?? for non-vaccinating parents...

Babe, Mum2Mac....you're invited!  Skp you wanna join us hippies?

Where did my invite go?
I dunno how to find my way in there?

Is it a super secret squirrel one?

Sorry that probably didn't help. I don't have you on my friends list or your email to invite you if Karen hasn't already? PM me your address and I'll do it?

If you clicked on the groups bit on facebook it tells you which groups you belong to and which you have been invited to and you can accept the invite from there

wow haven't been on OB for over a year! Great to see this thread. Missymoo is 15mths old, still BFd and non-vaxxd Was having some doubting moments due to 15mth vaxx due, but thankfully after reading all 11 pages (!) and re-looking at the research and info, I'm happy with our decision.

DD has had 2 colds, one at the mo, first time with a cough, and that's it. I have given her a cough elixir (weleda), and it has worked well. Never had pamol, and hope to keep it that way!

Our families don't know she isn't vaxxd, well no one has asked, so like most of you, easier to keep mum on the subject

We've only taking DD to the docs once @ 6weeks to get her check up. So really strange to us when we hear of our friends taking their littlies to the docs for the umpteenth time, for things that a trip to the local naturopath can fix.

Must say, we aren't hemp wearing, tree hugging hippies Just informed parents who love our DD and want to give her the best start in life possible.

queenb wrote: Our families don't know she isn't vaxxd, well no one has asked, so like most of you, easier to keep mum on the subject

What I find interesting is that when you post that you don't vax on internet forums there is all this moral outrage and the "I wouldn't let your unvaxed child play with my vaxed one" BUT how many people IRL actually know each others vaccination status? I have a friend who knows that A isn't up-to-date on his vaxes because we've discussed it in-depth as she was on the fence about her DD's 15 month ones as well and another who knows that we aren't up-to-date and are still happily hanging out with her vaxed ones, but I am pretty sure that everyone else we know just ASSUMES that he is done. LOL

We have told MIL, but that was only because she was here from the UK at the time when I was just starting my research into vaccines and she didn't seem all that bothered tbh which was nice. I am sure I have mentioned it to my mother, but she doesn't seem to have an opinion one way or the other about it either.    Generally speaking though it's not something we tend to bring up in conversation because it's not something I want to be lectured about IYKWIM?

And that's usually because they don't think you should have one. LOL I read an article this morning that basically villified anyone who didn't vaccinate as irresponsible while making contradictory statements about non-vaxed kids being dangerous to vaxed ones. If you believe that the vaccine protects your kid against disease then why should it matter if a small segment of a population chooses not to? There was also a lot of "but these disease will come back if we all stopped".......left me shaking my head because I didn't know that measles, pertussis etc ever 'disappeared'.

But hey.....what do I know right because I don't have a degree in medicine and statistical analysis. PMSL

It's such a hard decision not to follow the herd... My first two are fully vaccinated and then I did some "reading" beofre #3 and decided not to vaccinate. Unfortunately she got Whooping Cough at 3 months. However - She got it from an IMMUNISED family who were all a lot sicker than she was with the cough. I was made to feel pretty guilty about not vaccinating her by the GPs we saw when she was sick - so - it's pretty hard on anyone if you kids do get something - becuase the medical system likes to say "I told you so". She did get over the cough just fine and is now almost one year old, still breastfed and only one cold thru this winter so far. I cross my fingers that she doesn't get anything else serious becuase I get my hand 'slapped' anytime I go near the Drs. My point with the vacs is that it's not all black and white. Being immunised doesn't mean you're not going to get something that is going around ( I keep reminding people we got whooping cough from a fully immunised family - that family now do not believe in vaccs becuase they all got so sick and were given the run around by the Drs who refused to believe they had whooping cough). Good luck to you all out there.

hi everyone DS is non vacc'd as well, these topics are really good to hear about others who have made the same decision! luckily my plunket nurse hasn't given me any slack about it, my doctor has given me a 'talking to' about childhood diseases but that was only once and so far havent had any problems, fingers crossed that continues! im happy with my decision because it was a fully researched one, i mean i literally researched for months and months before i decided, and so far ive had people ask me why i havent vaccinated ds but people have generally been pretty understanding