tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317019988667819698.post8830644175073039078..comments2023-04-14T09:48:22.774-04:00Comments on Mom on Reserve: Denialism and Parenting - Where to Draw the Line?Phehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504878141299890548noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317019988667819698.post-24105243681772904542009-11-07T21:57:55.957-05:002009-11-07T21:57:55.957-05:00Swistle - LOL! And thank you.Swistle - LOL! And thank you.Phehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504878141299890548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317019988667819698.post-36717710875686817692009-11-07T21:57:24.051-05:002009-11-07T21:57:24.051-05:00Lylah - That's a bit different from what I was...Lylah - That's a bit different from what I was thinking of. I know that pediatricians are really re-thinking the methods by which they administer multiple vaccines, and that sort of exemption you got is completely understandable. <br /><br />I would agree that filing for an exception seems silly when policy can easily be changed to an age based requirement and makes sense to do so.<br /><br />My concern for A is more along the lines of those parents who choose to forgo all vaccinations because of the scare data they read out there. <br /><br />I also wish that the medical community and vaccine makers would be more proactive about boosters. Pertussis is a perfect example of why we really need to continue a lifelong regimen of certain vaccines. Many of them are only good for a certain period of time and while part of the disease resurgences we're seeing today is definitely attributable to parents not vaccinating their children, there is another group helping it along - all of us who never received boosters for childhood diseases so that we don't bring them home to our kids before they're vaccinated!Phehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504878141299890548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317019988667819698.post-5570635881671655252009-11-07T21:57:06.127-05:002009-11-07T21:57:06.127-05:00The book sounds really good---but how can it top t...The book sounds really good---but how can it top this review? I feel like I can already brush my hands briskly and move the book to my "Read and Liked" pile.Swistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126937282657655091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317019988667819698.post-75955482406603395552009-11-07T21:33:36.735-05:002009-11-07T21:33:36.735-05:00I had to do an exemption when it came to vaccinati...I had to do an exemption when it came to vaccinating my two youngest children. They're fully vaccinated -- I just wanted to do the shots one at a time, waiting 3 weeks or so between doses, instead of having the nurses administer multiple shots per visit. Our older son, who is 11 now, experienced damage that the doctors now think was from having several vaccines at once when he was about 4 (all of them were for multiple diseases, too), and we didn't want to risk that again. Filing for exception from the requirement was the only way we could adhere to the more drawn-our schedule that our pediatrician agreed was best for our child. I wish the requirements could change slightly -- that the inoculations need to be completed by a certain age, rather than on a certain schedule.LMAlphonsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01123069425655953518noreply@blogger.com