parents to do it because they will be around the baby a lot.

darkangel42 · April 2014

I'm just going to ask folks who are sick to stay back til they're fully well and I'll encourage regular handwashing as I do now.

And now I feel like a weirdo about doing it.

lizzieprince · April 2014

My midwife reccommended cocooning especially if you are delaying any vaccines for baby. I attached some information incase you were curious about the strategy.

Cocooning, also known as the Cocoon Strategy,^[1] is a vaccination strategy that has been recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States since 2006.^[2] It aims to protect newborn infants from becoming infected with pertussis by administering DTaP/Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis) booster vaccine to mothers, family members and any individuals who would come into regular contact with the newborn infant. By vaccinating these individuals with a pertussis booster a pool of persons is established around the newborn who are themselves protected from getting pertussis and passing it on to the young infant, thereby creating a "cocoon" of protection around the newborn.

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